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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  06 Jun 2016 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  34
• Lot Description:
  Naata Nungurrayi
  (born 1932)
  Marrapinti (2004)
  synthetic polymer paint on linen
  151.7 x 121.5 cm
• Provenance:
  Yanda Aboriginal Art, Alice Springs (NA200404); Private collection, Victoria
• Notes:
  This painting is sold with Yanda Aboriginal Art documentation. Naata Nungurrayi is recognised as an important artist in the Indigenous artist movement. She started painting in 1996 when she joined Papunya Tula Artists at the time many of the Papunya Tula women started to paint. Her paintings generally reflect traditional women’s law, ceremony (the Tingari cycle in particular), ancestral stories and her country. She has developed a distinctive painting style and colour palette (comprising white, reds, pinks, blacks, yellows and oranges). Her paintings comprise dots which interconnect to form bold lines setting out a topographical view of her country. Naata paints both for Papunya Tula Artists and Yanda Aboriginal Art. Often when an Indigenous artist paints for more than one agent, confusion arises about the quality and sometimes authenticity of the paintings due to different styles and colours of artworks that can result. In the case of Naata, there is a definite similarity between the works she paints for Papunya Tula Artists and Yanda Aboriginal Art, including the palette, depiction of her stories and country, and most importantly the quality. Accordingly, there is growing market acceptance of both sources of provenance for Naata's paintings. Shaun Dennison
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 20,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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