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Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 18 May 2011  |  Melbourne

Lot 129
Queenie Mckenzie Nakarra
(c.1930 - 1998)
RIDGE COUNTRY ON TEXAS, 1998

natural ochre and pigments on canvas

50.0 x 50.0 cm



Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000




Lot Details

Description

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

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.'