Important Australian and International Fine Art - 28 November 2018 | Melbourne
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
122.0 x 121.0 cm
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Lydia Balbal
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
122.0 x 121.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, date, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 25382
Short Street Gallery, Broome
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Lydia Balbal. Recent Paintings, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, 11 November – 5 December 2008
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery that states: ‘Lydia says: “This big hill with jila (living water). Jawani Jawani that snake he a cheeky one. He lives in that water. He makes rain this country. Can’t make fire there or that snake get angry.”
This country is Mangala Country and is a woman’s place. It is a twin place, one of two similar places located close to each in the Great Sandy Desert in W.A.’