Women's Campsite at the Rockhole Site of Marrapinti, 2009

76 x 84 cm

Est. $2,500 – $3,500

Hammer $1,500

Provenance: Yanda Art, NT, Cat No. NR200914 Private Collection , Vic
Artwork story: Nancy Ross Nungurrayi, sister of senior artist Naata Nungurrayi, presents a ceremonial landscape tied to Marrapinti - a sacred rockhole in the Western Desert where ancestral women camped during ceremonial journeys. Finely stippled dot fields denote sandhills (tali), water sources, and ceremonial travel routes. These marks encode the journeys of ancestral women performing rituals of fertility and food preparation - especially the harvesting of seeds and crafting of ceremonial objects. Nancy's paintings are recognised for their subtle tonal shifts and spatial logic, drawing viewers into a layered mapping of memory, gendered knowledge, and country. Her practice forms part of the wider legacy of Pintupi women artists, whose interpretations of Dreaming sites offer aesthetic refinement and profound cultural insight.

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Sale 1 · Lot 47

c.1935 – 2010

76 x 84 cm

Est. $2,500 – $3,500

Hammer $1,500

Provenance: Yanda Art, NT, Cat No. NR200914 Private Collection , Vic
Artwork story: Nancy Ross Nungurrayi, sister of senior artist Naata Nungurrayi, presents a ceremonial landscape tied to Marrapinti - a sacred rockhole in the Western Desert where ancestral women camped during ceremonial journeys. Finely stippled dot fields denote sandhills (tali), water sources, and ceremonial travel routes. These marks encode the journeys of ancestral women performing rituals of fertility and food preparation - especially the harvesting of seeds and crafting of ceremonial objects. Nancy's paintings are recognised for their subtle tonal shifts and spatial logic, drawing viewers into a layered mapping of memory, gendered knowledge, and country. Her practice forms part of the wider legacy of Pintupi women artists, whose interpretations of Dreaming sites offer aesthetic refinement and profound cultural insight.