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The Laverty Collection - Part III - 5 April 2017  |  Sydney

Lot 97
Paji Honeychild Yankarr
(1914 – 2004)
JUPURR JILA, 1997

synthetic polymer paint on paper

75.5 x 106.0 cm



Estimate:
$1,500 – 2,000


Lot sold: $3,660 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Paji Honeychild Yankarr
(1914 – 2004)
JUPURR JILA, 1997

synthetic polymer paint on paper

75.5 x 106.0 cm

signed verso: Honey Child
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Mangkaja Arts cat. WP 145/97

Provenance

Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in August 2003

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing that states: ‘This is my mother and my father’s country called Jupurr. There is a cave here with the jila (living water) inside. There is good yellow ochre here. We used to camp here in the hot weather time. There is always water here in this place’