JAWANI JAWANI, 2008

Important Australian and International Fine Art
Melbourne
28 November 2018
136

LYDIA BALBAL

born c.1958
JAWANI JAWANI, 2008

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

Estimate: 
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $7,320 (inc. BP) in Auction 56 - 28 November 2018, Melbourne
Provenance

Short Street Gallery, Broome
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited

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.’