Lorna Fencer Napurrula
(1925 - 2006)
Yarla (bush yam), 1997
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
131.0 x 124.0 cm
133.5 x 126.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist's name, date, title and Warnayaka Arts Centre cat. X/824
Estimate:
$3,000 - $4,000
Sold:
$2,455 (inc. BP)
© Lorna Fencer Napurrula/Copyright Agency 2026
lot details
Lorna Fencer Napurrula (1925 - 2006)
Yarla (bush yam), 1997
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
131.0 x 124.0 cm
133.5 x 126.5 cm (frame)
133.5 x 126.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist's name, date, title and Warnayaka Arts Centre cat. X/824
Provenance
Warnayaka Arts Centre, Lajamanu, Northern Territory
The Collection of Colin and Liz Laverty, Sydney, purchased in May 1998
Beyond Sacred: Aboriginal Art, The Laverty Collection, Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 8 March 2015, lot 89
Private collection, Adelaide
Literature
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 157 (illus., as 'Bush Potato')






