PURNULULU, 2001

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
254

JACK BRITTEN

(c.1925 - 2002)
PURNULULU, 2001

natural earth pigments on canvas

45.0 x 120.0 cm

inscribed verso: artists name, size and Warmun Art Centre catalogue number WAC 1246/01

Estimate: 
$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Turkey Creek
Private collection, Queensland

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warmun Art Centre which reads, ‘This country is on the south side of Purnululu from Tidialora to the Ord River. All that country is Jack’s country. Jack helped establish the Frog Hollow Community located south of Warmun.’