MARRAPINTI, 2002

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
239

NAATA NUNGURRAYI

born 1932
MARRAPINTI, 2002

synthetic polymer paint on linen

168.0 x 46.0 cm

inscribed verso: artists name, size and Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd catalogue number NN0212071

Estimate: 
$4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,080 (inc. BP) in Auction 7 - 25 March 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs which reads in part, ‘This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia... A group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones which are worn through a hole in the nose-web...’