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Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu (c.1945 – 2021)
Untitled, 2013
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
101.0 x 41.0 cm (irregular)
bears inscription verso: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre cat. 4278V bears inscription on label verso: artist’s name and Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre cat. 4278V
Starting bid: $8,000
ESTIMATE: $10,000 – 15,000
Provenance
Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in February 2014
Exhibited
My Sister’s Ceremony, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 9 January – 8 February 2014, cat. 21
On view Melbourne
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Emily Kam Kngwarreye (c.1910 – 1996)
Body stripes, 1994
synthetic polymer paint on linen
38.5 x 31.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Rodney Gooch cat. 70–694
Starting bid: $15,000
ESTIMATE: $18,000 – 24,000
Provenance
Commissioned in June 1994 by Rodney Gooch, Alice Springs Niagara Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Collection of Professor Roger Benjamin, Sydney Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 6 October 2010, lot 37
Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924 – 2015) and Wirrngajingathi Bijarrb Dawn Naranatjil (1935 – 2009)
Makarrki, 2007
synthetic polymer paint on linen
120.0 x 91.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s names, title, size, medium, Mornington Island Arts and Crafts cat. 2681–L–DN+SG–1007 and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK14309
Starting bid: $10,000
ESTIMATE: $12,000 – 15,000
Provenance
Mornington Island Arts and Crafts, Mornington Island, Queensland (stamped verso)
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Perth
This work is accompanied by a verso label from Alcaston Gallery which states:
‘Makarrki is a special place; there is a large river that runs through it. We catch turtle and dugong near the mouth of the river. It belongs to our big brother King Alfred.’
On view Melbourne
Vincent Namatjira born 1983
Her Majesty The Queen, 2016
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
101.0 x 76.0 cm
104.0 x 78.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Iwantja Arts cat. 153-16
Starting bid: $18,000
ESTIMATE: $20,000 – 30,000
Provenance
Iwantja Arts, APY Lands, South Australia
THIS IS NO FANTASY + Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
On view Melbourne
Vincent Namatjira born 1983
The Duke, 2016
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
101.0 x 76.0 cm
104.0 x 78.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Iwantja Arts cat. 155–16
Starting bid: $18,000
ESTIMATE: $20,000 – 30,000
Provenance
Iwantja Arts, APY Lands, South Australia
THIS IS NO FANTASY + Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
On view Melbourne
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Wawiriya Burton (1925 – 2021)
Ngayuku Ngura – My Country, 2018
synthetic polymer paint on linen
197.5 x 152.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Tjala Arts cat. 408–18
Starting bid: $10,000
ESTIMATE: $12,000 – 15,000
Provenance
Tjala Arts, Amata, South Australia
Outstation Gallery, Darwin
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Tjala Arts 2018, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, 8 September – 6 October 2018
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjala Arts which states:
‘In this painting Wawiriya has depicted her country. The different colours and designs represent variations in the landscape.’
On view Melbourne
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Eubena Nampitjin (c.1921 – 2013)
Mindiki Karu, 1998
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
98.5 x 50.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 200/98
Starting bid: $5,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Tjumpo Tjapanangka (c.1929 – 2007)
Wilkinkarra, 2002
synthetic polymer paint on linen
150.0 x 75.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 173/02
Starting bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $5,000 – 7,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
Private collection, Sydney
On view Melbourne
Mulgra (Mawukura) Jimmy Nerrimah (1929 – 2013)
Tapu Country, 1999
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
121.5 x 121.5 cm
signed verso: Jimmy Narrima
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. PC 070/99
Starting bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
Private collection, Perth
Exhibited
Side by Side, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 12 August – 8 October 2000 (label attached verso)
On view Melbourne
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Tommy Mitchell (c.1943 – 2013)
Tjunka’s Country and Wakalpuka, 2010
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
76.0 x 74.5 cm
79.0 x 77.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription on tape verso: artist’s name and Warakurna Artists cat. 410–10
Starting bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $5,000 – 7,000
Provenance
Warakurna Artists, Warakurna, Western Australia
Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in March 2011
This work is accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Warakurna Artists which states:
‘Tommy Mitchell was born in the desert the Warakurna side of Papulankutja.
This painting is from Tommy’s mother’s and uncle Tjunka Lewis’s country. Tommy Mitchell says this painting is about Tjunka’s country and a special place called Wakalpuka, a rockhole at the base of Wakalpuka.
It’s a story about the Patarrtja (native quoll, sometimes referred to as a native cat). This animal was travelling around. You can not find the Patjarrtja anymore, they have become extinct from this region. Too many wild feral cats.’
On view Melbourne
Albert Namatjira (1902 – 1959)
[Central Australian Landscape]
watercolour on paper
23.0 x 31.5 cm
42.5 x 48.5 cm (frame)
signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
Starting bid: $15,000
ESTIMATE: $20,000 – 30,000
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired at auction c.1980s–90s
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
Ian W. Abdulla (1947 – 2011)
Irrigating the vineyards during the day, 1991
synthetic polymer paint on paper
56.5 x 76.5 cm
77.0 x 96.0 cm (frame)
signed lower right: Ian W. Abdulla
Starting bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in February 1998
On view Melbourne
Untitled [Traditional Designs – Double Sided Painting], 1970s
natural earth pigments on plywood
39.0 x 34.5 cm
Starting bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Private collection, Northern Territory, acquired in the mid–late 1970s
Private collection, Alice Springs, acquired from the above in the mid–1980s
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne
Anatjari Tjampitjinpa (c.1927 – 1999)
Tingari at Tjurnga, 1996
synthetic polymer paint on linen
122.0 x 60.5 cm
124.0 x 62.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. AT9611108
Starting bid: $5,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory Framed Gallery, Darwin Private collection, Northern Territory
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states:
‘This painting depicts the travels of a group of Tingari Men from the rockhole site of Tjurnga, east of Kiwirrkura, further east through Pinari and then north to Malanga, a large lake west of Balgo. The men performed ceremonies at the various sites through which they passed along the way. At Malanga they are said to have turned into snakes now living under the lake. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given.
Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.’
On view Melbourne
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Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri born c.1950
Untitled (Tingari painting), 2001
synthetic polymer paint on linen
152.0 x 183.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. JJ0103194
Starting bid: $14,000
ESTIMATE: $16,000 – 22,000
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
On view Melbourne
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Ray James Tjangala born c.1958
Tingari Men’s travels at Yunala, 1999
synthetic polymer paint on linen
183.5 x 122.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. RJ990245
Starting bid: $4,500
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection
Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 8 December 2019, lot 321
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
On view Melbourne
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Mithinari Gurruwiwi (1929 – 1976)
Totemic creatures (snakes, birds and water lilies), 1964
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
85.0 x 50.0 cm (irregular)
bears inscription on Yirrkala Aboriginal Art label verso: artist’s name, date, moiety, and description
Starting bid: $2,400
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Painted in the Yirrkala region of North–East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in 1964
Yirrkala Aboriginal Art, Yirrkala, Northern Territory (label attached verso)
Private collection, Darwin
This work is accompanied by a description on the Yirrkala Aboriginal Art label verso:
‘Totemic snake who causes lightning and rain to fall. Water lillies [sic] and birds eating fruit. Hatching [ind.] water.’
On view Melbourne
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Attributed to Baku Ray (c.1908 – 1970)
Untitled (Larrakitj, Memorial Pole), late 1950s – early 1960s
natural earth pigments on hollow log 119.0 cm height
Starting bid: $2,400
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Created in the Milingimbi region of Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in the late 1950s – early 1960s Dorothy Bennett, Darwin Private collection, Darwin
On view Melbourne
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Narritjin Maymuru (1922 – 1981)
Possum’s story, c.1968
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
103.0 x 45.0 cm
Starting bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $2,600 – 3,200
Provenance
Executed in the Yirrkala region, North–East Arnhem Land
Private collection
Private collection, Darwin
On view Melbourne
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Garraparra (Larrakitj)
natural earth pigments on hollowed log 270.0 cm height
Starting bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory (cat. 2168M)
Private collection, Melbourne
Art Index, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2013
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre.
On view Melbourne
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Jack Britten Joolama (c.1925 – 2002)
Jarlinji (Plains kangaroo), 1990
natural earth pigments on canvas
80.0 x 160.0 cm
83.5 x 163.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. S-2921 and AP-3410
Starting bid: $15,000
ESTIMATE: $20,000 – 30,000
Provenance
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia Lindsay Street Gallery, Darwin Private collection, New South Wales
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 July 2004, lot 130
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Recent Works by the Artists of Warmun Community, Turkey Creek, Western Australia, Lindsay Street Gallery, Darwin, 1991, cat. 22
This work was originally sold with a copy of the original certificate of authenticity from Waringarri Aboriginal Arts which stated in part:
‘This painting shows Garndi country near Port Headland. It is a dreaming place where the plains kangaroo (Jarlinji) started out to travel to the Kija country when he was a man in the dreamtime. He came from the west right up to Turkey Creek. The north/south highway runs through the picture and the road is intersected by a railway line. On the western side of the road are large rocks or hills and on the eastern side (represented at the bottom of the painting) are lots of small rocks standing upright. The rocks are decorated with the sacred patterns belonging to the plains kangaroo'
On view Melbourne
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Samantha Hobson born 1981
Reef colours, 2010
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
107.5 x 80.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: Samantha Hobson 2010 inscribed verso: SMHC 20100525
Starting bid: $1,500
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Lockhart River Arts, Lockhart River, Queensland
Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Samantha Hobson: Floating Colours, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, 2 – 26 June 2010, cat. 3
On view Melbourne
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Nora Wompi Nungurrayi born 1935
Kunawarritji, 2014
synthetic polymer paint on linen
61.0 x 61.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title, medium, size and Martumili Artists cat. 14 – 152
Starting bid: $800
ESTIMATE: $1,200 – 2,200
Provenance
Martumili Arts, Newman, Western Australia
Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Survey 2015 – Important Painting and Sculpture, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, 18 November – 6 December 2015
This work is accompanied by certificates of authenticity from Vivien Anderson Gallery and Martumili Arts, which states:
‘Wompi paints the Country around her homelands of Kunawarrtiji, a place associated with the Minyipuru Jukurrpa (Seven Sister Dreaming). In 1906, Kunawarrtiji also became a well on the Canning Stock Route, and from an early age Wompi and her family had encounters with the white men who drove cattle along the route. As a young woman, Wompi followed the drovers north to Balgo Mission, where she stayed for many years. She learnt to paint there with her close friend, Eubena Nampitjin, and returned to Kunawarritji, where she lives and paints today, when it became a community in its own right.’
On view Melbourne
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Kathleen Ngale (1930 – 2021)
Untitled, 2009 from the ‘Arnwekety (Bush Plum Dreaming)’ series
synthetic polymer paint on linen 151.0 x 120.5 cm bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Delmore Gallery cat. 09L0975
Starting bid: $6,500
ESTIMATE: $8,000 – 12,000
Provenance
Delmore Gallery, via Alice Springs, Northern Territory Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Barbara Mbitjana Moore born 1964
Ngayuku Ngura (My Country), 2012
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
151.5 x 122.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Tjala Arts cat. 371-12
Starting bid: $5,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Tjala Arts, Amata, South Australia
Marshall Arts, Adelaide
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjala Arts which states:
‘In this painting, Barbara has depicted her country. The different colours and designs represent variations in the landscape.’
On view Melbourne
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Nellie Stewart (c.1938 – 2012)
Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa, 2009
synthetic polymer paint on canvas 114.0 x 200.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Tjungu Palya cat. TPNS09137
Starting bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $5,000 – 7,000
Provenance
Tjungu Palya Arts, Nyapari, South Australia Marshall Arts, Adelaide Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Arts which states:
‘This is Irrunytju. Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (the creation story of two sisters). The women were travelling through this country stopping at rockholes along the way. They had special Inma (ceremonial singing and dancing).
Ngayuku nguntytju ngura (this is my mother’s country)
When the little sister was very small, she was blown away by a big wind far to the south, to another country, where people spoke another language and had different Inma (ceremonies). Many years later the big sister heard where her sister was and went to bring her back home. They travelled together for many days. The little sister was frightened and crying. "I don’t want to go back” she wailed. The elder sister taught her ceremonial language as they travelled through the desert. Close to Irrunytju the sisters made hair belts for Inma (ceremonial song and dance). From there the big sister threw her digging stick and made Wana Wani.’
On view Melbourne
Theresa Nowee Napaltjarri born c.1971
Nynmi, 2004
synthetic polymer paint on linen
148.0 x 75.0 cm
150.0 x 77.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 702/04
Starting bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia Private collection, Northern Territory
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states:
‘Theresa has depicted the country of her father and grandfather named Nynmi. This country is south of Balgo in the Gibson Desert. The main feature of the painting is the banga banga tree (desert oak) that grows in the area. Theresa’s grandfather would climb these trees to collect the sweet wanarra (bush honey) from the nuts the trees produce. The wanarra is depicted as the shapes between the branches of the tree while the dotting represents the leaves of the trees as well as the nearby grass.’
On view Melbourne
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Yukenbarri Napanangka born c.1975
Untitled (Mother’s Country), 2004
synthetic polymer paint on linen
120.0 x 79.0 cm
121.5 x 81.5 (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 1109/04
Starting bid: $2,800
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Aboriginal Art 2006, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, 2006, cat. 13 (illus. in exhibition catalogue)
On view Melbourne
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Helicopter Tjungurrayi born c.1946
Karulya Soak, in the Great Sandy Desert, 1996
synthetic polymer paint on linen
89.0 x 60.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 728/96
Starting bid: $1,600
ESTIMATE: $2,500 – 3,500
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
Private collection, Sydney Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 14 October 2009, lot 51
Private collection, Melbourne
This painting is accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists, which states:
‘This country belongs to the artist. He had depicted three waterholes and numerous soaks which sustained he and his family when they were still nomads wandering the country in search of food. Today Helicopter lives in Balgo Hills community.’
On view Melbourne
Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c.1935 – 2003)
Untitled, 1997
synthetic polymer paint on linen
91.5 x 61.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 85/97
Starting bid: $1,600
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
The Collection of William and Lucy Mora, Melbourne Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 21 July 2010, lot 50
Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Rammey Ramsey born c.1935
Thawoonkoorr Country, 2003
natural earth pigments on linen
183.0 x 91.0 cm
signed verso: RAMMEY RAMSEY
bears inscription verso: title and Jirrawun Arts cat. 7–2003–19
Starting bid: $5,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Jirrawun Arts, Wyndham, Western Australia
RAFT Artspace, Darwin
Private collection, Northern Territory
Exhibited
Rammey Ramsey – Jirrawun Arts, RAFT Artspace, Darwin, 2003
On view Melbourne
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natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
83.5 x 41.0 cm (irregular)
Starting bid: $1,500
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Private collection, gifted in the late 1980s
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 31 October 2006, lot 233 (attributed to Artist Unknown)
Aboriginal Arts Australia, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne (attributed to Lily Karadada)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Exhibited
The Women’s Show 2008, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, 1 – 29 March 2008
On view Melbourne
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synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.5 x 60.5 cm
92.0 x 62.5 (frame)
signed verso: David Downs
Starting bid: $1,500
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Private collection, Western Australia
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, July 2001, lot 103
Private collection, Perth
Nyuju Stumpy Brown (c.1924 – 2011)
Untitled, 2002
synthetic polymer paint on cotton duck
59.0 x 50.0 cm
61.0 x 52.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat.
PC086/02
Starting bid: $1,000
ESTIMATE: $1,500 – 2,500
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia RAFT Artspace, Darwin Private collection, Northern Territory
On view Melbourne
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Nyankulya Watson (c.1938 – 2007)
Ngayuku Ngura (My Country), 2008
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
167.5 x 100.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Tjungu Palya cat. TPNKW08083
Starting bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $5,000 – 7,000
Provenance
Tjungu Palya Arts, Nyapari, South Australia
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Arts which states:
‘Ngayuku ngura (this is my country). There are many rockholes here. It is sacred country, an important place. The place I was born is Mount Aloysius, where there is a big rock hole. My mother used to look after me at this place. After we travelled to Unpitji and Kunputina. This a sacred place. Another rockhole is Mapantji. At Tjilputja all the bird women from the dreamtime are making wiltja (shelter). The other rockholes are Iwarra, Althutjara and Palka Ala. There are rock holes all through this lamd. My country is good country, plenty of water and bush foods. The circles in my painting are the rockholes and the travelling tracks are marked out in lines.’
On view Melbourne
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Maureen Baker born 1962
Ngayuku Mamku Ngura, 2012
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
121.0 x 199.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Tjungu Palya cat. 12190
Starting bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $5,000 – 7,000
Provenance
Tjungu Palya Arts, Nyapari, South Australia
Outstation Gallery, Darwin Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Arts which states:
‘This is my father’s country near Tjukurla and Kulkurdaare. There are many stories and many people have travelled across this country in the old times. There are waterholes and lakes and underground creeks and travelling tracks. It is an important place.’
On view Melbourne
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Untitled (wilerata), 1977
synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board
60.0 x 44.5 cm
64.5 x 48.5 cm (frame) bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title and Papunya Tula Artists cat. OW771118
Starting bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory Private collection, Melbourne Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 14 October 2009, lot 171 Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Untitled, 1996/1998
synthetic polymer paint on linen
i. 61.0 x 30.5 cm
64.0 x 34.0 cm (frame)
ii. 60.0 x 30.0 cm
63.5 x 33.5 cm (frame)
i. bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. PP961063
ii. bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. PP981107
Starting bid: $2,800
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000 (2)
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Ray James Tjangala born c.1958
Yunala, 2001
synthetic polymer paint on linen
91.0 x 122.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. RJ0107152
Starting bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2001
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states in part:
‘This painting depicts the rockhole and soakage water site at Karrilwarra, west of Kiwirrkura Community. A group of Tingari Men visited this site during their travels further west to Nyinmi, near Jupiter Well.’
On view Melbourne
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Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula (c.1930 – 2016)
Untitled, 2005
synthetic polymer paint on linen
91.5 x 91.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. JY0502074
Starting bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states in part:
‘This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Wirrulnga, slightly east of the Kiwirrkura Community in Western Australia. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men visited this site after travelling from further west and passing through the Kiwirrkura area. They later continued east to Tarkul, near Mt. Webb and then north to Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).’
On view Melbourne
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Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri born c.1950
Rockhole site of Tarkul, 2000
synthetic polymer paint on linen
122.0 x 91.5 cm
Starting bid: $3,200
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists.
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Jean Baptiste Apuatimi (1940 – 2013)
Nguiu Bathurst Island, 2012
natural earth pigments on linen
115.0 x 52.5 cm
bears inscription verso: Tiwi Design cat. JBA18–4–2012
Starting bid: $1,500
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Tiwi Design, Nguiu, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory Private collection, Victoria
Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourn
Exhibited
The Women’s Show 2024, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, 20 March – 27 April 2024
This painting is accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Tiwi Design which states:
‘Jirtaka is lovely tucker. My husband used to get that fish and bring him home. After we eat that fish we get that bone and paint him up. First black, then Jilamara (body paint design). Special design only for that one. The first painting my husband did was on that bone. I like to paint this because my husband taught me. It’s pukamani that one. When he die they paint up that bone for ceremony. That bone he pukumani. He body of person now in that ceremony. They put that bone in tunga during pukumani. When I paint that I think of him. I think of him when I paint.’
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Nandabitta (1911 – 1981)
Untitled
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
51.5 x 35.0 cm (irregular)
Starting bid: $1,500
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 19 October 2009, lot 69
Private collection, Melbourne
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Owen Yalandja born 1960 Yawkyawk, 1995
ochre and pigments with PVA fixative on carved kurrajong
125.5 cm height
Starting bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $2,800 – 3,500
Provenance
Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory
Ancient Earth Gallery, Hahndorf, South Australia
Private collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above in October 2006
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Susan Marawarr born 1967 Lorrkon, c.2008
natural earth pigments with synthetic binder on hollowed stringybark log
114.0 cm height
Starting bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
John Morse Art, Sydney Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in June 2008
Estate of the above
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Seymour Wulida born 1969 Lorrkon, c.2008
natural earth pigments with synthetic binder on hollowed stringybark log
200.0 cm height
Starting bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
John Morse Art, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in June 2008
Estate of the above
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Djambawa Marawili born 1953
Diver bird and fish
natural earth pigments on carved softwood
69.0 cm height
bears inscription on base: artist name and Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre cat. 1391–W
Starting bid: $1,800
ESTIMATE: $2,500 – 3,500
Provenance
Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory
The Collection of William and Lucy Mora, Melbourne Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 21 July 2010, lot 158 Private collection, Melbourne
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Aubrey Tigan (1945 – 2013)
Riji [Tribe design]
natural earth pigments on engraved pearl shell
16.5 x 13.5 cm
engraved with initials verso: AT.
Starting bid: $800
ESTIMATE: $1,000 – 1,500
Provenance
Short Street Gallery, Broome, Western Australia (cat. 28409)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in May 2012
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short St Gallery which states:
‘This design shows the markings of Aubrey’s language groups. This shell is what the young men wear after they have gone through a number of different stages of initiations. It is the third last stage of the initiation of a young man. After the final stage he is allowed to be with his promised wife. Prior to being fully initiated he can only talk to her and no physical contact is allowed. A man is a bongan for 2–4 years. The whole initiation process from boyhood to manhood takes about 8–10 years. The stages for the arnkooy ceremony are Niyamniyam when the people decide the young boy is ready for law. Then Layanyarr, which involved his brothers–in–law painting him with fat, he is then taken to the law ground for ceremony, when he comes back from the law ground he is called
balil. When they are in oolooloong ceremony (the second ceremony of initiation) they are called joodoor. When they are finished the oolooloong ceremony they are jamoonoonggoorr. When they get hand strings and move into the next oolooloong ceremony they become gambil boys. After about a year they become roonggoorr, they are about 15–16 years of age and they were eagle feathers in their hair. Next is boongan it is for a young man who has been through law and has a hairbelt and pearlshell put on him, he then waits for the red paint stage (about 2–3 years). The red paint stage is called ilyboorr and the boy is now a man and is free to marry. After the red paint he is called maambangan.’
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Rosalie Gascoigne
Beaten track, 1992
sawn wood soft drink crates on plywood, 122.0 x 110.0 cm
Sold for $1,043,182 (inc. BP), 1 December 2022, Melbourne
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