Naata Nungurrayi Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Naata Nungurrayi Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 26, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932-2021), Untitled 2001
Est: $600 - $900
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932-2021) Untitled 2001 acrylic on linen inscribed verso: AANNR0033 / Ngintaka Arts / HA17092 89 x 60.5cm PROVENANCE High on Art, Melbourne
Gibson's
Nov. 24, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, (1932 - 2021), Women's Business, 2004, acrylic on canvas (ready to hang), 90 x 60 x 3 cm. (35.4 x 23.6 x 1.1 in.)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) Women's Business, 2004 acrylic on canvas (ready to hang) signed verso; with certificate of authenticity
Lawsons
Oct. 27, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, (c1932 - 2021), Marrapinti, 2009, acrylic on Belgian linen (ready to hang), 126 x 88 x 2 cm. (49.6 x 34.6 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (c1932 - 2021) Marrapinti, 2009 acrylic on Belgian linen (ready to hang) signed verso, Mason Australia certificate of authenticity and holding photos, cat no.NN1107
Lawsons
Sep. 22, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, (1932 - 2021), Women's Business, 2004, acrylic on canvas (ready to hang), 90 x 60 x 3 cm. (35.4 x 23.6 x 1.1 in.)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) Women's Business, 2004 acrylic on canvas (ready to hang) signed verso; with certificate of authenticity
Lawsons
Jul. 28, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, (c1932 - 2021), Marrapinti, 2009, acrylic on Belgian linen (ready to hang), 126 x 88 x 2 cm. (49.6 x 34.6 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (c1932 - 2021) Marrapinti, 2009 acrylic on Belgian linen (ready to hang) signed verso, Mason Australia certificate of authenticity and holding photos, cat no.NN1107
Lawsons
Jul. 28, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021), Women's Business, 2004, acrylic on canvas (ready to hang), 90 x 60 x 3 cm, signed verso; certificate of authenticity
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) Women's Business, 2004 acrylic on canvas (ready to hang) 90 x 60 x 3 cm signed verso; certificate of authenticity
Lawsons
Jul. 15, 2024
Naata Nungurrayi, (1932-2021), Women's Story, acrylic on linen, 154 x 214 cm
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Naata Nungurrayi (1932-2021) Women's Story acrylic on linen inscribed verso 'Cat. No. FG022053.NN'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jun. 30, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, MARRAPINTI, 2003
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 – 2021) MARRAPINTI, 2003 synthetic polymer paint on linen 122.5 x 91.5 cm bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN0307191 donated by Beverly Knight PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne This work is located at NCIE | 166 – 180 George St, Redfern, New South Wales, 2016
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 02, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932- ) "MARRAPINTI"
Est: $12,000 - $20,000
Important large Pintupi oil painting on canvas dated 2003 with certificate from Yanda Aboriginal Art and photographic evidence artist with artwork.181cm x 152cm
Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers
May. 26, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, (c1932 - 2021), Marrapinti, 2009, acrylic on Belgian linen (ready to hang), 126 x 88 x 2 cm. (49.6 x 34.6 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (c1932 - 2021) Marrapinti, 2009 acrylic on Belgian linen (ready to hang) signed verso, Mason Australia certificate of authenticity and holding photos, cat no.NN1107
Lawsons
Apr. 28, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021), Women's Business, 2004, acrylic on canvas (ready to hang), 90 x 60 x 3 cm, signed verso; certificate of authenticity
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) Women's Business, 2004 acrylic on canvas (ready to hang) 90 x 60 x 3 cm signed verso; certificate of authenticity
Lawsons
Mar. 26, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, MARRAPINTI, 2004
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) MARRAPINTI, 2004 synthetic polymer paint on linen 122.0 x 91.5 cm bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN0409127 PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory Tony Bond, Adelaide Private collection, Adelaide ESSAY Born around 1932, senior Pintupi artist Naata Nungurrayi is celebrated for works which act as visual manifestations of her lived experience and intangible cultural knowledge. As the artist describes: ‘I am painting my home, my Country — women’s Kanaputa story. Travelling along Irrututu, Tjuntupul, Marrapinti, Ngami, Wirrul. A long time ago, I travelled all around this Country, from place to place.’1 Across her practice, Nungurrayi visually translated facets of the geographies and topographies of culturally significant sites and designs associated with Kungka (Women) Dreaming – specifically her home of Marrapinti, a sacred waterhole located to the west of Pollock Hills, Western Australia, where a group of travelling ancestral women stopped and made nose-bones (known as marrapinti), to be worn in the context of ceremonial occasions by older generations of Pintupi. Painted in warm hues, the vibrantly coloured composition, Marrapinti, 2004, reflects the way Nungurrayi painted with a ‘singled-minded, trance like’ focus, and ‘an intensity that matches the colours at play in her work’.2 In this work, the densely layered and modulated fields of warm dotted colour, overlaid with bold gestural lines, typify Nungurrayi’s mastery in rendering the depth and intangible energy of country, with these interconnecting lines representing the living presence of the tali (sandhills) of her Country. As Luke Scholes articulates, ‘Naata is one of Papunya Tula Artists’ most celebrated painters. A quintessential Pintupi eccentric, briming with life and a rare, painterly gift.’3 1. Nungurrayi, cited in unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2012, p. 99 2. Perkins, H., Art+Soul, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2010, p. 26 3. Scholes, L., Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 58 GEORGIE LATHAM © Naata Nungurrayi/Copyright Agency 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 24, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, (1932 - 2021), Untitled, 2010, acrylic on linen (ready to hang), 91 x 122 x 3 cm. (35.8 x 48.0 x 1.1 in.)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) Untitled, 2010 acrylic on linen (ready to hang) cat no. AENA1007-12KM
Lawsons
Mar. 24, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, (1932 - 2021), Marrapinti, 2003, acrylic on linen (ready to hang), 151 x 120 x 2 cm. (59.4 x 47.2 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) Marrapinti, 2003 acrylic on linen (ready to hang) inscribed verso, cat no. NAN0315; certificate of authenticity and progress photos
Lawsons
Mar. 05, 2024
Naata Nungurrayi - Women at Marrapinti, 2001
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Naata Nungurrayi was about 30 years of age when she brought with her family to Papunya after leaving behind her beloved desert homelands in the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. She settled in the Kintore region in the early 1980s and began creating paintings in a carefully composed geometric style for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996. This painting, in her tight grid style, depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti. The lines are sandhills surrounding the area. A large group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones which are worn through a hole in the nose web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions. The women later traveled east passing through Wala Wala, Kiwirrkura and Ngaminya.
Cooee Art
Feb. 13, 2024
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, UNTITLED, 1999
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) UNTITLED, 1999 synthetic polymer paint on linen 56.0 x 61.0 cm bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN99030207 PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory Collection of James Smeaton, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1999 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of the Tjuluyurrnga, situated amongst hills, north of the Kiwirrkura Community. A large group of women travelled to this site to perform the ceremonies associated with the area. They later continued travelling towards the east. While they were travelling they gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale.' © Naata Nungurrayi/Copyright Agency 2024 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 28, 2023
Naata Nungurrayi (circa 1932) Untitled (Designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Ngaminya), 2006
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
Naata Nungurrayi (circa 1932) Untitled (Designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Ngaminya), 2006 inscribed verso with artist's name, dimensions and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number NN0609083 synthetic polymer paint on linen 106.5 x 122.0cm (41 15/16 x 48 1/16in).
Bonhams
Aug. 28, 2023
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (born 1932) (Language group: Pintupi) Untitled 2004 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 122 x 121cm
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (born 1932) (Language group: Pintupi) Untitled 2004 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. NN0403117 122 x 121cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity) Private collection, Canberra OTHER NOTES: "This painting depicts designs associated with the rock hole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. A large group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones which are worn through the hole in the nose-web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions. The women later travelled east passing through Wala Wala, Kiwirrkura and Ngaminya gathering the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale." As stated on the Papunya Tula Artists certificate © Naata Nungurrayi/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Aug. 28, 2023
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (born 1932) (Language group: Pintupi) Untitled 2003 synthetic polymer paint on linen 92 x 61cm
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (born 1932) (Language group: Pintupi) Untitled 2003 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist's name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. NN0305201 92 x 61cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © Naata Nungurrayi/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Jun. 22, 2023
Naata Nungurrayi, b c1932, Rockhole Site of Marrapinti
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Naata Nungurrayi b c1932 Rockhole Site of Marrapinti Acrylic on linen 1996, unstretched, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs, cat. no. NN960936, acquired from the above in 1997, Collection of Richard Kelton and Kerry Smallwood Kelton, Santa Monica
Abell Auction
May. 08, 2023
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932-2021), Women's Ceremonies 1998
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932-2021) Women's Ceremonies 1998 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso: Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. NN981039 120 x 30cm PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity) © Naata Nungurrayi/Copyright Agency, 2023
Gibson's
Apr. 16, 2023
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (BORN 1932), The Rockhole Site of Marrapinti 1999
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (BORN 1932) The Rockhole Site of Marrapinti 1999 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso: Naata Nungurrayi / Papunya Tula Artists / NN990887 121.5 x 60.5cm PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs 1999 Christie's, Sydney, Australian Aboriginal Art, 30 August 2005, Lot 9 Sotheby's, Sydney, Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, 25 November 2007, Lot 58 Corporate Collection, Sydney © Naata Nungurrayi/Copyright Agency, 2023
Gibson's
Mar. 22, 2023
NAATA NUNGURRAYI, UNTITLED, 2004
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (1932 - 2021) UNTITLED, 2004 synthetic polymer paint on linen 93.5 x 94.0 cm bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN0409023 PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory Private collection, Adelaide Scott Livesey, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 2 December 2015, lot 183 Private collection, Melbourne This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: 'This painting depicts designs associated with Yunala, a rockhole and soakage water site situated among sandhills just to the west of the Kiwirrkura community in Western Australia. During ancestral times a group of women camped at this site after travelling further west. While at Yunala the women camped beside the rockhole, digging for the edible roots of the bush banana or silky pear vine Marsdenia australis, also known as yunala. The lines in this painting represent both the sandhills surrounding the site and the yunala. The women later continued their travels towards the east, passing through the Kiwirrkura area on their way to Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).' © Naata Nungurrayi/Copyright Agency 2023
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 20, 2023
Naata Nungurrayi, , Marrapinta 2004, Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
Est: $4,500 - $9,200
Naata Nungurrayi Marrapinta 2004 Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen Code 19529 ($9,200)
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Oct. 11, 2022
Naata Nungurrayi - Marrapinti, 2009
Est: $150,000 - $220,000
Naata Nungurrayi was about 30 years of age when she encountered the 'welfare patrol' in 1963, who forced her and her family to Papunya. She began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996. Forced to leave behind her beloved desert homelands, the memory of these places and the life she led, has provided the inspiration and the subject matter for her highly sought-after paintings. Naata’s paintings combine the carefully composed geometric style that developed at Papunya amongst the Pintupi painting men, with the looser technique and more painterly organic style introduced by the women after the painting camps of the early and mid 1990s. This work depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The lines are sandhills surrounding the area, and the roundels represent rockholes.
Cooee Art
Oct. 11, 2022
Naata Nungurrayi - Untitled (Marrapinti), 2001
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Naata Nungurrayi was about 30 years of age when she was brought with her family to Papunya in 1964. Forced to leave behind her beloved desert homelands, the memory of these places, and the life she led there, provided the inspiration and the subject matter for her paintings after she began working with Papunya Tula Artists in 1996. Naata’s paintings combine the carefully composed geometric style that developed at Papunya amongst the Pintupi painting men, with a looser technique and more painterly organic style introduced by the women after the painting camps of the early and mid 1990s. This work depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The lines represent sandhills surrounding the area, and the roundels represent rockholes where a large group of senior women camped. They can be seen in this painting as U shapes sitting in groups. The myth relating to these women tells of how they first made the nose-bones which are traditionally worn through a hole in the nose web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.
Cooee Art
Aug. 01, 2022
Naata Nungurrayi, Kintore (b.1932), Untitled 2000, Acrylic on linen
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Naata Nungurrayi Kintore, (b.1932) Untitled 2000 Acrylic on linen Signed verso Utopia Art Sydney Gallery, label verso Papunya Tula Catalogue no. NN0010054 verso
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Jul. 28, 2022
Naata Nungurrayi (Australian Aboriginal, 1932-2021) Women's Ceremony at Marrapinti
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Naata Nungurrayi (Australian Aboriginal, 1932-2021) Women's Ceremony at Marrapinti acrylic on linen signed Naata Nungurrayi and stamped (verso) 32 2/5 x 30 inches.
Hindman
Jun. 05, 2022
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (BORN 1932) Untitled 2007
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (BORN 1932) Untitled 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas cat no. AAAP/NN070526-3 96 x 157.5cm Australian Aboriginal Art & Photography Certificate of Authenticity accompanies this Lot PROVENANCE The Julie Hickson Collection of Aboriginal Art Australian Aboriginal Art & Photography
Gibson's
May. 11, 2022
Naata Nungurrayi (circa 1932) Untitled, 2004
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Naata Nungurrayi (circa 1932) Untitled, 2004 inscribed verso with artist's name, dimensions and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number synthetic polymer paint on linen 92.0 x 91.5cm (36 1/4 x 36in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 08, 2022
Naata Nungurrayi - Marrapinti Rockhole and Soakage Site, 2008
Est: $45,000 - $65,000
Naata Nungurrayi was about 30 years of age when she was brought with her family to Papunya in 1964. Forced to leave behind her beloved desert homelands, the memory of these places and the life she led there provided the inspiration and the subject matter for her paintings after she began working with Papunya Tula Artists in 1996. Naataâs paintings combine the carefully composed geometric style that developed at Papunya amongst the Pintupi painting men, with a looser technique and more painterly organic style introduced by the women after the painting camps of the early and mid 1990s. This work depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The lines depict sandhills surrounding the area, and the roundels represent rockholes where a large group of senior women camped. They are depicted in this painting as U shapes sitting in groups. The myth relating to these women tells of how they first made the nose-bones which are traditionally worn through a hole in the nose web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.
Cooee Art
Mar. 08, 2022
Naata Nungurrayi - Marrapinti, 2012
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Naata Nungurrayi was about 30 years of age in 1963 when she and her family were trucked by the 'welfare patrol' and resettled in Papunya. Forced to leave behind her beloved desert homelands, the memory of these places and the life she led there, provided the inspiration and the subject matter for her paintings when she began working for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996. Naataâs paintings combine the carefully composed geometric style that developed at Papunya amongst the Pintupi painting men, with the looser technique and more painterly organic style introduced by the women after the painting camps of the early and mid 1990s. This work depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The lines are sand hills surrounding the area and the roundels represent rock holes. A large group of senior women camped at this place. They are depicted in this painting as U shapes sitting in groups. The myth relating to these women tells of how they first made the nose-bones which are traditionally worn through a hole in the nose web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.
Cooee Art
Aug. 25, 2021
Naata Nungurrayi (b. 1932)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Untitled, 2007 acrylic on linen, inscribed Australian Aboriginal Art Cat. No. AAAP/NN070526-3', unstretched
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 24, 2021
Naata Nungurrayi (circa 1932) Untitled (rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti), 2003
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Naata Nungurrayi (circa 1932) Untitled (rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti), 2003 inscribed verso: 'Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd / 107x91cm / Naata Nungurrayi / NN0310337' synthetic polymer paint on linen 107.0 x 91.0cm (42 1/8 x 35 13/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 08, 2021
Naata Nungurrayi - Untitled, 2002
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Cooee Art Indigenous Fine Art Auction "Naata Nungurrayi was about 30 years of age when she encountered the 'welfare patrol' in 1963, who forced her and her family to Papunya. She began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996. Forced to leave behind her beloved desert homelands, the memory of these places and the life she led, has provided the inspiration and the subject matter for her highly sought-after paintings. Naata+IBk-s paintings combine the carefully composed geometric style that developed at Papunya amongst the Pintupi painting men, with the looser technique and more painterly organic style introduced by the women after the painting camps of the early and mid 1990s. This work depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The lines are sandhills surrounding the area and the roundels represent rockholes. A large group of senior women camped at this place. They are depicted in this painting as U shapes sitting in groups. The myth relating to these women tells of how they first made the nose-bones which are traditionally worn through a hole in the nose web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions." Contact Cooee Art for more information on this Aboriginal artwork.
Cooee Art
Jun. 08, 2021
Naata Nungurrayi - Marrapinti, West of Kiwirrkura, 2012
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Cooee Art Indigenous Fine Art Auction "This painting depicts the creation events at the rockhole site of Marrapinti, west of Kiwirrkura. A group of senior women camped at this site and gathered kampurarrpa - bush raisin, from the Solanum centrale plant species common to Central Australia. The fruit is eaten directly from the plant and can also be ground into a flour and baked in the hot coals. Naata depicts her homeland "ngura" from an aerial perspective and includes such features as the "tali" or sandhills, "puli" or rock outcrops and "punti" or vegetation. The linear appearance of the painting design depicts the alignment of the topography in the landscape near Naata's homeland. This predominantly east-west alignment had a strong influence on the movements of the nomadic First Nations people. During ceremony, women act out the activities of ancestral beings and the songlines are performed in a repetitive manner. Rockhole sites such as Marrapinti have been a reliable source of drinking water through the generations and, as such, continue to be important ceremony sites to this day.+IB0 Contact Cooee Art for more information on this Aboriginal artwork.
Cooee Art
Nov. 30, 2020
Naata Nungurrayi (Kumil, Western Australia 1932 - 2015)
Est: €1,000 - €3,000
Milky Way / Seven Sisters Dreaming Signed and numbered 6739 on the reverse Acrylic on canvas, 90.2 x 108.5 cm Provenance: - Private collection, Malaga, Spain - Private collection, the Netherlands Faults or imperfections are not recorded in the lot description. We encourage you to inspect the lots during our viewing days. Condition reports are available upon request.
AAG Auctioneers
Aug. 23, 2020
NAATA NUNGURRAYI "My Country"
Est: -
NAATA NUNGURRAYI "My Country" Acrylic on linen. Provenance: Ebony Dreamtime Art, 2008. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity & artist photo. Artwork is stretched and ready to hang. 64cm x 124cm
Ozbid Auctions
Apr. 21, 2020
Two artworks by Nungurrayi, Naata Womens Site synthetic polymer on canvas 61 x 45cm 2003
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Thesese paintings depict designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Kiwirrkura Community. A large group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones, also known as Marrapinti, which are worn through a hole in the nose-web. These nose-bones were originally won by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.The women later travelled east passing through the Kiwirrkura area.
Cooee Art
Jan. 30, 2020
Naata Nungurrayi (1932 - ) - Marrapinti 61 x 61.5 cm (framed and ready to hang)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Naata Nungurrayi (1932 - ) Marrapinti acrylic on linen 61 x 61.5 cm (framed and ready to hang) Yanda Aboriginal Art stamp verso; cat no. NA200201, holding photo; Provenance: Estate the Late Juliet Elizabeth Pegler
Lawsons
Dec. 03, 2019
Naata Nungurrayi (1932-) Marrapinti
Est: $18,000 - $22,000
This painting depicts the creation events at the rockhole site of Marrapinti, west of Kiwirrkura. A group of senior women camped at this site, they gathered kampurarrpa - bush raisin, from the solanum centrale plant species common to Central Australia. The fruit is eaten directly from the plant and can also be ground into a flour and baked in the hot coals. Naata depicts her homeland "ngura" as an aerial perspective and includes such features as the "tali" or sandhills, "puli" or rock outcrops and "punti" or vegetation. The linear appearance of the painting design depicts the alignment of the topography in the landscape near Naata's homeland. This predominantly east-west alignment had a strong influence on the movements of the nomadic Aboriginal people. During ceremony women act out the activities of ancestral beings and the songlines are performed in a repetitive manner. Rockhole sites such as Marrapinti, have been a reliable source of drinking water through the generations and as such continue to be important ceremony sites to this day.
Cooee Art
Oct. 29, 2019
Naata Nungurrayi (b. 1932)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Untitled, 2002 acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Naata Nungurrayi, Papunya Tula Artists, Cat No. NN0203267'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2019
Naata Nungurrayi (b. 1932)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Untitled, 2002 acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso Naata Nungurrayi 'Papunya Tula Artists, Cat No. NN0203011'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 26, 2019
Naata Nungurrayi (1932 - ) (2 works) - Marrapinti (diptych) 152 x 46.5cm, each (stretched and ready to hang)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Naata Nungurrayi (1932 - ) (2 works) Marrapinti (diptych) acrylic on linen 152 x 46.5cm, each (stretched and ready to hang) signed verso, with certificate of authenticity and holding photos
Lawsons
May. 28, 2019
NAATA NUNGURRAYI - MARRAPINTI - Acrylic on linen
Est: $5,000 - $10,000
NAATA NUNGURRAYI (B.1932) MARRAPINTI Certificate of authenticity included Acrylic on linen 134 x 137.5cm
GFL Fine Art
Dec. 06, 2018
Naata Nungurrayi (1932 - ) - Marrapinti 122.5 x 152.5cm (stretched and ready to hang)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Naata Nungurrayi (1932 - ) Marrapinti acrylic on linen 122.5 x 152.5cm (stretched and ready to hang) cat no. NA201225 verso
Lawsons
Nov. 27, 2018
Naata Nungurrayi (1932-) Marrapinti 2003
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Naata Nungurrayi was about 30 years of age when she brought with her family to Papunya after leaving behind her beloved desert homelands in the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. These places and the life she led there have provided the wellspring of her inspiration and the subject matter for her highly sought after paintings. After initially moving to Docker River with family members in the late 1970s she finally settled in the Kintore region in the early 1980s. She began creating paintings in a carefully composed geometric style for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996 and went on to develop a looser technique and more painterly organic style from the mid 1990s onward. This painting, in her tight grid style, depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti. The lines are sandhills surrounding the area. A large group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones which are worn through a hole in the nose web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions. The women later traveled east passing through Wala Wala, Kiwirrkura and Ngaminya.
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Nov. 27, 2018
Naata Nungurrayi (1932-) Ceremony at Marapinti 2002
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
Naata Nungurrayi was about 30 years of age when she encountered the welfare patrol in 1963 and was brought with her family to Papunya the flowing year. Forced to leave behind her beloved desert homelands, the memory of these places and the life she led there provided the inspiration and the subject matter for her highly sought after paintings. She began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996. Naata’s paintings combine the carefully composed geometric style that developed at Papunya amongst the Pintupi painting men, with the looser technique and more painterly organic style introduced by the women after the paintings camps of the early and mid 1990s. This work depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, to the west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The lines are sandhills surrounding the area and the roundels represent rockholes. A large group of senior women camped at this rockhole. They are depicted in this painting as U shapes sitting in groups while camped. The myth relating to these women tells of how they first made the nose-bones which are traditionally worn through a hole in the nose web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.
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