YULPARIJA, 2007

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
18 May 2011
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JAN BILLYCAN

born c.1930
YULPARIJA, 2007

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

91.0 x 91.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist’s name, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 24184

Estimate: 
$5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 20 - 18 May 2011, Melbourne
Provenance

Short Street Gallery, Broome

Bond Aboriginal Art, Adelaide

Private collection, Brisbane

 

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery which states: 'This place is the birth place of my father clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri and we call each individual member 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).'