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Ningura Napurrula value and Auction results

Works Offered at Auction: 360
Sale Rate: 50%
Highest Sale: $120,000 AUD
Median Sale Price: $3,300 AUD

This is a support page for Ningura Napurrula, focusing on her auction results and the market for her paintings. For her life, Country, artistic development, subjects and distinctive painting style, see the main Ningura Napurrula biography and painting style page.

Ningura Napurrula paintings vary considerably in value, from under $1,000 for weaker late-career or poorly provenanced works to tens of thousands of dollars for major paintings with strong Papunya Tula provenance. Size matters, but provenance, date, subject, exhibition history and the quality of the individual painting are often more important.

The most desirable works tend to be the large, visually powerful paintings produced during the height of Napurrula’s career in the early to mid-2000s. Major examples such as Women at Wirrulnga and Women at Ngaminya have carried auction estimates of $80,000–$120,000, reflecting their scale, Papunya Tula provenance, exhibition history and importance within her body of work. At the other end of the market, smaller paintings, later works and paintings produced outside Papunya Tula can be estimated at only $500–$5,000.

Importantly, numerous Ningura Napurrula paintings have subsequently appeared at auction for substantially less than their original retail purchase prices. A high gallery purchase price therefore does not necessarily indicate what a painting is worth on the secondary market today. This is particularly evident among works bought during the strong Aboriginal art market of the 2000s and subsequently offered at auction.

The enormous variation means that simply having a painting signed Ningura Napurrula does not determine its value. For collectors, the strongest combination is generally Papunya Tula provenance, an early-to-mid-2000s date, substantial scale, a documented subject such as Wirrulnga or Ngaminya, and exceptional visual quality.

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Ningura Napurrula values 1999

Ochre-coloured Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with dense black linear patterns forming rounded hills and grid-like shapes around the edges. The open centre contains concentric circles, U-shaped figures and scattered dark forms representing elements associated with the Wirrulnga rockhole site.

Untitled, 1999

Size
152.5 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26 July 2004, Lot 266

Provenance
Painted at Kintore in 1999; Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; William Mora Galleries, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne. Accompanied by Papunya Tula Artists certificate.

Price Realised
$7,600 AUD

Brown and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with concentric circles, U-shaped motifs and dense dotted areas arranged among large grid-like and radiating linear forms. Four circular motifs surrounded by curved shapes run prominently across the centre of the composition.

Women’s Dreaming, 1999

Size
91 × 61 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, The Thomas Vroom Collection, Melbourne, 26 February 2017, Lot 22

Provenance
Inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN9007142.

Price Realised
$1,500 AUD

Cream and black Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with three large concentric circles arranged across an oval central area and smaller U-shaped motifs surrounding them. Broad curved bands divided into irregular grid-like compartments wrap around the centre, with additional concentric circles at the upper right and lower right corners.

Putturunya, 1999

Size
55 × 61 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 31 May 2005, Lot 445

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, cat. NN9907230; Private Collection, Sydney. Sold with a copy of the Papunya Tula certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$800 AUD

Ningura Napurrula values 2000

Pale ochre and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with closely spaced parallel lines forming large rounded, looping and U-shaped fields. A broad irregular white band crosses the centre, with a small concentric circle and curved motifs near the left side.

Untitled, 2000

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Christie’s, Modern Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 12 October 2004, Lot 95

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; William Mora Galleries, Melbourne; Corporate Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$21,000 AUD

Black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula covered with dense, closely spaced curved lines forming large concentric, arch-like and rounded shapes. Near the centre, a circular rockhole motif is surrounded by several U-shaped forms, while sweeping bands of lines flow around them across the canvas.

Wirrulnga, 2000

Size
152 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 25 July 2005, Lot 166

Provenance
Painted at Kintore in 2000 for Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; William Mora Galleries, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$20,000 AUD

Ochre and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with closely spaced parallel lines forming large rounded, arch-shaped and looping fields. An irregular white band runs horizontally through the centre, ending near a concentric circular motif surrounded by several small U-shaped forms.

Untitled, 2000

Size
122 × 153 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 November 2009, Lot 81

Provenance
Painted at Kintore in 2000; Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; William Mora Galleries, Melbourne; Christie’s, Sydney, 12 October 2004, Lot 95; Austcorp Group Limited Art Collection.

Price Realised
$12,000 AUD

Black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with fine parallel lines that curve into overlapping oval, arch-shaped and looping forms. Near the centre is a small concentric circle surrounded by curved motifs and several solid black shapes, while irregular white gaps break through the otherwise densely patterned surface.

Untitled, 2000

Size
183 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, 8 March 2015, Lot 112

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; William Mora Galleries, Melbourne; Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired October 2001. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$8,000 AUD

Pale ochre and dark brown Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula covered with dense parallel lines forming large rounded, looping and arch-shaped patterns. Across the centre, four concentric circular motifs appear in a row, each accompanied by small U-shaped forms, within the surrounding field of flowing lines.

Woman’s Ceremony at Ngaminya, 2000

Size
137 × 91 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Quarterly Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 11 August 2011, Lot 130

Provenance
Lawson-Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 31 May 2005, Lot 161; Private Collection, Sydney. Inscribed verso Ningura Napurrula / NN20000257 / Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd / AKG 36. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Adrian Newstead.

Price Realised
$1,800 AUD

Ningura Napurrula values 2001

Large black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with dense fine lines forming rounded hills, curved bands and stacked horizontal shapes. Clusters of small outlined circles and scattered black forms run through the centre, while two concentric circles with adjoining U-shaped motifs appear near the upper right.

Sandhills of Wirrulnga, 2001

Size
182.5 × 243 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 31 October 2006, Lot 66

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, cat. NN0105021.

Price Realised
$32,000 AUD

Black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula covered with dense parallel lines forming dozens of rounded, arch-like and looping shapes. A large layered oval form dominates the centre-right, curling around a concentric circle, with two small red-ochre accents visible within the otherwise monochrome composition.

Untitled, 2001

Size
183 × 153 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
GFL Fine Art, Spring ’22 Art Auction, Perth, 29 November 2022, Lot 71

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, cat. NN0101085. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists.

Price Realised
$18,000 AUD

Ochre, black, red and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula enclosed by a broad rectangular border of small ochre blocks. The interior is densely filled with dozens of small red-centred circular motifs outlined in ochre, scattered black shapes, and five prominent black oval forms filled with radiating white marks.

Women’s Country, 2001

Size
182.5 × 121.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Colonial to Contemporary Including Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 25 March 2009, Lot 146

Provenance
Commissioned from Yanda Aboriginal Art, Northern Territory; Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne; Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$16,000 AUD

Black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with bold parallel lines curving into overlapping arches, loops and rounded forms. Near the lower centre-left, a concentric circle joins a long horizontal white shape outlined in black that extends across the composition, surrounded by densely layered curved patterns.

Untitled, 2001

Size
91 × 91 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, Australian and International Art, Sydney, 20 November 2023, Lot 161

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd; Western Desert, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney; Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$3,300 AUD

Black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with dense curved parallel lines, clusters of small outlined circles and elongated solid black forms. Several concentric circular motifs with adjoining U-shaped forms occupy the centre, surrounded by rounded and arch-like patterns extending to the edges.

Untitled (Designs Associated with Womens’ Ceremonies at the Rockhole and Soakage Water Site of Ngaminya), 2001

Size
121 × 136.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Bonhams, Important Australian and Aboriginal Art incl. The Collections of Amina and Franco Belgiorno-Nettis and Thomas Vroom, Sydney, 7 June 2016, Lot 149

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands. Inscribed verso with artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN0106055. Accompanied by documentation from Papunya Tula Artists.

Price Realised
$2,200 AUD

Ningura Napurrula values 2002-2003

Large ochre, black, white, red and deep blue Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula. The surface is densely patterned with black concentric arcs, large white circular forms filled with radiating black lines, and irregular yellow shapes containing clusters of red dots. A prominent dark blue oval form filled with flowing lines and smaller oval marks occupies the centre-left.

Tingari Cycle, 2002

Size
300 × 182 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Modern, Contemporary Australian and Important Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 25 September 2008, Lot 233

Provenance
Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$50,000 AUD

Ochre and black Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with dense parallel lines. Long undulating bands sweep horizontally across the centre, while repeated rounded and semicircular forms made from nested curved lines cluster around the edges and across the lower part of the composition.

Wirrulnga, 2002

Size
152 × 182 cm

Medium
Acrylic on Belgian linen

Auction
Lawsons, Australian & Indigenous Art, Sydney, 23 March 2026, Lot 5024

Provenance
Yanda Aboriginal Art, cat. NN200241. Inscribed verso: Ningara Napurrula; Yanda Aboriginal Art stamp verso. Accompanied by Yanda Aboriginal Art certificate of authenticity and holding photographs.

Price Realised
$4,000 AUD

Brown and pale grey Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula composed of sixteen prominent concentric circles arranged across a rectangular field. Fine parallel lines radiate between the circles and flow around them, while multiple continuous lines form a broad rectangular border around the entire composition.

Rockhole Water Site of Illunytungna, Kintore, 2002

Size
122 × 91 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Davidson Auctions, Estate & Collector: Pictures, Sydney, 13 October 2024, Lot 278

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, cat. NN020180; possibly Aboriginal Dreaming Gallery, Canberra, cat. ADG469104; Private Collection, New South Wales.

Price Realised
$1,200 AUD

Ochre, dark brown and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with concentric circles and repeated curved lines. Dozens of circular forms of different sizes spread across the canvas, surrounded by overlapping arcs and rounded patterns, while a long irregular band of wavy parallel lines crosses the upper centre.

Untitled, 2003

Size
153 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on Belgian linen

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 13 October 2008, Lot 83

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, New South Wales. Cat. NN0302168. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$14,000 AUD

Ningura Napurrula values 2004

Large rectangular Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with a red-ochre ground covered in dense, fine cream-coloured parallel lines. Concentric circles appear across the composition, with a large cluster of rounded forms at lower left and long horizontal bands separated by irregular black spaces extending across the right side.

Woman’s Birth Site at the Rockhole Site of Wirrulnga, 2004

Size
244 × 183 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art – Thomas Vroom Collection, London, 10 June 2015, Lot 75

Provenance
Painted at Kintore, Northern Territory, for Papunya Tula Artists in 2004; Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Gabrielle Pizzi Collection.

Price Realised
$120,000

Large Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with a broad horizontal field of densely packed black and white lines running across the centre. Above and below it are clusters of rounded forms filled with fine curved lines, interspersed with vivid red circles and irregular black shapes on a pale ground.

Tjuntulpul Country, 2004

Size
183 × 153 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Fine Art, Sydney, 23 May 2007, Lot 88

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, cat. NN0410002; Private Collection, New South Wales. Sold with original art centre documentation.

Price Realised
$32,000 AUD

Red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with a large elongated field of tightly packed parallel lines stretching horizontally across the centre. Bright red rounded shapes and smaller black forms cluster above and below it, while a concentric circle appears at the right and bands of fine black and white lines frame the composition.

Untitled (Wirrulnga, a Rockhole Site East of Kiwirrkura), 2004

Size
183 × 153 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Bonhams, The Thomas Vroom Collection, Sydney, 6 September 2015, Lot 194

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs.

Price Realised
$20,000 AUD

Ochre, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with curved parallel lines and rounded forms. A long irregular black band crosses the centre horizontally, with several large concentric circular motifs below it and clusters of smaller black oval shapes among tightly packed arcs above.

Soakage Water of Ngaminya, 2004

Size
150 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 22 November 2006, Lot 22

Provenance
Private Collection, Victoria. Sold with original gallery documentation.

Price Realised
$16,000 AUD

Square red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with irregular black ovals outlined in white and smaller red forms. A large concentric circle appears near the lower centre, with several striped semicircular and comb-like shapes nearby, while repeated red and white lines form a border around the composition.

Rock Hole Site of Ngaminya, 2004

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 2 December 2015, Lot 186

Provenance
Painted at Kintore in 2004 for Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Melbourne. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists.

Price Realised
$8,000 AUD

Square ochre, brown and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with dozens of concentric circular forms connected by short groups of parallel lines. Larger sweeping bands of curved parallel lines frame the composition around the edges, creating a dense network-like pattern across the pale central field.

Women’s Dreaming, 2004

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Lawsons, Fine Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 23 February 2012, Lot 102

Provenance
Private Collection.

Price Realised
$6,000 AUD

Large black, white and red Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula dominated by three red concentric circles arranged vertically through the centre. Dense bands of fine white parallel lines sweep horizontally across a dark ground, separated by irregular black channels, with clusters of smaller curved forms along the upper and lower edges.

Women’s Dreaming, 2004

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Lawsons, Fine Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 23 February 2012, Lot 132

Provenance
Private Collection.

Price Realised
$4,500 AUD

Large black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely covered with fine curved parallel lines forming hundreds of overlapping rounded shapes. Near the centre-left is a large elongated oval of tightly packed lines containing a narrow red opening, connected at the right to a concentric circle. Grid-like bands appear along the upper and right edges.

Wirrulnga, 2004

Size
212 × 181 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Philips Auctions Australia, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 18 September 2011, Lot 5

Provenance
Yanda Aboriginal Art, Melbourne. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity and photographic documentation. 2005 purchase price: $25,000.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

Ochre, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with fine parallel lines forming rounded and semicircular shapes. A long black horizontal band crosses the centre, with several large concentric circular forms below it and clusters of smaller black ovals among curved patterns above.

Soakage Water of Ngaminya, 2004

Size
150 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven, Indigenous Fine Art Auction | The Rod Menzies Estate | Indigenous Art Collection Part II, Sydney, 5 March 2024, Lot 44

Provenance
Arnhem Land Art, Northern Territory, cat. NN0410; Mason Gallery, Northern Territory; Private Collection, Victoria; Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, November 2006,

Price Realised
$4,000 AUD

Ochre, black and cream Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula framed by repeated parallel lines. Two concentric circles sit near the upper centre, surrounded by curved ochre marks, irregular black oval shapes and smaller ochre forms. Dense bands of curved parallel lines fill the left side, corners and lower edge.

Womens Dreaming, 2004

Size
91 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30 May 2006, Lot 67

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, cat. NN0406238; Private Collection, Melbourne. Sold with original documentation from Papunya Tula Artists.

Price Realised
$3,600 AUD

Ningura Napurrula values 2005

Large black, white and red Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with four concentric circles arranged in a horizontal row across the centre. Dense vertical bands of fine white lines and narrow red channels extend above and below the circles, while the sides contain grid-like fields, clusters of curved forms and groups of bright red ovals.

Women at Wirrulnga, 2005

Size
183 × 244 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art Auction, Melbourne, 25 May 2016, Lot 36

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane; Private Collection, Queensland; Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 29 March 2009, Lot 63; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$75,000 AUD

Monumental black, white and red Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with dense fields of fine parallel lines. Concentric circles are scattered across the composition among overlapping rounded forms, while long horizontal and elongated shapes contain vivid red channels. Small clusters of red and white ovals punctuate the predominantly black-and-white surface.

Women at Ngaminya, 2005

Size
210 × 280 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 18 March 2020, Lot 21

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Pool Party Art Auction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 3 November 2005, Lot 42; Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$70,000 AUD

Red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with curved parallel lines, concentric circles and elongated oval forms. Bright red shapes and long red bands are scattered throughout the composition alongside solid black forms, while sweeping striped shapes cross diagonally and horizontally across the canvas.

Tjuntulpul Country, 2005

Size
182 × 134 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 67

Provenance
Private Collection, Northern Territory. Sold with photographs of the artist creating the work.

Price Realised
$17,000 AUD

Red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula dominated by broad horizontal bands of closely spaced white lines over a red ground. Irregular black channels run through the bands, several concentric circles punctuate the composition, and curved striped forms fill the spaces between them. A cluster of black oval shapes appears near the lower centre.

Untitled, 2005

Size
137 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on Belgian linen

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 13 October 2008, Lot 7

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Sydney. Cat. NN0512042. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$15,000 AUD

Red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with a large concentric circle at the centre crossed by a broad horizontal band of closely spaced black and white lines containing a narrow red channel. Above and below are clusters of bright red oval shapes surrounded by sweeping curved and semicircular bands of black and white lines.

Site of Wirrulnga, 2005

Size
152 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian + International Fine Art, Sydney, 10 April 2019, Lot 76

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection; Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 26 July 2010, Lot 164; Company Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$8,000 AUD

Large cream, red and black Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula filled with elongated black ovals, concentric circles and clusters of smaller black and red shapes. Fine red parallel lines curve around the forms, creating semicircles, sweeping bands and irregular wave-like patterns across the canvas.

Wirrulnga, 2005

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 20 July 2009, Lot 129

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection.

Price Realised
$7,000 AUD

Square red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula dominated by three concentric circles arranged vertically down the centre. Broad horizontal bands of black and white parallel lines extend from the circles across vivid red fields, while outlined oval shapes and large striped semicircular forms fill the upper and lower edges.

Women’s Dreaming, 2005

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Lawsons, Fine Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 23 February 2012, Lot 117

Provenance
Private Collection.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

Black, white and red Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with three concentric circles arranged vertically through the centre. Each circle joins long horizontal oval forms outlined by dense white lines and containing narrow red centres. Hundreds of smaller red circles outlined in white fill the surrounding field, while irregular black shapes enclosed by white outlines form a network-like pattern around the outer edges.

Women’s Ceremony, 2005

Size
100 × 120 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Not recorded in source.

Provenance
Accompanied by certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$3,500 AUD

Blue, white and red Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with two large concentric circles near the top connected to long vertical fields of closely spaced white lines. Narrow red channels descend from the circles through the linear bands, while large semicircular and curved forms filled with repeated white lines surround the central design.

Untitled, 2005

Size
112 × 101 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Philips Auctions Australia, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 18 September 2011, Lot 11

Provenance
Australian Contemporary Aboriginal Art. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity and photographic documentation. 2005 purchase price: $4,800.

Price Realised
$2,200 AUD

Ningura Napurrula values 2006

Red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with overlapping curved bands of fine white lines and clusters of bright red oval forms. A large elongated shape dominates the right centre, formed from tightly spaced black and white lines surrounding a long red interior and joined at its left end to a concentric circle

Wirrulnga, 2006

Size
183 × 151.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection, USA, Melbourne, 19 October 2016, Lot 53

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; AP Bond Gallery, Adelaide; The Luczo Family Collection, USA.

Price Realised
$20,000 AUD

Square red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with concentric circles, elongated oval forms, curved bands and grid-like patterns. Two large vertical forms with red centres dominate the right half, while smaller red and black ovals and fields of closely spaced white lines cover the surrounding canvas.

Women’s Dreaming, 2006

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven, Indigenous Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 11 October 2022, Lot 47

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. NN0611038; Private Collection, South Australia. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists.

Price Realised
$12,000 AUD

Square red, white and black Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with a cluster of twelve concentric circles extending diagonally through the centre. Dense bands of parallel red and white lines flow around the circles and across the canvas, separated in several places by long irregular black channels.

Wirrulnga, 2006

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 March 2010, Lot 48

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Melbourne. Accompanied by Papunya Tula Artists documentation.

Price Realised
$7,500 AUD

Black, white and deep red Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with curved bands, elongated oval forms and clusters of red and black shapes. Fine white dotted lines form repeated arcs and striped semicircular patterns across the dark ground, with a large sweeping curved form dominating the centre.

Women’s Ceremonies at Ngaminya, 2006

Size
91.5 × 120 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 2 December 2015, Lot 185

Provenance
Commissioned by Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Queensland. Inscribed verso with artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN0610031.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

Square black, white and reddish-brown Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula centred on a large concentric circle connected to a long horizontal band of parallel white lines. Large striped semicircular and rounded forms surround it, while numerous reddish-brown ovals outlined with white dots cluster densely across the upper and lower areas of the painting.

Wirrulnga, 2006

Size
91 × 91 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Art Leven, First Nations & Australian Fine Art Auction – Featuring the Collection of Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO & Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE, Sydney, 19 May 2026, Lot 12

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. NN0603180; Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales; The Collection of Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE, Sydney. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists.

Price Realised
$4,400 AUD

Square black, white and reddish-brown Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula densely filled with large red oval forms, irregular black shapes and sweeping curved bands of white dots. A prominent elongated red form stands near the centre, bordered by black and white, while striped semicircular and rounded patterns overlap across the surrounding field.

Rockhole Site at Walkalkarra, 2006

Size
91 × 91 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 240

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, cat. NN0609259; Private Collection, New South Wales. Sold with original art centre documentation.

Price Realised
$3,800 AUD

Pink, orange, red and dark brown Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula dominated by three red concentric circles arranged vertically near the centre. Broad fields of closely spaced parallel lines flow horizontally around the circles in alternating pink, orange and red, with irregular dark channels separating some of the bands.

Rockholes, East of Kiwirrkurra, 2006

Size
120 × 87 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, The Alan Boxer Collection of Aboriginal Art, Books & Music, Melbourne, 19 May 2016, Lot 6

Provenance
Aboriginal Dreamings Gallery, Canberra, cat. ADGG350106.

Price Realised
$3,000 AUD

Red, black and white Aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula with five concentric circular forms along the lower edge connected to long vertical bands of fine white dotted lines.

Untitled, 2006

Size
122.5 × 92 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Lawsons, Fine Art, Sydney, 27 September 2018, Lot 530

Provenance
Signed verso; Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN0603168.

Price Realised
$1,400 AUD

Ningura Napurrula values 2007

Ningura Napurrula painting of Wirrulnga with concentric rockhole forms, elongated linear motifs and red, black and white designs representing women’s Country and ceremonial narratives.

Designs Associated with the Rockhole Site of Wirrulnga, 2007

Size
153 × 183 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Bonhams, Australian & Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 6 June 2017, Lot 42

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Melbourne. Accompanied by Papunya Tula Artists documentation.

Price Realised
$15,000 AUD

Women’s Ceremony at Wirrulnga, 2007

Size
160 × 195 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven, Aboriginal Works of Art, Sydney, 3 December 2019, Lot 81

Provenance
Aboriginal Art World, Northern Territory, cat. AAWWNINNA0003; Ochre Gallery, Victoria; Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$12,000 AUD

Untitled, 2007

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian and International Fine Art; Important Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 27 November 2013, Lot 184

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Sydney.

Price Realised
$7,750 AUD

Ningura Napurrula Untitled, 2003, with numerous concentric circular forms, layered arcs and flowing linear designs in earthy brown and cream.

Women’s Ceremony, 2007

Size
100 × 150 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Not recorded in source.

Provenance
Accompanied by certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$4,000 AUD

Ceremony, 2007

Size
142.5 × 144 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Art Leven, Indigenous Fine Art Auction | The Rod Menzies Estate | Indigenous Art Collection Part II, Sydney, 5 March 2024, Lot 56

Provenance
Centre for Indigenous Support in Art and Culture, New South Wales, cat. CISAC#03:17.05.07; Private Collection, New South Wales; Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, June 2008, Lot 285; Menzies Estate Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$4,000 AUD

My Country, 2007

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers, Art | International | Australian | Aboriginal, Sydney, 4 May 2020, Lot 6162

Provenance
Smith & Hall certificate of authenticity, cat. 2376 NN07/0108BPG.

Price Realised
$3,800 AUD

Women’s Ceremony, 2007

Size
152 × 151 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Quarterly Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 19 June 2014, Lot 257

Provenance
Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, 2009; Company Collection, Brisbane. Inscribed verso FW10298.

Price Realised
$2,200 AUD

Wirrulnga Rockhole, 2007

Size
119 × 90 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Davidson Auctions, Estate & Collector, Sydney, 2 June 2019, Lot 346

Provenance
Muk Muk Aboriginal Art, cat. A10770. Certificate of authenticity available.

Price Realised
$550 AUD

Ningura Napurrula values 2008-2013

Women’s Ceremony, 2008

Size
150.5 × 139.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Gibson’s, Australian & International Art, Melbourne, 17 May 2026, Lot 190

Provenance
Desert Masters; Art Index, Sydney; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$2,600 AUD

Wirrulnga, 2008

Size
200 × 140 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Davidson Auctions, Christmas Emporium, Sydney, 9 December 2018, Lot 299B

Provenance
Gallery stamp ‘Le Temps du Reve’ verso, cat. 2078. Certificate of authenticity available.

Price Realised
$2,000 AUD

Untitled, 2009

Size
120.5 × 89.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, Australian Indigenous Art, Sydney, 16 May 2017, Lot 172

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. NN0911109; Private Collection, New South Wales. Sold with a Papunya Tula Artists certificate.

Price Realised
$4,400 AUD

Untitled, 2009

Size
150 × 90 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, Aboriginal and Contemporary Art, Sydney, 28 July 2022, Lot 28

Provenance
Private Collection, Victoria. Inscribed verso ‘Ningura Napurrula, Cat. No. #NN0409’.

Price Realised
$1,800 AUD

Women’s Ceremony, 2010

Size
287 × 202 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers, Art | Australian, Aboriginal & International, Sydney, 28 November 2022, Lot 6132

Provenance
Certificate of authenticity issued by Australian Indigenous Fine Art Gallery; accompanied by two photographs of the artist.

Price Realised
$10,000 AUD

Wirrulnga, 2010

Size
92 × 61 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Selected Aboriginal Works of Art – Online, Melbourne, 8 December 2020, Lot 5

Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Sydney. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists.

Price Realised
$3,000 AUD

Meeting for the Birth of Baby, Women Ceremony, 2010

Size
95 × 88 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Lawsons, Australian Indigenous Art, Sydney, 2 March 2026, Lot 5084

Provenance
Inscribed verso: Ningura Naparula Gibson / Meeting for the Birth of Baby, Women Ceremony. Accompanied by The Art Locker certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$900 AUD

Untitled, 2013

Size
121 × 61 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers, Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Sydney, 16 November 2015, Lot 315

Provenance
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute; Private Collection, Adelaide. Inscribed with cat. no. C10126503.

Price Realised
$600 AUD

Women’s Ceremony, 2013

Size
93 × 95.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Gibson’s, Australian & International Art, Melbourne, 16 April 2023, Lot 172

Provenance
Mimi Art Gallery, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Melbourne. Inscribed verso: Ningura Napurrula / Women’s Ceremony / 2013 / cat. no. 155-12.

Price Realised
$500 AUD

About This Artist Value Page

The headline auction statistics at the top of this page — including the number of works offered, sale rate, highest recorded sale and median sale price — are calculated from the auction records reviewed for this artist.

Everything below those figures should be regarded as a curated and subjective selection rather than a complete record of the artist’s auction history.

This is not a database of works sold. For comprehensive Australian art auction records and market data, I recommend the Australian Art sales Digest

I select works primarily to show the variety, development and quality of an artist’s work. I favour works with good-quality images over those represented by small or poor auction photographs, and I naturally include paintings that I find particularly interesting or useful in understanding the artist. Although I try to choose representative examples from different periods, subjects, sizes and price levels, these choices inevitably introduce bias.

The highest auction results also require caution. An artist’s three, four or five strongest results may be for exceptional works that entered Australian or international public collections or attracted unusually strong institutional and collector competition. Such prices should not automatically be regarded as representative of the broader market for that artist.

These pages are part of my continuing education in Aboriginal art and are intended primarily for people who enjoy the art and want to explore the variety and evolution of an artist’s work. Apart from the headline auction statistics, the selection, commentary and interpretation on this page are subjective and should not be relied upon for valuation, investment, insurance, taxation or other commercial purposes.

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