WIRRULNGA, 1999
119
Walangkura Napanangka
born c.1946
WIRRULNGA, 1999
synthetic polymer paint on linen
107.0 x 122.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd cat. WN9910256
Estimate:
$7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Private collection, Melbourne
Catalogue text
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
This painting is associated with Wirrulnga, a place with two rockholes, near the Kiwirrkura Community. The story describes how a large group of women came from Marrapinti to the west and visited this site to gather berries known as ngamunypurru or conkerberry from the shrub Carissa lanceolata and the kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale.