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Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 18 May 2011  |  Melbourne

Lot 126
Billy Thomas Joongoorra
born c.1920
GUNAMBALAYI - TRAVELS OF THE BLACK SNAKE, 2004

natural ochre and pigments on canvas

60.0 x 40.0 cm



Estimate:
$3,000 - $4,000


Lot sold: $3,360 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Billy Thomas Joongoorra
born c.1920
GUNAMBALAYI - TRAVELS OF THE BLACK SNAKE, 2004

natural ochre and pigments on canvas

60.0 x 40.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Red Rock Art cat. KP2017

Provenance

Red Rock Art, Kununurra
Private collection, Western Australia

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Red Rock Art which states: 'The artist often paints the travels of the Black Snake through the Great Sandy Desert. As the snake travelled, he/she formed the landscape. In this work, the black lines represent the snake and simultaneously the cracks, waterways and gullies that are there today.'