COUNTRY ON TEXAS DOWNS, 1998

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
4 April 2012
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QUEENIE McKENZIE NAKARRA

(c.1930 - 1998)
COUNTRY ON TEXAS DOWNS, 1998

natural earth pigments with synthetic binder on canvas

100.0 x 140.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size, date and Red Rock Art cat. KP 463

Estimate: 
$20,000 - 30,000
Provenance

Red Rock Art, Kununurra
Private collection, Western Australia

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Red Rock Art which states in part: 'This work offers a planar perspective of the three major mountain ranges on Texas. Across the top is a range called Arizona or Bullock Country, through the middle of the country is Red Butt (Wirdim) with a big white sand dune filling one valley, and the bottom range is Larrinya the Dreamtime place for spearheads (Jimbala).'