TANGKA, 2003

The Laverty Collection - Part III
Sydney
5 April 2017
93

NANCY NANINURRA NAPANANGKA

(1934 – 2010)
TANGKA, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

99.0 x 50.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Arts cat. 1095/03

Estimate: 
$3,000 – 5,000
Sold for $3,660 (inc. BP) in Auction 48 - 5 April 2017, Sydney
Provenance

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (cat. AK10124)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in December 2003

Exhibited

Christmas Gift Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 8 December 2003 – 24 January 2004
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. 120 (illus.)

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills