KURU ALA, 2005

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
22 March 2023
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© Maringka Baker/Copyright Agency 2023
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MARINGKA BAKER

born 1952
KURU ALA, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

124.5 x 139.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, date and Tjungu Palya cat. TPMB05007

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $23,318 (inc. BP) in Auction 73 - 22 March 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Vivian Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Adelaide, acquired from the above in 2006

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Artists which states:

Ngura tjuta, kapi piti tjuta (there are many camps and rock-­holes here). This is seven sisters country. Minyma tjuta yuuangka nyinanyi (the women are sitting inside the wind­break). The women left this country and headed to Yukula.