Tjemma (Freda) Napanangka (born 1935)

LULLAPPI, NEAR MONGKAI IN THE GREAT SANDY DESERT, 1996

synthetic polymer paint on linen

91.0 x 61.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 615/96

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Private collection, New South Wales

Cowan, J., Balgo, New Directions, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1999, p. 55 (illus.)

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states: We see here bush food gathering in the desert, in particular bush carrots. In the old days Tjemma and her people used to regularly gather in this region, near two rockholes.