KIRRIWRRI, 2007

Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art
Sydney
2 December 2015
163

JAN BILLYCAN

born c.1930
KIRRIWRRI, 2007

raw pigment on linen

75.0 x 56.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, date, medium, size and cat. 22030

Estimate: 
$3,000 – 4,000
Sold for $4,148 (inc. BP) in Auction 41 - 2 December 2015, Sydney
Provenance

Short Street Gallery, Broome (cat. 783605)
Private collection, Tasmania

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short St. Gallery, Broome which states: ‘”This place is the birth place of my father’s clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri. The is a big warla (mud flat) at this place. This is what this painting is about.” Kirriwirri is in the Great Sandy Desert close to and west of Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. It is the birth place of Jan and her family. This work shows tali (sand dunes) and jila (living water).’