Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art - 2 December 2015 | Sydney
Lot 163
Jan Billycan
born c.1930
KIRRIWRRI, 2007
raw pigment on linen
75.0 x 56.0 cm
Estimate:
$3,000 – 4,000
Lot sold: $4,148 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Jan Billycan
born c.1930
KIRRIWRRI, 2007
raw pigment on linen
75.0 x 56.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, date, medium, size and cat. 22030
Provenance
Short Street Gallery, Broome (cat. 783605)
Private collection, Tasmania
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short St. Gallery, Broome which states: ‘”This place is the birth place of my father’s clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri. The is a big warla (mud flat) at this place. This is what this 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).’