Merryn Schriever
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Lot 41
Elizabeth Nyumi Nungarrayi(circa 1947)Parwalla, 2004
6 June 2017, 18:30 AEST
Sydney, NCJWASold for AU$12,200 inc. premium
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Elizabeth Nyumi Nungarrayi (circa 1947)
Parwalla, 2004
inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlayirti Artists cat. 280/04
synthetic polymer paint on linen
80.0 x 180.0cm (31 1/2 x 70 7/8in).
inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlayirti Artists cat. 280/04
synthetic polymer paint on linen
80.0 x 180.0cm (31 1/2 x 70 7/8in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills)
Raft Art Space, Darwin
The Collection of Bambi Blumberg, Sydney
This painting is accompanied by Warlayirti Artists documentation that reads: 'This painting depicts the country known as Parwalla, which is Nyumi's father's country. This country is far to the south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert, west of Kiwirrkurra, and is dominated by tali (sand hills). Parwalla is a large swampy area, which fills with water after the wet season rain and consequently produces an abundance of bush foods. The majority of Nyumi's painting shows the different bush foods, including kantjilyi (bush raisin), pura (bush tomato) and minyili (seed). Women, shown as the U shapes, with their wana (digging sticks) and coolamons gathering the foods are also depicted. The whitish colours, which dominate the painting, represent the spinifex that grows strong and seeds after the wet season rains. These seeds are white in colour, and grow so thickly they obscure the ground and other plants below.'