MARTUWARRA, 2012
122
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
Estimate:
$2,000 – 3,000
Sold for $3,538 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
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).’