Noŋgirrŋa Marawili
(born c.1939)
YATHIKPA, 2013
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
236.0 x 110.0 cm
bears inscription on Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts label verso: artist’s name, location and cat. 4324P
Estimate:
$8,000 - $10,000
Sold:
$10,980 (inc. BP)
lot details
Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
Exhibited
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 9 August 2013 – 10 November 2013
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts which states: ‘This is a painting of fire but also simultaneously of water. It is a raw rendition of Madarrpa clan sacred design of the ocean at Yathikpa which is melting and crashing to the horizon.’