Property from a Hilton Head Island Private Collection

Description:

Michelle Possum Nungurrayi (Aboriginal, b. 1969), Woman's Body, Acrylic on Canvas, signed and titled 'Woman's body, Colours and Dancing Place' on verso, abstract motifs in tones of purple, red, pink, white, peach and yellow on a black ground, in a black frame. Frame size: 35 in. x 53 in.

Provenance: purchased at Blue Door Gallery, South Melbourne, Australia in 2011 for $1,250.



Michelle Possum Nungurrayi was born in 1970 at Mt Allan, a station community to the north west of Alice Springs. Michelle comes from a well-established artistic family. She is the younger sister of artist Gabriella Possum and their father, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, was one of the founding figures of the Desert Art movement at Papunya. Michelle, along with her sister Gabriella and brother Lionel, was taught to paint by her famous father. Michelle began painting at an early age and produced her first canvases while still a teenager in the mid 1980s. Michelle currently paints in Melbourne, where her family now lives, and she often paints in the company of her sister. (Japingkaaboriginalart.com)

Measurements: Height: by sight 31 3/4 in. x Width: 45 3/4 in.

Condition:

Good condition, light wear to edges of frame.

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