Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 122
Sonia Kurarra
born 1952
MARTUWARRA, 2012
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
118.0 x 119.0 cm
Estimate:
$2,000 – 3,000
Lot sold: $3,538 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Sonia Kurarra
born 1952
MARTUWARRA, 2012
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
118.0 x 119.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 1/12
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne (label attached verso)
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency which states: ‘Martuwarra (river) country, ngapa (water), kapi (fish) in the water, parlka (barramundi), one river longa billabong, big river near Nookanbah. Rocks and tree and gettim (sic) that fish that parlka (barramundi).’