NGAYUKU NGURA – MY COUNTRY, 2009

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
151

WAWIRIYA BURTON

born 1925
NGAYUKU NGURA – MY COUNTRY, 2009

synthetic polymer paint on linen

129.5 x 93.0cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name and Tjala Arts cat. 548-09

Estimate: 
$2,000 – 3,000
Sold for $2,196 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Tjala Arts, Amata, South Australia
Private collection, Sydney

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate from Tjala Arts which states: ‘In this painting Wawiriya has depicted her country. The different colours and designs represent variations in the landscape.’