Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 121
Walka Molly Rogers
(c.1930 – 2006)
JAPINKA, c.1990
synthetic polymer paint on Velin Arches paper
75.0 x 106.0 cm
Estimate:
$1,500 – 2,500
Lot sold: $1,708 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Walka Molly Rogers
(c.1930 – 2006)
JAPINKA, c.1990
synthetic polymer paint on Velin Arches paper
75.0 x 106.0 cm
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia (cat. 48/12)
Short St. Gallery, Broome
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
Exhibited
Mangkaja Works on Paper, Short Street Gallery, Broome, April 2012
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency which states: ‘Japingka is the place where I was born. This is my country, Japingka. It is good water at Japingka. There is soak water nearby too, but it is rubbish water, not living water. There are jilji (sand hills) all around and warla (claypan depression). There high jilji, big ones all around.’