Spider Kalbybidi
(c.1928 - 2008)
MINYMURRKA, 2007
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 23553
140.5 x 100.5 cm
Estimate:
$5,000 - $7,000
© courtesy of the artist and Short Street Gallery
lot details
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 23553
Short Street Gallery, Broome, Western Australia
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery, Broome, Western Australia which states: ‘Spider has painted the tali (sand dunes) at Minymurrka, his country which is near Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. The white is milk water which runs from a warla (mud flat) between this country. This place is where the Wati Kutjarra men stopped in the dreamtime.’
This item is located at our Melbourne Gallery
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery, Broome which states: “Spider has painted the tali (sand dunes) at Minymurrka, his country which is near Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. The white is milk water which runs from a warla (mud flat) between this country. This place is where the Wati Kutjarra men stopped in the dreamtime.”