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Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 18 May 2011  |  Melbourne

Lot 231
Josephine Napurrula
born c.1948
WOMEN'S CEREMONY, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on linen

91.0 x 46.0 cm



Estimate:
$700 - 1,000




Lot Details

Description

Josephine Napurrula
born c.1948
WOMEN'S CEREMONY, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on linen

91.0 x 46.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. PTA-6-0054

Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Birrung Gallery, Sydney

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula which states in part: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Tjukurla, near where the Community now stands. Some of the shapes in the work represent hills and sandhills. There is a claypan near the site which fills with water after rain.'