AUCTION | Aboriginal Works of Art | 4 June 2019

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LOT #68 Paji Wajina Yankarr Honeychild (c,1912-2004) Nurtu, 2002 91 x 100 cm synthetic polymer paint on canvas $4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, WA Cat No. PC062/02 Lawson Menzies Aboriginal Art, Nov 2005 Lot No. 170 Tjala Aboriginal Art, NSW Cooee Art Gallery, NSW Private Colection, NSW EXHIBITION HISTORY Australian Galleries, Cooee Art at Australian Galleries, Sydney NSW, April 2016 This site is called Nurtu. According to the artist: ‘We used to stay here when I was a kid. This was a ‘living’ water hole (a permanent water source) and we would move from place to place. We never stayed in one place too long.’


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