Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art - 2 December 2015 | Sydney
Lot 105
Eubena Nampitjin
(1920 – 2013)
TINKU ROCKHOLE, 1990
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.0 x 60.5 cm
Estimate:
$4,000 – 6,000
Lot sold: $4,636 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Eubena Nampitjin
(1920 – 2013)
TINKU ROCKHOLE, 1990
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.0 x 60.5 cm
inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 477/90
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
Dreamtime Gallery, Perth
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1991
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states: ‘Artist’s Country. A series of waterholes is seen lying in lower ground. Surrounding are some rocky ridges that have ‘wanari’ or gum-trees on them. The ridges are believed to be the paths of Tingarri beings in the Dream-time. This is where the artist lived when she was younger and she says that there were many foods to be found amongst the sandhills.’