KULAMPURRU, 2010
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LYDIA BALBAL
born c.1958
KULAMPURRU, 2010
synthetic polymer paint on linen
150.0 x 180.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 27616
Estimate:
$8,000 – 12,000
Provenance
Short Street Gallery, Broome
Harvey Art Projects, Ketchum, Idaho, USA
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Catalogue text
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery that states: ‘Lydia says, “this is a well made of wood, whiteman, he put him on that Kulampurru jila (living water). This is my country, Mangala country. I be walking, I be big girl hunting dog, pussycat. My brothers and grandmother we see that well. Easy clean drinking water there.”’