MAMUPUYUTJANUNYA, c.1980

Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
28 November 2012
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NOSEPEG TJUPURRULA

(c.1914 - 1993)
MAMUPUYUTJANUNYA, c.1980

synthetic polymer paint on composition board

53.0 x 45.0 cm

Estimate: 
$3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $3,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 27 - 28 November 2012, Melbourne
Provenance

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, lot 377
Private collection, Melbourne

This work is accompanied by a cataloguing card that states: 'This painting represents a site to the south of Lake McDonald called Mamupuyutjanunya. There is a rockhole at this place represented by the large concentric circles, which is related to the production of milk in mothers' mammary glands.'