Doreen Reid Nakamarra
(c.1935 - 2009)
Tjukula, 2003
synthetic polymer paint on linen
168.0 x 46.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd cat. DR0302054
Estimate:
$3,000 - $4,000
Sold:
$4,295 (inc. BP)
© Doreen Reid Nakamarra/Copyright Agency 2023
lot details
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Private collection
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 19 April 2009, lot 212 (as ‘Untitled’)
Private collection, New South Wales
Exhibited
Strong Women, Strong Painting, Strong Culture, UQ Anthropology Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 29 August 2014 – 25 January 2015
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states:
‘The central design in this painting depicts the rockhole site of Tjukula, near where the Tjukula Community now stands. The lines through the work are the sandhills surrounding the site. A large group of women camped at this rockhole, later travelling north to Kintore. While at the site the women gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale. These berries can be eaten straight from the bush but are sometimes ground into a paste which is cooked in the coals to form a type of damper.’
Condition: This work in excellent, stable and original condition.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.
The work is fitted to a quality, keyed timber stretcher.

