RIDGE COUNTRY ON TEXAS, 1998

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
18 May 2011
129

QUEENIE McKENZIE NAKARRA

(c.1930 - 1998)
RIDGE COUNTRY ON TEXAS, 1998

natural ochre and pigments on canvas

50.0 x 50.0 cm

inscribed verso: Red Rock Art cat. QE04

Estimate: 
$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance

The Estate of Queenie McKenzie
Red Rock Art, Kununurra

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Red Rock Art which states: 'The artist regularly enjoyed bush trips. One of her favourite places was Red Butt (Wirdim) in the high country on Texas Downs Station. To get there you have to wind and climb through 'ridge country' depicted in this work.'