Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 27 March 2013 | Melbourne
Lot 51
Alma Webou
(c.1928 - 2009)
PINKARLARTA, 2004
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
106.5 x 167.0 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000
Lot Details
Description
Alma Webou
(c.1928 - 2009)
PINKARLARTA, 2004
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
106.5 x 167.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, date and Short Street Gallery cat. 2756
Provenance
Short Street Gallery, Broome
William Mora Galleries,Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery which states: 'You know this is Pinkarlarta, mummy mine been born there, we bush people us. I was born there. He got him big water, good water everyone can drink him. He gone now.'