Artiste : Eileen Yaritja Stevens

Titre de l'œuvre : Piltati

Format : 105 x 89 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigene de Tjungu Palya

Référence de cette peinture d'art indigène d’Australie : 08754

Demander le prix de l'œuvre / Enquiry

Explications pour cette œuvre :

Eileen was born in the bush at Makiri, Tjala Minyma Tjukurpa (Honeyant Women's sacred place) c1919. Her father was a Yangkunytjatjara man and her mother a Pitjantjatjara woman. When Eileen was a young woman she worked at Ernabella mission milking goats. "I was a hard worker at the mission, but it was good." Her husband also worked at Ernabella chopping trees for building projects. Later they came to Nyapari, Eileen's husbands country. Eileen passed away in February 2008, she was 89 and still singing and painting with a passion and energy

Wati􀆟 kutjara nyinanyi (two men are sitting). Kunkunpa (sleeping). They were painting inside the cave. When they woke up they were looking for the two women. The eldest is called Wanyinta and the younger Alartjatjarra. The two brothers are really wanampi (snakes men). The women had travelled a long way, east of Yalata. The men were searching everywhere for them. Tjukurpa pulkana mulapa. (This is a very important true story). This rockhole is close up to Nyapari.

The artworks of the artist could be find in the following prestigious collections :
The National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra, Act
The National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic 
W & V Mcgeoch, Melbourne, Victoria
Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs, Northen Territory
Ian Berndt Collection, Perth, Western Australia
Kaplan-Levi Collection, Seattle, Usa
The Art Gallery Of South Australia, Adelaide,Sa
The Art Gallery Of Western Australia, Perth, Wa
The Lepley Collection, Perth, Western Australia.
The Marshall Colllection Adelaide, South Australia
The Merenda Collection

© Photo : Aboriginal Signature Estrangin gallery with the courtesy of the artists and Tjungu Palya