WILKINKARRA, 2007
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PAULINE SUNFLY NANGALA
born 1957
WILKINKARRA, 2007
synthetic polymer paint on linen
150.0 x 75.0 cm
Estimate:
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $5,490 (inc. BP) in Auction 41 - 2 December 2015, Sydney
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
Private collection, Melbourne
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states: ‘Pauline’s father Sunfly Tjampitjin, was a senior custodian for country south of Balgo, near the vast salt lake of Wilkinkara (Lake MacKay). The country depicted here is named Liltjin. The many lines throughout the painting are dry creekbeds which during the wet season flow into Wilkinkara. During the Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) people lived in the holes depicted.’