PARTJALU, 2001

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
153

EUBENA NAMPITJIN

(1920 – 2013)
PARTJALU, 2001

synthetic polymer paint on linen

60.5 x 45.5 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, title, size, Warlayirti Artists cat. 510/01 and Alcaston Gallery cat. 7619

Estimate: 
$2,000 – 3,000
Sold for $5,124 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists that states:
‘Eubena has painted some country far to the south of her traditional country, which is along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route. This country depicted here is Partjalu, where three ancestral sisters of the Napaltjarri skin group camped. There are now three rockholes here, while the remainder of the painting shows the tali, or sand dunes which dominate the landscape of the area.’