KIRRIWIRRI, 2008

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
29 August 2018
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© Jan Billycan/Copyright Agency, 2018
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JAN BILLYCAN (DJAN NAMUNDIE)

(c.1930 – 2016)
KIRRIWIRRI, 2008

synthetic polymer paint on linen, diptych

106.0 x 121.0 cm (overall)

bears inscription verso: artist's name, date, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 25806

Estimate: 
$7,000 – 9,000 (2)
Sold for $7,320 (inc. BP) in Auction 55 - 29 August 2018, Sydney
Provenance

Short Street Gallery, Broome
Private collection, Sydney

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery that states: ‘Jan says “this is the birth place of my father’s clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri and we call each individual members of this clan Kirriwirri. There is a big warla (mud flat) at this place. This is what the 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).’