MARRAPINTI, 2002
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NAATA NUNGURRAYI
born 1932
MARRAPINTI, 2002
synthetic polymer paint on linen
168.0 x 46.0 cm
inscribed verso: artists name, size and Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd catalogue number NN0212071
Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,080 (inc. BP) in Auction 7 - 25 March 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 which reads in part, ‘This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia... A group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones which are worn through a hole in the nose-web...’