Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art - 28 November 2012 | Melbourne
Lot 164
Nosepeg Tjupurrula
(c.1914 - 1993)
MAMUPUYUTJANUNYA, c.1980
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
53.0 x 45.0 cm
Estimate:
$3,000 - 4,000
Lot sold: $3,600 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Nosepeg Tjupurrula
(c.1914 - 1993)
MAMUPUYUTJANUNYA, c.1980
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
53.0 x 45.0 cm
Provenance
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, lot 377
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a cataloguing card that states: 'This painting represents a site to the south of Lake McDonald called Mamupuyutjanunya. There is a rockhole at this place represented by the large concentric circles, which is related to the production of milk in mothers' mammary glands.'