Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 6 October 2010 | Melbourne
Lot 67
Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi
born 1947
PARWALLA, 2003
synthetic polymer paint on linen
120.0 x 79.5 cm
Estimate:
$8,000-12,000
Lot sold: $8,400 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi
born 1947
PARWALLA, 2003
synthetic polymer paint on linen
120.0 x 79.5 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, size, Warlayirti Artists cat. 841/03
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Private collection, United States of America
Exhibited
Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings from Australia, The Michael C Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 December 2009—27 June 2010
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists that reads in part: 'This painting depicts the country of Elizabeth's father. This country is known as Parwalla is located far to the south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. The landscape of this area is dominated by tali or sand dunes.'