Nunkumpa Near Kiwirrkura, 1995

120 x 80 cm

Est. $3,000 – $5,000

Hammer $2,600

Provenance: Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Balgo, Cat No. 141/95 Framed Darwin, Anne Phelan (Director), Cat No. 3002EAB Private Collection, Albany NY
Artwork story: Nyumi was a senior Pintupi woman and one of the leading female painters to emerge from Balgo in the late 1980s, recognised for her inventive interpretations of women’s law and ceremony. In this important historical painting, concentric roundels, pathways and sinuous lines chart ancestral journeys and the presence of the creation serpent Tjartjal, who searches for a new home in a rockhole. The composition vibrates with the desert palette of reds, whites and ochres, punctuated by the black form of the serpent that anchors the painting. Nyumi’s practice, begun in 1988, remained focused on women’s concerns and the transmission of knowledge, situating her as a key figure in the expansion of Balgo art into national and international collections.

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Sale 2 · Lot 44

c.1947 – 2019

120 x 80 cm

Est. $3,000 – $5,000

Hammer $2,600

Provenance: Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Balgo, Cat No. 141/95 Framed Darwin, Anne Phelan (Director), Cat No. 3002EAB Private Collection, Albany NY
Artwork story: Nyumi was a senior Pintupi woman and one of the leading female painters to emerge from Balgo in the late 1980s, recognised for her inventive interpretations of women’s law and ceremony. In this important historical painting, concentric roundels, pathways and sinuous lines chart ancestral journeys and the presence of the creation serpent Tjartjal, who searches for a new home in a rockhole. The composition vibrates with the desert palette of reds, whites and ochres, punctuated by the black form of the serpent that anchors the painting. Nyumi’s practice, begun in 1988, remained focused on women’s concerns and the transmission of knowledge, situating her as a key figure in the expansion of Balgo art into national and international collections.