GAPU‎, ‎2013

Important Australian Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
18 March 2020
79

NONGGIRRNGA MARAWILI‎

born c‎.‎1939‎
GAPU‎, ‎2013

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark‎

127‎.‎0 ‎x ‎46‎.‎0 ‎cm ‎(‎irregular‎)‎

bears inscription verso: Buku–Larrnggay Mulka Arts cat. 4459B and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK19732

Estimate: 
$‎4‎,‎000 ‎– ‎6‎,‎000‎
Sold for $8,540 (inc. BP) in Auction 60 - 18 March 2020, Melbourne
Provenance

Buku‎-‎Larrnggay Mulka Arts‎, ‎Yirrkala, Northern Territory (label attached verso)
Alcaston Gallery‎, ‎Melbourne
Private collection‎, ‎Sydney

Exhibited

Nonggirrnga Marawili‎: ‎Lightning and the Rock‎, ‎Alcaston Gallery‎, ‎Melbourne‎, ‎2015, cat. 13 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, dated as ‘2014’)

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Buku–Larrnggay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala.