NAKARRA NAKARRA, 2005

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
154

KATHLEEN PADDOON NAPANANGKA

born c.1938
NAKARRA NAKARRA, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

150.0 x 75.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 222/05

Estimate: 
$5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 7 - 25 March 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayiriti Artists, Balgo Hills that reads, ‘Kathleen has painted some country south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. The country depicted here is named Nakarra Nakarra. This is the site of the Seven Sisters Dreaming, a story about seven sisters who travelled this country during the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) running from an old man who wanted to marry the youngest. Today at Nakarra Nakarra a group of hills embody the seven sisters. The red sections of this painting represent the hills and the white blocks of colour are the tali (sandhills). The circle depicted is a warniri (rockhole).’