NGALYOD AND FEMALE SPIRIT NGALKUNBURRIYA, c.1972
NAMERREDJE GUYMALA
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
84.0 x 52.0 cm (irregular)
bears inscription verso: cat. E.78
Painted in Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Rothmans of Pall Mall, Canada
The McIntosh Gallery, Ontario, Canada (cat. 1978.0016, label attached verso)
Sotheby’s, Sydney, 29 July 2003, lot 248 (as ‘The Rainbow Serpent and Female Spirit Ngalkunburriya’)
The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London
Art of Aboriginal Australia, Rothmans Art Gallery of Stratford, Ontario, June – September 1974; The Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Alberta, September – October 1974; The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, November-December 1974; The Vancouver Centennial Museum, British Columbia, December 1974 – January 1975; The Edmonton Art Gallery, January – February 1975; The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, March 1975; Musée du Quebec, April – May 1975; Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal; Dalousie University Art Gallery, Nova Scotia, June – July 1975; Memorial University Art Gallery, Newfoundland, August 1975; Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Prince Edward Island, September – October 1975; Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Ontario, October – November 1975; The Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario, April – May 1976, cat. 78
Edwards, R., Art of Aboriginal Australia presented by Rothmans of Pall Mall, Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., Canada, 1974, cat. 78, p. 51 (illus.)