Lot 13
Minna Minna 2002
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlayirti Artists cat. no. 641/02
100.5 x 50cm
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne
"Nancy has painted some country located south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is known as Minna Minna, named for the soakwater, or tjumu, which is featured in the centre of the painting, also depicted are four hills situated in this area. This country is important women's country, and women of Nungurrayi and Napanangka skin groups dance for this country. The Minna Minna story tells of a band of ancestral women who travel the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) landscape, terrorising men."
As stated on the Warlayirti Artists certificate of authenticity
© Nancy Naninurra/Copyright Agency, 2023
Indigenous Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8694
6:00pm - 28 August 2023
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 August, 10am - 4pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC
CONTACT
Lucy Foster
lucy.foster@leonardjoel.com.au
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