WALAMALU TALTU, 2000

The Laverty Collection - Part III
Sydney
5 April 2017
17

EUBENA NAMPITJIN

(1920 – 2013)
WALAMALU TALTU, 2000

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

150.0 x 75.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 810/00

Estimate: 
$7,000 – 9,000
Sold for $8,540 (inc. BP) in Auction 48 - 5 April 2017, Sydney
Provenance

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 2001

Exhibited

Telstra presents The 18th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2001, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 15 September 2001 – 6 January 2002, cat. 24 (illus. in exhibition catalogue)
Paintings from Remote Communities: Indigenous Australian Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 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. 126 (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. 138 (illus.)

Catalogue text

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