NGAYUKU NGURA, 2013

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
127

WAWIRIYA BURTON

born 1925
NGAYUKU NGURA, 2013

synthetic polymer paint on linen

197.0 x 121.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Tjala Arts cat. 509-13

Estimate: 
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $8,540 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Tjala Arts, Amata, South Australia
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate from Tjala Arts which states: ‘In this painting Wawiriya has depicted her country. The different colours and designs represent variations in the landscape.’