Provenance and context of painting
• Artist: Daisy Japulija
• Born: circa 1948
• Skin name: Nampiyinti
• Language: Nyikina, Walmajarri
• Title: Desert Sand
• Catalogue: 453/08
• Medium: Atelier acrylic paint on 14oz canvas
• Size: 60 × 60 cm
• Provenance: Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
• Accompanied by original Mangkaja Arts documentation
• The artist’s documented story for the work is: “My mother country called Junqudi.”
• The painting uses strong concentric fields of colour surrounding a dark central form, presenting Country through a bold, highly simplified composition.
• The documentation directly connects the painting with the artist’s mother Country, making the work’s recorded provenance and story particularly significant.
