# Ningura Napurrula artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:08:56.893Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Movements: Western Desert art
- Common media: Painting, Works on paper and prints, Mixed media

## Portrait

![Ningura Napurrula](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Ningura_Napurrula.jpg)
Ningura Napurrula · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningura_Napurrula

## About Ningura Napurrula

Ningura Napurrula (c. 1938–2013) was an Indigenous Australian artist associated with the Western Desert and described in public sources as Pintupi-speaking. Library authority records consistently identify her as an Australian artist and preserve her identity across international catalogues. Collectors encounter her work chiefly through paintings and other fine-art auction listings, while authority data also connects her name with works concerning Wirrulnga and women at Wirrulnga. Her public profile extends beyond the auction market: a biographical source records a site-specific ceiling commission for the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris and the appearance of her work on an Australian postage stamp. These distinctions help explain why her name appears in international cultural and market contexts. Because the available sources are stronger on identity than on a detailed artistic chronology, specific cultural interpretations, movements, and life dates should be handled cautiously.

## Common works and media

Auction records most often place Ningura Napurrula's work within fine art and paintings, while the current dataset also contains broader classifications for works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. These labels are auction-feed categories rather than evidence that every category is equally representative. Individual objects should be checked for medium, support, dimensions, inscriptions, condition, provenance, and attribution before comparison. Authority records identify titles connected with Wirrulnga, including works referring to women at Wirrulnga.

## Market and appraisal context

Public auction results for Ningura Napurrula should be compared at the work level rather than treated as a single price signal. Appraisily's matched records span several categories and include both priced and unpriced lots, so medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, inscriptions, attribution confidence, provenance, and exhibition or catalogue history can affect relevance. Recent sales of closely comparable works are generally more useful than an overall median, and reported totals may not be fee-equivalent across auction houses. The available feed is incomplete: private transactions may be absent, artist-name matching can require review, and later attribution changes may not yet be reflected. A qualified appraisal should therefore verify the object and its documentation before applying auction comparisons.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3341984
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/309919583/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/179830414
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb169006602
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningura_Napurrula
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ningura-napurrula/