Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 4 April 2012 | Melbourne
Lot 31
Queenie Mckenzie Nakarra
(c.1930 - 1998)
COUNTRY ON TEXAS DOWNS, 1998
natural earth pigments with synthetic binder on canvas
100.0 x 140.0 cm
Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000
Lot Details
Description
Queenie Mckenzie Nakarra
(c.1930 - 1998)
COUNTRY ON TEXAS DOWNS, 1998
natural earth pigments with synthetic binder on canvas
100.0 x 140.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, size, date and Red Rock Art cat. KP 463
Provenance
Red Rock Art, Kununurra
Private collection, Western Australia
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Red Rock Art which states in part: 'This work offers a planar perspective of the three major mountain ranges on Texas. Across the top is a range called Arizona or Bullock Country, through the middle of the country is Red Butt (Wirdim) with a big white sand dune filling one valley, and the bottom range is Larrinya the Dreamtime place for spearheads (Jimbala).'