50 Downs
synthetic polymer paint on linen
inscribed verso with artist's name and Ninuku Artists cat. no. NKSB10431
122.5 x 107cm
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Ninuku Artists, South Australia (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne
"This painting is of a story about my father's country 50 Downs, near Amata community. Lots of women were at this site collecting Kampurapa (bush tomatoes). A man came along and asked the women for the mai (food) but the women didn't give any to him. So the man had no mai. After that the man left and the women fed all the mai to the tjitji (children) and the children were full-up. The man came back again and the group went together to Pangkupiri which is near Tjukula and close to Mr. Brumby's mother's country."
As stated on the Ninuku Artists certificate of authenticity
© Sandy Brumby/Copyright Agency, 2026
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8822
6:00pm - 6 October 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 October, 11am - 5pm, 2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn
CONTACT
Wiebke Brix
wiebke.brix@leonardjoel.com.au
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