NALYANAABAR, 1996

The Laverty Collection - Part III
Sydney
5 April 2017
139

JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI

(1922 – 2004)
NALYANAABAR, 1996

synthetic polymer paint on linen

75.5 x 50.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 391/96

Estimate: 
$2,000 – 3,000
Sold for $2,318 (inc. BP) in Auction 48 - 5 April 2017, Sydney
Provenance

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs (stamped verso, cat. 2009)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in October 1996

Exhibited

Paintings from Remote Communities: Indigenous Australian Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, 15 December 2007 – 24 February 2008; then touring to: Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 5 July – 31 August 2008

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 131 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 141 (illus.)

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs