Important Australian Indigenous Art - 22 March 2023 | Melbourne
Lot 15
Maringka Baker
born 1952
KURU ALA, 2005
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
124.5 x 139.0 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 – 12,000
Lot sold: $23,318 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Maringka Baker
born 1952
KURU ALA, 2005
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
124.5 x 139.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, date and Tjungu Palya cat. TPMB05007
Provenance
Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Vivian Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Adelaide, acquired from the above in 2006
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Artists which states:
Ngura tjuta, kapi piti tjuta (there are many camps and rock-holes here). This is seven sisters country. Minyma tjuta yuuangka nyinanyi (the women are sitting inside the windbreak). The women left this country and headed to Yukula.