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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection, USA
• Sale Date:
  19 Oct 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  50
• Lot Description:
  Yinarupa Nangala
  born c.1948
  Mukula, 2007
  synthetic polymer paint on linen
  120.0 x 120.0 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. YN0704115
• Provenance:
  Painted at Alice Springs in 2007; Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; AP Bond Gallery, Adelaide; The Luczo Family Collection, USA
• Notes:
  This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artiststhat states: ‘This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Mukula, east of Jupiter Well in Western Australia. During mythological times a large group of ancestral women came from the west and stopped at this site to perform the ceremonies associated with the area. They later continued their travels towards the east passing through Ngaminya, Kiwirrkura and Wirrulnga on their way to Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). As the women travelled they gathered a variety of bush foods including kampurarrpa berries (desert raisin) from the small shrub Solanum centrale, and pura (bush tomato) from the plant Solanum chippendalei. Kampurarrpa berries can be eaten directly from the plant but are sometimes ground into a paste and cooked on the coals as a type of damper, while pura are the size of an apricot, and after the seeds have been removed, can be stored for long periods by halving the fruit and skewering them onto a stick. The shapes in the painting represent the features of the country through which they travelled as well as the bush food they gathered.’
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 9,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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