Important Aboriginal Art - 25 March 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 254
Jack Britten
(c.1925 - 2002)
PURNULULU, 2001
natural earth pigments on canvas
45.0 x 120.0 cm
Estimate:
$10,000 - 15,000
Lot Details
Description
Jack Britten
(c.1925 - 2002)
PURNULULU, 2001
natural earth pigments on canvas
45.0 x 120.0 cm
inscribed verso: artists name, size and Warmun Art Centre catalogue number WAC 1246/01
Provenance
Warmun Art Centre, Turkey Creek
Private collection, Queensland
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warmun Art Centre which reads, ‘This country is on the south side of Purnululu from Tidialora to the Ord River. All that country is Jack’s country. Jack helped establish the Frog Hollow Community located south of Warmun.’