Janangoo Butcher Cherel
(c.1920 - 2009)
NGANWAYA II, 2000
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.0 x 71.0 cm
signed verso: BUTCHER
inscribed verso: artist's name, Mangkaja Arts cat. PC205/00
Estimate:
$12,000 - $18,000
Sold:
$16,800 (inc. BP)
lot details
Janangoo Butcher Cherel (c.1920 - 2009)
NGANWAYA II, 2000
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.0 x 71.0 cm
signed verso: BUTCHER
inscribed verso: artist's name, Mangkaja Arts cat. PC205/00
inscribed verso: artist's name, Mangkaja Arts cat. PC205/00
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
Artplace, Perth
Private collection, Perth
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 25 July 2005, lot 257
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Artplace, Perth, 13 August – 3 September 2002, cat. 17
In the exhibition catalogue the artist explained: ‘This is Ngawaya, river mussels. We use the shell for ceremony.'