Lot 75
  • 75

Ningura Napurrula

Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Woman’s Birth Site at the Rockhole Site of Wirrulnga
  • Synthetic polymer paint on Belgien linen              
  • 244cm by 183cm

Provenance

Painted at Kintore, Northern Territory, for Papunya Tula Artists in 2004
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection

Exhibited

Mythe et Réalité: Art Aborigène Australien Contemporain du Désert Central, Collection Gabrielle Pizzi, The Australian Embassy, Paris 15 June 2006 - 7 January 2007

Literature

Cf. Franchesca Cubillo and Wally Caruana (eds), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Collection Highlights, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2010, p.63, for another example by the artist of the same dimensions, painted in 2006.

Condition

In excellent condition overall with no repairs or restoration.
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