Lot #69 - Nyapanayapa Yunupingu
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
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Sale Date:22 Jul 2014 ~ 6.30pm (Part 1 - Lots 1 - 198)
23 Jul 2014 ~ 2.30pm (Part 2 - Lots 199 - 331) -
Lot #:69
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Lot Description:Nyapanayapa Yunupingu
(born circa 1945)
White Painting (2010)
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
133.5 x 99.5 cm -
Provenance:Painted at Yirrkala, North East Arnhem Land; Buku-Larrngay Mulka, Northern Territory (3589M); Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney; Ms Gwyn Hansen Pigott OAM, Australia; By descent; Private Collection, Melbourne
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Notes:This painting is sold with Buku-Larrngay Mulka Artists certificate that partially reads, "Ask the artist the often construed as a rude question - what does the painting mean? and, perhaps gladly, Nyapanyapa would not be able to answer the question except to ask back - what do you want it to mean?"
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Estimate:A$4,000 - 6,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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