Jan Billycan (Djan Namundie) (c.1930 - 2016)

UNTITLED, 2007

synthetic polymer paint on linen

66.0 x 70.5 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, date, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 24269

Short Street Gallery, Broome
Tony Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in April 2008

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 175 (illus.)

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery that states: ‘”This place is the birth place of my father’s clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri, and call each individual members of this clan Kirriwirri. There 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).’