PARWALLA, 2003

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
6 October 2010
67

Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi

born 1947
PARWALLA, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120.0 x 79.5 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size, Warlayirti Artists cat. 841/03

Estimate: 
$8,000-12,000
Sold for $8,400 (inc. BP) in Auction 17 - 6 October 2010, Melbourne
Provenance

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Private collection, United States of America

Exhibited

Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings from Australia, The Michael C Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 December 2009—27 June 2010

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists that reads in part: 'This painting depicts the country of Elizabeth's father. This country is known as Parwalla is located far to the south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. The landscape of this area is dominated by tali or sand dunes.'