ARTISTS COUNTRY WITH HILLS AND CREEKS, 1995

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
78

EUBENA NAMPITJIN

born c.1921
ARTISTS COUNTRY WITH HILLS AND CREEKS, 1995

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120.0 x 80.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 752/95

Estimate: 
$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Private collection, Sydney

Catalogue text

The accompanying Warlayirti Artists certificate describes the imagery depicted as 'Eubena is one of the true desert people as she was born in the desert and wandered with her family as they lived the hunter gatherer life. She was told many stories and myths from the Tjukurrpa and in this painting she has shown her country with its hills and creeks.'