DIGGING STICKS, 1990

Important Australian and International Fine Art
Sydney
10 May 2017
78

MAGGIE NAPANGARDI WATSON

(1921 – 2004)
DIGGING STICKS, 1990

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

76.0 x 91.5 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists cat. 61/90

Estimate: 
$10,000 – 15,000
Sold for $10,980 (inc. BP) in Auction 49 - 10 May 2017, Sydney
Provenance

Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu
Friends of the Earth Manyuku Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1990

Exhibited

Yuendumu, Ramingining, Bathurst Island - acrylic paintings from Warlukurlangu artists of Yuendumu, bark paintings from Bulabula Arts of Ramingining and screen-printed fabrics from Tiwi Designs of Bathurst Island, Manyuku Gallery, Melbourne, 9 – 21 October 1990