LOT #66 Eunice Napanangka Jack (1940- ) Hair String, 2004 92 x 122 cm synthetic polymer on Belgian linen $3,500 - 4,500 PROVENANCE Ikuntji Art Centre, Haasts Bluff, NT Cat No. IK04EJ132 Boutwell Draper Gallery, NSW Tjala Aboriginal Art, Sydney, NSW Private Collection, NSW accompanied by a Ikuntji Art Centre certificate of authenticity EXHIBITION HISTORY November 2004 Eunice Napanangka - Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW A brilliant colourist, Eunice is renowned for using layers of colour to build up a vision of bush wildflowers and grasses as well as Hairstring, Tali (sandhill) and Mungada (apple). In this Hairstring work hundreds of varied colour strokes, represent the hair being rolled on women’s thighs to make bags and clothing. Now an elder in her late 70s, Eunice is a renowned a hunter, dancer and senior custodian of traditional law.
AUCTION | Aboriginal Works of Art | 4 June 2019
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