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The Laverty Collection - Part III - 5 April 2017  |  Sydney

Lot 46
Naata Nungurrayi
born 1932
MARRAPINTI, 2002

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.5 x 91.0 cm



Estimate:
$6,000 – 8,000


Lot sold: $7,320 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Naata Nungurrayi
born 1932
MARRAPINTI, 2002

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.5 x 91.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN020223

Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in May 2002

Exhibited

Heart and Soul: The Laverty Collection, Sydney, Aboriginal Art Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands, 20 January – 10 June 2012 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 1)

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 62 (illus.)

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs