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Eubena Nampitjin: Painting Value, Prices &; Auction Results

Eubena Nampitjin’s paintings have become some of the most sought-after works to emerge from the Balgo movement. Auction prices range from a few hundred dollars for small or less significant works to many tens of thousands for exceptional paintings, with value determined by factors such as date, size, provenance, condition, exhibition history and artistic quality. Her large, expressive paintings from the late 1990s and 2000s are generally the most highly regarded by collectors.

If you own a painting by Eubena Nampitjin and would like to know its value or are considering selling, this guide explains the factors that influence prices, examines auction results and provides practical advice on assessing your artwork. Whether your painting is an early structured composition or one of her mature gestural works, understanding where it fits within her artistic development is often key to determining its market value.

If you own a painting by Eubena Nampitjin and would like to know its value or are considering selling, please send me clear photographs of the front and back of the painting, together with its dimensions and any available provenance or documentation. I personally review every enquiry and can provide an assessment based on the artwork’s date, size, condition, provenance, artistic quality and comparable auction results.

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1990 – 1991

Wantaru / Yintarnyu (1990) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting the Malu (Kangaroo) Dreaming with interconnected waterholes and travelling paths, Balgo Hills.

Wantaru / Yintarnyu (1990)

Size
100 × 75 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26 July 2004, Lot 63

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills); Hogarth Galleries, Sydney; The Sam Barry Collection.

Price Realised
$43,500 AUD

Pingkarri, Canning Stock Route (1990) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting the Pingkarri waterhole and bush turkey ancestral tracks near the Canning Stock Route.

Pingkarri, Canning Stock Route (1990)

Size
100 × 76 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Bonhams, Aboriginal Art; Aboriginal Art from the Superannuation Fund of William Nuttall and Annette Reeves, Sydney, 28 May 2012, Lot 150

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills), Western Australia; Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Property of a Melbourne Collector.

Price Realised
$15,000 AUD

Travels of a Tingari Couple (1990) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting Tingari ancestors travelling between ceremonial sites across the Great Sandy Desert.

Travels of a Tingari Couple (1990)

Size
100 × 74 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 7 June 2011, Lot 102

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia (stock 341/90); Hogarth Gallery, Sydney; Private Collection, New South Wales; Sotheby’s, Melbourne (2006); Private Collection, United Kingdom.

Price Realised
$12,000 AUD

Artist's Country (1990) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting interconnected waterholes, travelling paths and ceremonial sites in the Great Sandy Desert.

Artist’s Country (1990)

Size
120 × 60 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, Lot 96

Price Realised
$8,500 AUD

Tingarri Women at Kanaputta (1990) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting women's Tingarri ceremonial sites connected by ancestral travelling routes.

Tingarri Women at Kanaputta (1990)

Size
85 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Fine Aboriginal and Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 17 June 1996, Lot 160

Provenance
Kung Gubunga Aboriginal Art. Dreamtime Gallery, Gold Coast.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

Tinku Rockhole (1990) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting a chain of waterholes, rocky ridges and Tingari Dreaming pathways in the Great Sandy Desert.

Tinku Rockhole (1990)

Size
91 × 60.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 2 December 2015, Lot 105

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills. Dreamtime Gallery, Perth. Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$3,800 AUD

1992-1993

Ikara (1992) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting the Ikara landscape and the travels of the Wati Kutjarra (Two Men) ancestors through the Great Sandy Desert.

 Ikara (1992)

Size
180 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26 July 2004, Lot 75

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills); Dreamtime Gallery, Queensland; The Sam Barry Collection.

Price Realised
$68,000 AUD

Untitled (1992) by Eubena Nampitjin featuring interconnected waterholes and ancestral pathways in vivid pink, orange and ochre tones.

Untitled (1992)

Size
91 × 61 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Aboriginal + Contemporary Art from the Laverty Collection: D+H Online, Melbourne, 13 December 2022, Lot 37

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo; Private Collection; Sotheby’s, Sydney (2000); The Laverty Collection.

Price Realised

$12,000 AUD
Untitled (1992) by Eubena Nampitjin featuring interconnected waterholes and ancestral pathways in vivid pink, red and ochre tones.

Untitled (1992)

Size
91 × 61 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26 June 2000, Lot 88

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills.

Price Realised
$11,000 AUD

Artist's Country (Yuratjadda) (1992) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting Yuratjadda Rockhole and surrounding bush food sites in the Great Sandy Desert.

Artist’s Country (Yuratjadda) (1992)

Size
100 × 75 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, The Alan Boxer Collection of Australian Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 17 March 2015, Lot 35

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia. Chapman Gallery, Canberra. The Alan Boxer Collection, Canberra.

Exhibited
Crossing Cultures: Art From the Boxer Collection, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, May–June 2000.

Price Realised
$7,500 AUD

Nyilla (1992) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting the Nyilla landscape with interconnected waterholes, ceremonial sites and ancestral pathways in vibrant red and yellow tones.

Nyilla (1992)

Size
35 × 55 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on plywood

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, The Laverty Collection: Contemporary Australian Art, Sydney, 29 October 2019, Lot 27

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Balgo. Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, Lot 140. The Laverty Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$4,400 AUD

Nyilla (1992) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting the Nyilla landscape with interconnected waterholes and ancestral pathways in vivid red, orange and yellow ochres

Nyilla (1992)

Size
56 × 36 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on plywood

Auction
Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, Lot 140

Price Realised

$4,000 AUD
Tjintalpa, West of Yagga Yagga in the Great Sandy Desert (1993) by Eubena Nampitjin depicting ancestral Country, waterholes and sandhills in vibrant ochre, yellow and pink tones.

Tjintalpa, West of Yagga Yagga in the Great Sandy Desert (1993)

Size
117.5 × 83.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 24 March 2010, Lot 70

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; James and Wendy Cowan Collection, New South Wales.

Price Realised
$18,000 AUD

1995-1996

Near Jupiter Well in the Great Sandy Desert by Eubena Nampitjin, 1995 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Near Jupiter Well in the Great Sandy Desert, W.A. (1995)

Size
120 × 180 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, New York, 13 December 2019, Lot 19

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Balgo; The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands.

Price Realised

$40,000 AUD
Millagudoo in the Great Sandy Desert by Eubena Nampitjin, 1995 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia

Millagudoo in the Great Sandy Desert (1995)

Size
181 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 20 July 2009, Lot 49

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; The Thompson Marecaux Collection of Balgo Paintings.

Price Realised
$38,000 AUD

Widji Rockhole by Eubena Nampitjin, 1995 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia

Widji Rockhole (1995)

Size
119.5 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian & International Art, Sydney, 29 August 2018, Lot 87

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia; The Colin and Elizabeth Laverty Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$11,000 AUD

Djindatba on the Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin, 1995 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Djindatba, on the Canning Stock Route (1995)

Size
89.6 × 59.7 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 20 July 2009, Lot 52

Provenance
Painted at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills) in 1995; Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; The Thompson Marecaux Collection of Balgo Paintings.

Price Realised
$9,500 AUD

Ladingburra Soak in the Great Sandy Desert by Eubena Nampitjin, 1995 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Ladingburra Soak in the Great Sandy Desert (1995)

Size
80 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Aboriginal Works of Art, Sydney, 3 December 2019, Lot 10

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, WA. Chapman Gallery, ACT. Private Collection, Tasmania.

Price Realised
$8,000 AUD

Untitled painting by Eubena Nampitjin, 1995 acrylic on linen depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert.

Untitled (1995)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 44

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists (Cat. No. 752/95). Songlines Gallery, USA. Private Collection, Netherlands.

Price Realised
$7,000 AUD

Artist's Country (Wandaili Bore) by Eubena Nampitjin, 1995 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Artist’s Country (Wandaili Bore) (1995)

Size
89 × 59.4 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, The Peter Elliott Collection, Sydney, 31 August 2015, Lot 197

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Western Australia.

Price Realised
$4,000 AUD

Kun Kun, Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert by Eubena Nampitjin, 1995 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Kun Kun, Canning Stock Route, Great Sandy Desert (1995)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Bonhams, The Thomas Vroom Collection, Sydney, 6 September 2015, Lot 66

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills.

Exhibited
Aboriginal Art Today!, AAMU – Museum for Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Utrecht, 2010.

Price Realised
$3,800 AUD

Ikara, Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert by Eubena Nampitjin, 1996 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Ikara (Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia) (1996)

Size
80 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Christie’s, Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 30 August 2005, Lot 14

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$14,000 AUD

Nilla by Eubena Nampitjin, 1996 acrylic painting depicting a well near the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert.

Nilla (1996)

Size
90 × 60.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, D+H ONLINE: Australian + International Art: Traditional to Contemporary, Melbourne, 13 February 2024, Lot 45

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia. Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

1997

Karri Karri Rockhole near the Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin, 1997 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Karri Karri Rockhole, near Canning Stock Route, WA (1997)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), First Nations Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 18 November 2025, Lot 10

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, WA (Cat. No. 233/97); Gallery Gondwana, NT; Private Collection, NSW.

Price Realised
$9,000 AUD

Tilla Rockhole near the Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin, 1997 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Karri Karri Rockhole, near Canning Stock Route, WA (1997)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), First Nations Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 18 November 2025, Lot 10

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, WA (Cat. No. 233/97); Gallery Gondwana, NT; Private Collection, NSW.

Price Realised
$9,000 AUD

Ikara Rockhole by Eubena Nampitjin, 1997 acrylic painting depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

Ikara Rockhole

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 November 2009, Lot 137

Provenance
Painted at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills) in 1997. Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills. Private Collection.

Price Realised
$6,000 AUD

Ceremonial Place by Eubena Nampitjin, 1997 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Ceremonial Place (1997)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 November 2009, Lot 136

Provenance
Painted at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills) in 1997. Private Collection. Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, Lot 308. Private Collection, USA.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

Tilla Rockhole, Near the Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin, 1997 acrylic painting on Belgian linen from Balgo, Western Australia.

Tilla Rockhole, Near the Canning Stock Route (1997)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Aboriginal Works of Art, Sydney, 4 June 2019, Lot 59

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. The Mike Chandler Collection, NSW.

Price Realised
$4,200 AUD

1998-1999

Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin, 1998 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia

Canning Stock Route (1998)

Size
180.5 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, The Laverty Collection – Part III, Sydney, 5 April 2017, Lot 15

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; The Colin & Elizabeth Laverty Collection.

Price Realised
$19,000 AUD

Canning Stock Route, Near Koonawarritji by Eubena Nampitjin, 1998 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Canning Stock Route, Near Koonawarritji (1998)

Size
180 × 120 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Lawsons, Aboriginal Art & Artefacts, Sydney, 23 May 2019, Lot 533

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Japingka Gallery, Western Australia; Private Collection, Belgium.

Price Realised
$13,000 AUD

Untitled painting by Eubena Nampitjin, 1998 acrylic on canvas depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert.

Untitled (1998)

Size
99 × 50.1 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Joel Fine Art, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 5 June 2007, Lot 44

Provenance
Painted at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills) in 1998 for Warlayirti Artists. Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$7,500 AUD

Artist's Country Near Kunawarritji by Eubena Nampitjin, 1998 acrylic painting depicting sandhills near Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route.

Untitled – Artist’s Country Near Kunawarritji (1998)

Size
80 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Aboriginal Works of Art, Sydney, 3 December 2019, Lot 62

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia. Creative Native Gallery, Western Australia. Private Collection, USA.

Price Realised
$3,200 AUD

Untitled painting by Eubena Nampitjin, 1999 acrylic on linen depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert.

Untitled (1999)

Size
180 × 120.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 29 July 2003, Lot 217

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Private Collection, Adelaide.

Price Realised
$28,000 AUD

Ngunguntarra, Near the Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin, 1999 acrylic painting from Balgo, Western Australia.

Ngunguntarra, Near the Canning Stock Route, WA (1999)

Size
80 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Fine Art, Sydney, 23 May 2007, Lot 255

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists; Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$13,000 AUD

Midjul by Eubena Nampitjin, 1999 acrylic painting depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

Midjul (1999)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 8 June 2021, Lot 87

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, WA. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 20 July 2009, Lot 121. Private Collection, NSW.

Price Realised
$8,000 AUD

Untitled painting by Eubena Nampitjin, 1999 acrylic on Belgian linen depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert.

Untitled (1999)

Size
120.5 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 11 October 2022, Lot 70

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia. Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$7,500 AUD

Wiritji Kinu Rockhole by Eubena Nampitjin, 1999 acrylic painting depicting sand dunes and a rockhole in the Great Sandy Desert.

Wiritji Kinu Rockhole (1999)

Size
75 × 50 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26 July 2004, Lot 447

Provenance
Painted in 1999 for Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills. Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$6,000 AUD

Maniboro by Eubena Nampitjin, 1999 acrylic painting depicting sand dunes and waterholes in the Great Sandy Desert.

Maniboro (1999)

Size
91 × 61 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 29 July 2003, Lot 404

Provenance
Painted at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills). Warlayirti Artists, Alice Springs. Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

2000-2001

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin, 2000 acrylic painting depicting Country near the Canning Stock Route, Balgo, Western Australia.

Kinyu (2000)

Size
119.5 × 179.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 24 March 2010, Lot 31

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised

$25,000 AUD
Ngurdu–Bundujarpa by Eubena Nampitjin, 2000 acrylic painting depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

Ngurdu – Bundujarpa (2000)

Size
149 × 66 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 20 October 2008, Lot 135

Provenance
Painted in Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills) in 2000; Warlayirti Artists; Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Private Collection, USA.

Price Realised
$11,500 AUD

Walamalu Taltu by Eubena Nampitjin, 2000 acrylic painting depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

Walamalu Taltu (2000)

Size
150 × 75 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, The Laverty Collection – Part III, Sydney, 5 April 2017, Lot 17

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills. The Colin and Elizabeth Laverty Collection, Sydney.

Exhibited
18th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award

Price Realised
$7,000 AUD

Ikara Rockhole by Eubena Nampitjin, 2000 acrylic painting depicting Country in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

Ikara Rockhole

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, Modern & Contemporary Art Including Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 18 October 2020, Lot 402

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia (Cat. No. 181/00).

Price Realised
$5,500 AUD

Papulpa by Eubena Nampitjin, 2001 acrylic painting depicting a waterhole in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia.

Papulpa (2001)

Size
150 × 101 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 31 July 2006, Lot 122

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$18,000 AUD

Wati Kutjarra by Eubena Nampitjin showing broad ochre, yellow and mauve sandhill forms, linked waterholes and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Wati Kutjarra (2001)

Size
150 × 75 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, Indigenous Art, Sydney, 17 March 2026, Lot 11

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia; Palya Art, Northern Territory; Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$12,000 AUD

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin showing a central dark waterhole surrounded by sweeping yellow, orange and pink sandhill forms with white dotted contours.

Kinyu (2001)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, Vintage Posters, Aboriginal Art & Photography, Sydney, 2 April 2014, Lot 137

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, WA; Shapiro Auctioneers Selling Exhibition (2006).

Price Realised
$9,000 AUD

Inyaroo by Eubena Nampitjin showing sweeping yellow, ochre and orange sandhill forms, linked waterholes and white dotted contours in the Balgo style

Inyaroo (2001)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 25 March 2026, Lot 69

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. Private Collection, Melbourne.

Exhibited
Eubena Nampitjin, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 31 May – 21 June 2002; All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 18 September – 26 October 2002.

Price Realised
$6,500 AUD

Tjirti by Eubena Nampitjin showing a central dark rockhole surrounded by orange, ochre and mauve sandhill forms with white dotted contours in the Balgo style.

Tjirti (2001)

Size
90 × 60 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian, International + Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26 November 2014, Lot 124

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills. Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$3,000 AUD

2002-2003

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin showing golden ochre and orange sandhill bands, linked rockholes and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Kinyu (2002)

Size
180 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, Modern + Contemporary, Sydney, 21 July 2004, Lot 42

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation; Palya Art, Darwin; Private Collection, Northern Territory.

Price Realised
$22,000 AUD

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin showing sweeping yellow, cream and pink sandhill forms, twin dark rockholes and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

 Kinyu (2002)

Size
120 × 180 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 30 March 2022, Lot 23

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Private Collection; Bonhams, Sydney (2011); Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$18,000 AUD

Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin showing golden yellow and ochre sandhill forms, linked waterholes and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Canning Stock Route (2002)

Size
150 × 75 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, 8 March 2015, Lot 72

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; The Colin and Elizabeth Laverty Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$14,000 AUD

Soakwaters on the Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin showing pale yellow and ochre sandhill forms, linked waterholes and soft mauve contours in the Balgo painting style.

Soakwaters on the Canning Stock Route (2002)

Size
149 × 100 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 4 April 2012, Lot 40

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Private Collection, Adelaide.

Price Realised
$10,000 AUD

Canning Stock Route by Eubena Nampitjin showing golden yellow and ochre sandhill forms, linked waterholes and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Canning Stock Route (2002)

Size
150 × 75 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, 8 March 2015, Lot 72

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; The Colin and Elizabeth Laverty Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$14,000 AUD

Mindiki Karu by Eubena Nampitjin showing pale yellow, ochre and mauve sandhill forms, two central soakwaters and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Mindiki Karu (2002)

Size
119.5 × 79 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, The Ainsworth Collection – Contemporary & Aboriginal Art; Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 26 March 2014, Lot 119

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills. Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs. Private Collection, Sydney.

Exhibited
Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, June 2002.

Price Realised

Painting by Eubena Nampitjin showing bright yellow and white sandhill forms surrounding three linked rockholes with white dotted contours in the Balgo style.

Untitled (2002)

Size
120.5 × 81 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Bonhams, Important Early Works from the Estate of Sir Sidney Nolan; Important Australian Art, Melbourne, 20 August 2013, Lot 141

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills), Western Australia. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. Private Collection.

Price Realised
$7,500 AUD

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin showing a bright pink central rockhole, golden yellow sandhill forms and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Kinyu (2002)

Size
76 × 51 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, D+H ONLINE: Modern, Contemporary + Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 5 September 2023, Lot 21

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. The Collection of Marielle Soni, Melbourne.

Exhibited
Eubena Nampitjin, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, May–June 2002.

Price Realised
$3,600 AUD

Piritjarri by Eubena Nampitjin showing radiant yellow and ochre sandhill forms radiating from central waterholes with white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Piritjarri (2003)

Size
180 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, Lot 60

Price Realised
$28,000 AUD

Tjurlkurlu by Eubena Nampitjin showing vibrant orange and golden sandhill forms, linked rockholes and soakwaters with mauve and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Tjurlkurlu (2003)

Size
100 × 100 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Bonhams, Aboriginal Art; Aboriginal Art from the Superannuation Fund of William Nuttall and Annette Reeves, Sydney, 28 May 2012, Lot 180

Provenance
Painted in 2003; Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills), Western Australia; Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney; Private Collection.

Price Realised
$9,750 AUD

Piritjarri by Eubena Nampitjin showing radiant yellow and ochre sandhill forms radiating from central waterholes with white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Piritjarri (2003)

Size
180 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, Lot 60

Price Realised
$28,000 AUD

Witji by Eubena Nampitjin showing glowing yellow and orange sandhill forms surrounding a central chain of rockholes with white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style

Witji (2003)

Size
120 × 79 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 20 June 2023, Lot 14

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, WA (Cat. No. 750/03); Private Collection, ACT.

Price Realised
$9,000 AUD

2004-2005

Untitled by Eubena Nampitjin showing brilliant yellow sandhill forms, three linked soakwaters with mauve and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Untitled (2004)

Size
180 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 18 May 2011, Lot 78

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$16,000 AUD

Wati Kutjarra by Eubena Nampitjin showing vivid crimson and pink sandhill forms, linked waterholes and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style

Wati Kutjarra (2004)

Size
150 × 75 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Australian Aboriginal Art Including Works From the Maclean Collection – Online, Melbourne, 19 May 2020, Lot 4

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. Private Collection, Melbourne.

Exhibited
Eubena Nampitjin, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 8 September – 2 October 2004; Melbourne Art Fair, 29 September – 4 October 2004.

Price Realised
$8,000 AUD

Nyartjuri by Eubena Nampitjin showing radiant yellow and golden sandhill forms, linked waterholes and mauve and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Nyartjuri (2004)

Size
180 × 150 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, 8 March 2015, Lot 71

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; The Colin & Elizabeth Laverty Collection.

Price Realised
$20,000 AUD

Mindiki by Eubena Nampitjin showing radiant yellow sandhill forms, central soakwaters and mauve and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Mindiki (2004)

Size
100 × 150 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Sydney, 29 May 2018, Lot 46

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills (Cat. No. 395/04). Private Collection, NSW.

Exhibited
Cooee Art AIAM100.com Launch (2010); Balgo Past and Present (2014); Cooee Art at Australian Galleries (2016).

Price Realised
$4,800 AUD

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin showing brilliant yellow and ochre sandhill forms, a vertical chain of rockholes and pink and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Kinyu (2005)

Size
180 × 150 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 20 October 2008, Lot 136

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Private Collection.

Price Realised
$25,000 AUD

Untitled by Eubena Nampitjin showing glowing yellow and orange sandhill forms with linked soakwaters outlined in pink and white in the Balgo painting style.

Untitled (2005)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Joel Fine Art, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 3 June 2008, Lot 41

Provenance
Painted in 2005 for Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Private Collection, Singapore.

Price Realised
$9,750 AUD

Nyilla by Eubena Nampitjin showing luminous pink and white sandhill forms surrounding linked waterholes in the Balgo painting style.

Nyilla (2005)

Size
150.3 × 99.7 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, Australian, Indigenous & Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 21 July 2015, Lot 13

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$19,000 AUD

Untitled by Eubena Nampitjin showing luminous yellow and orange parallel sandhills with subtle white and pink dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Untitled (2005)

Size
120 × 80.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 22 August 2022, Lot 4

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Western Australia. Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$7,500 AUD

2006-2010

Kunawarritji by Eubena Nampitjin showing vibrant yellow and orange sandhill forms surrounding linked waterholes with red, pink and white dotted contours in the Balgo painting style.

Kunawarritji (2006)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 18 March 2020, Lot 95

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia. Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane. Maclean Collection, Melbourne.

Exhibited
They Might Be Giants, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, 15 June – 28 July 2007.

Price Realised
$6,000 AUD

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin featuring sweeping pink, crimson and white sandhill forms surrounding linked rockholes, painted in an expressive gestural Balgo style.

Kinyu (2007)

Size
179.5 × 149.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 6 October 2010, Lot 23

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills; Company Collection, Adelaide.

Price Realised
$50,000 AUD

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin depicting sweeping orange, ochre, cream and white sandhills radiating from three central rockholes, painted in a bold gestural Balgo style.

Kinyu (2007)

Size
120 × 80 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Bonhams, Aboriginal Art; Aboriginal Art from The Superannuation Fund of William Nuttall and Annette Reeves, Sydney, 28 May 2012, Lot 181

Provenance
Painted in 2007. Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills), Western Australia. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. Private Collection.

Price Realised
$7,500 AUD

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin featuring sweeping bands of yellow, orange, ochre, cream and white surrounding rockholes, painted in her expressive late Balgo style.

Kinyu (2007)

Size
150 × 75 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, The Kelton Collection – Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 11 April 2022, Lot 221

Provenance
Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia. The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States, acquired 2007.

Price Realised
$7,000 AUD

Midjul by Eubena Nampitjin featuring sweeping bands of yellow, orange, cream and soft pink radiating around rockholes, painted in her expressive late Balgo style.

Midjul (2008)

Size
180 × 150 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, New York, 23 May 2023, Lot 61

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills); Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; The Clemenger Collection, Melbourne; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$72,000 AUD

Midjul by Eubena Nampitjin depicting sweeping orange, ochre, cream and pink sandhills surrounding the Midjul soakwater in an expressive late Balgo style.

Midjul (2008)

Size
120 × 61 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 23 June 2020, Lot 66

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia. Private Collection, Western Australia.

Price Realised

$2,900 AUD
Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin featuring sweeping bands of soft pink, lilac, cream and orange surrounding the Midjul soakwater, painted in her expressive late Balgo style.

Kinyu (2009)

Size
120 × 59 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 22 March 2023, Lot 12

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia; Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$14,000 AUD

Small Kinyu painting by Eubena Nampitjin featuring expressive pink, white and crimson brushstrokes depicting sandhills around the Kinyu soakwater in her late Balgo style.

Kinyu (2009)

Size
40 × 30 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Gibson’s, Australian & International Art, Melbourne, 29 October 2023, Lot 6

Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne.

Exhibited
From Kinyum Part II, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 2–20 March 2010.

Price Realised
$3,400 AUD

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Further Reading & Sources

Exhibition Catalogues and Museum Publications

Art Gallery of Western Australia. Aboriginal Art from the Great Sandy Desert. Perth: Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1986.

National Gallery of Victoria. Power of the Land: Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1994.

Ryan, Judith (ed.). Colour Power: Aboriginal Art Post-1984 in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria.

West, Margie (ed.). Transitions: 17 Years of the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Darwin: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2000.

National Museum of Australia. Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route. Canberra: National Museum of Australia, 2010.

Books

Cowan, James. Balgo: New Directions. Sydney: Craftsman House, 1999.

Cowan, James. Balgo Hills: Aboriginal Paintings. Sydney: Craftsman House, 1994.

Ryan, Judith (ed.). Power of the Land: Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1994.

Williamson, Stephen & Togni, Samantha (eds.). Eubena Nampitjin: Art and Life. Wirrimanu (Balgo): Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, 2005.

Berndt, Ronald M. & Berndt, Catherine H. Publications relating to Kukatja culture and the Great Sandy Desert.

Auction Catalogues

Bonhams. Aboriginal Art auction catalogues.

Christie’s. Australian Aboriginal Art auction catalogues.

Deutscher and Hackett. Important Australian Indigenous Art and Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art auction catalogues.

Lawsons. Aboriginal Art & Artefacts auction catalogues.

Lawson~Menzies. Fine Aboriginal Art auction catalogues.

Leonard Joel. Fine Art and Australian Indigenous Art auction catalogues.

Mossgreen. Australian, Indigenous & Oceanic Art auction catalogues.

Shapiro Auctioneers. Modern + Contemporary, Indigenous Art and Aboriginal Art auction catalogues.

Sotheby’s. Important Aboriginal Art, Aboriginal Art and Aboriginal & Oceanic Art auction catalogues.

Art Centre Documentation

Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation.

Certificates of Authenticity and accompanying documentation for paintings depicting:

  • Kinyu (Spirit Dog)
  • Midjul
  • Kunawarritji (Well 33)
  • Millagudoo
  • Kaliyangku Waterhole
  • Tjurlkurlu
  • Mindiki Karu
  • Papulpa
  • Soakwaters along the Canning Stock Route
  • Wati Kutjarra (Two Men)
  • Tjintalpa
  • Pingkarri
  • Wantaru / Yintarnyu

These certificates provide artist-approved descriptions of Country, ancestral narratives, ceremonial associations and the significance of individual rockholes, soakwaters and travelling routes represented in Eubena Nampitjin’s paintings. They also document the artist’s personal connection to these places, explaining how lived experience, memory and cultural knowledge informed her work.

Public Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Art Gallery of South Australia

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

National Gallery of Australia

National Gallery of Victoria

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

National Museum of Australia

Singapore Art Museum

Research Used in Preparing This Page

This biography draws upon:

  • public museum collection records
  • exhibition catalogues and collection publications
  • Eubena Nampitjin: Art and Life published by Warlayirti Artists
  • curatorial essays by Judith Ryan, Wally Caruana, Christine Watson and other leading Aboriginal art scholars
  • Warlayirti Artists documentation and Certificates of Authenticity
  • more than 110 documented auction records dating from 1999–2026, including provenance, exhibition history, literature references and original art centre documentation where available.

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