WURRITJI COUNTRY, 1997

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
4 April 2012
86

ROVER THOMAS (JOOLAMA)

(c.1926 - 1998)
WURRITJI COUNTRY, 1997

colour etching

49.0 x 64.0 cm

titled, numbered and inscribed with cat. PM75 below image

edition: A/P 2/5 aside from an edition of 99

Estimate: 
$3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $2,640 (inc. BP) in Auction 24 - 4 April 2012, Melbourne
Provenance

Northern Editions, Darwin
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra (cat.97/7)
Private collection, Melbourne
 

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Northern Editions which states: 'This print shows a hill in country called Wurritji in the artist's traditional country close to Yalda soak (near Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route), Western Australia.'