MALALUBA GUMANA Paintings & Artwork for Sale | MALALUBA GUMANA Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 20, 2023
Malaluba Gumana - Garrimala, 2010
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Malaluba Gumana was a Yolngu artist from North East Arnhem land who won the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) bark category in 2019. This bark painting depicts a water lily on a billabong at the homeland Ganga. The sacred clan design behind the lillies represents Djari (rainbows) and the power of the lightning within them. The sun shining against the scales of wititj (an olive python) forms a prism of light like a rainbow. It also refers to the power of the storm created by Wititj, the diagonal lines representing trees that have been knocked down as Wititj moves from place to place. The ribs of the snake also form the basis of the sacred design here.
Cooee Art
Mar. 22, 2023
MALALUBA GUMANA, GURRIMALA (LARRAKITJ), 2015
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
MALALUBA GUMANA (1952 - 2020) GURRIMALA (LARRAKITJ), 2015 natural earth pigments on hollow log 193.0 cm height PROVENANCE Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory (cat. 4801X) Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2020 Deutscher and Hackett would like to thank Will Stubbs Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre for his assistance in cataloguing this work. ESSAY This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Buku–Larrŋgay Mulka Centre which states: ‘This work represents Garrimala, a billabong near the artist’s residence, the Dhaḻwaŋu clan homeland at Gäṉgaṉ. It is a sacred site for the artists’ mother’s Gälpu clan. But this imagery really refers to perhaps the oldest continuous human religious iconographical practice- the story of the Rainbow Serpent. Estimates vary from 40,000-6,000 years on the depictions of the Rainbow Serpent in West Arnhem rock shelters. Wititj is the all powerful rainbow serpent (olive python) that travelled through Gälpu clan lands and on further, during the days of early times called Waŋarr. Djaykuŋ the Javanese filesnake is a companion and possibly alternate incarnation of Wititj, living in amongst the Dhatam, or waterlillies, causing ripples and rainbows (Djari) on the surface of the water (one reference in the cross hatch). The story of Wititj is of storm and monsoon, in the ancestral past. It has particular reference to the mating of Wititj during the beginning of the wet season when the Djarrwa (square shaped thundercloud) begin forming and the lightning starts striking. The Galpu clan miny’tji (sacred clan design behind the lillies) represents Djari (rainbows) and the power of the lightning within them. It also refers to the power of the storm created by Wititj, the diagonal lines representing trees that have been knocked down as Wititj moves from place to place. The ribs of the snake also form the basis of the sacred design here. The sun shining against the scales of the snake form a prism of light like a rainbow. The arc which a snake in motion travels through holds to a rainbow shape but causes the oily shimmer to refract the colours of the rainbow. The power of the lightning is made manifest when they strike their tongue. The thunder being the sound they make as they move along the ground. The morning after a major cyclone there are swathes of stringybark bent over in snake trails through the bush in just the same way a normal scale snake leaves bent over grass traceable by trained trackers. After Cyclone Monica there was a path cleared through the stringybark forest almost from Maningrida to Jabiru. In mortuary ceremony for Gälpu, the slithering line of dancers take on the form of Wititj and coil in the sand searching for their place. As the spirit comes to rest it adopts the metaphor of a python settling its head into the fork in the tree, known as Galmak, the final resting place of Wititj. Other references are the bunches of leaves dancers hold in their hands wet and shining in the sun, perhaps like a rainbow. This pattern is the fury of the tempest seen through the relief of the emerging survivor as the storm moves on sucking the cloud with it allowing the sun to shine. The dots within the circle represent the water lily seed pod.’ © Malaluba Gumana, courtesy Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala.
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 08, 2022
Malaluba Gumana - Dhatam - Larrakitj, 2013
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
This work represents Garrimala, a billabong near the artist's residence, the Dhalwanu clan homeland at GÃ¤ngan. It is a sacred site for the artists' mother's GÃ¤lpu clan. The imagery seen throughout the sculpture refers to the story of the Rainbow Serpent as seen on the walls of West Arnhem rock shelters. Wititj is the all-powerful Rainbow Serpent (olive python) that travelled through GÃ¤lpu clan lands and on further, during the days of early times called Wanarr. Djaykun the Javanese file snake is a companion and possible alternate incarnation of Wititj, living in amongst the Dhatam, or waterlilies, causing ripples and rainbows (djari) on the surface of the water (one reference in the cross hatch).'
Cooee Art
Jul. 11, 2021
GUMANA Malaluba (Aboriginal b.1952), Untitled - Fish, Snakes & Plant., Natural Earth Pigments on Bark, 140x30cm
Est: $500 - $800
GUMANA, Malaluba (Aboriginal b.1952) Untitled - Fish, Snakes & Plant. Inscribed verso 'Malaluba;' also with label (cat #2868J). Natural Earth Pigments on Bark 140x30cm
Davidson Auctions
Mar. 18, 2020
MALALUBA GUMANA, born 1952, DHATAM (LARRAKITJ), 2012, natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on hollow log
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
MALALUBA GUMANA born 1952 DHATAM (LARRAKITJ), 2012 natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on hollow log DIMENSIONS: 237.0 cm height PROVENANCE: Buku–Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala, Northern Territory (cat. 4140S) Maclean collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in August 2012 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Buku–Larrnggay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala.
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 04, 2019
MALALUBA GUMANA (born 1952) Garrimala 2007 natural earth pigments on hollow log
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
MALALUBA GUMANA (born 1952) Garrimala 2007 natural earth pigments on hollow log 186cm (height) PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka, Northern Territory, cat. no. 3229K (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity) Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 2008 Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Malaluba Gumana,, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1-26 July 2008, cat. no. 9
Leonard Joel
May. 25, 2016
MALALUBA GUMANA, born 1952, GARRIMALA, 2013, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
MALALUBA GUMANA, born 1952, GARRIMALA, 2013, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark SIGNED: bears inscription on Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts label verso: artists name, location and cat. 4328X DIMENSIONS: 213.0 x 72.0 cm PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane This work is accompanied by a certificate from Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts which states: This work represents Garrimala, a billabong near the artists residence, the Dhalwanu clan homeland at Gängan. It is a sacred site for the artists mothers Gälpu clan. But this imagery really refers to perhaps the oldest continuous human religious iconographical practice the story of the Rainbow Serpent in West Arnhem Land rock shelters. Wititj is the all-powerful Rainbow Serpent (olive python) that travelled through Gälpu clan lands and on further, during the days of early times called Wanarr. Djaykun the Javanese file snake is a companion and possible alternate incarnation of Wititj, living in amongst the Dhatam, or waterlilies, causing ripples and rainbows (djari) on the surface of the water (one reference in the cross hatching).
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 25, 2016
MALALUBA GUMANA, born 1952, DHATAM (LARRAKITJ), 2012, natural earth pigments on hollow log
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
MALALUBA GUMANA, born 1952, DHATAM (LARRAKITJ), 2012, natural earth pigments on hollow log SIGNED: bears inscription on attached Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts label: artists name, location and cat. 4280F DIMENSIONS: 182.5 cm height PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory, acquired at the Darwin Art Fair 2013 The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane This work is accompanied by a certificate from Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts which states: This work represents Garrimala, a billabong near the artists residence, the Dhalwanu clan homeland at Gängan. It is a sacred site for the artists mothers Gälpu clan. But this imagery really refers to perhaps the oldest continuous human religious iconographical practice the story of the Rainbow Serpent in West Arnhem rock shelters. Wititj is the all-powerful Rainbow Serpent (olive python) that travelled through Gälpu clan lands and on further, during the days of early times called Wanarr. Djaykun the Javanese file snake is a companion and possible alternate incarnation of Wititj, living in amongst the Dhatam, or waterlilies, causing ripples and rainbows (djari) on the surface of the water (one reference in the cross hatch).
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 25, 2016
MALALUBA GUMANA, born 1952, GARRIMALA, 2007, natural earth pigments on hollow log
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
MALALUBA GUMANA, born 1952, GARRIMALA, 2007, natural earth pigments on hollow log DIMENSIONS: 226.0 cm height PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka, Northern Territory (cat. 3204C) Niagara Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Canberra
Deutscher and Hackett