Mary Markati Napaltjarri(circa 1926)Mangkai, 1991
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Mary Markati Napaltjarri (circa 1926)
numbered and inscribed verso: '1000 x 750 / Warlayirti Art / Mary Markati / 447/91'
synthetic polymer paint on linen
100.0 x 74.5cm (39 3/8 x 29 5/16in).
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PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia (cat. 447/91)
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Sotheby's, The Sam Barry Collection, Melbourne, 26-27 July 2004, lot 82
Private collection, United Kingdom
The Warlayirti Artists documentation that once accompanied the work read in part: 'Artist's Country. The painting shows the country where the artist spent the first part of her life and she knows the area very well. There are a large number of rock formations here which are believed to be signs left by a band of travelling women in the Dreamtime. These are held very sacred by local women today and this Law is maintained by senior women such as the artist. There is a 'tjunu' or soakage here and a large number of different types of bush-foods which the women would collect.'