Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa

Entitled "Two Kuniya (Pythons) During Tingari Cycle", this mesmerizing painting was painted by Australian aboriginal artist Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa (1950-2020) in 2004. The imagery depicts the traveling of two pythons, a male and a female, from the east to Karrilwara, a rock waterhole site near Kiwirrkura. This is part of the dreamtime story of Tingari circle, an esoteric storyline about a group of ancestral beings travelling across the vast Aboriginal land to perform rituals and shape the landscape.
Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa is the son of the artist Naata Nungurrayi and younger brother of the artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa. He was born near Kiwirrkura circa 1950.
Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, cat. no. KW0410187;
Acquired in 2007 by The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica.
The painting is noted verso with artist's name, Papunya Tula Artistis Pty and the catalog no. It comes with a copy of the collection document from The Kelton Foundation.