KIRRIWIRRI, 2008

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
6 October 2010
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Jan Billycan

born c.1930
KIRRIWIRRI, 2008

synthetic polymer and natural earth pigments on linen

106.5 x 60.5 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, date, medium, size, Short Street Gallery cat. 25798

Estimate: 
$5,000-7,000
Sold for $5,520 (inc. BP) in Auction 17 - 6 October 2010, Melbourne
Provenance

Short Street Gallery, Broome
Palya Art, Darwin (label attached verso)
Private collection, Darwin
 

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery, Broome that states: ‘Jan says “this is the place of my father's clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri and call each individual members of this clan Kirriwirri. There is a big warla (mud flat) at this place. This is what this painting is about.” Kirriwirri is in the Great Sandy Desert close to and west of Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. It is the birth place of Jan and her family. This work shows tali (sand dunes) and jila (living water)'