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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Collection of Ross & Rona Clarke
• Sale Date:
  09 Sep 2012 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  51
• Lot Description:
  Billy Joongarra Thomas
  (Circa 1920-2012)
  Gunambalayi Travels of the Black Snake, 1998
  natural earth pigments on canvas
  150 x 180cm
• Provenance:
  Red Rock Art Gallery, Kununurra, Western Australia
• Notes:
  Accompanying certificate of authenticity from Red Rock Art Gallery reference number KP 2236. From the certificate of authenticity: "The artist totem is the Black Snake, he often paints the travels of this snake in the dreamtime and the making of the land. In this work, he shows country west of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert where the Black Snake travelled looking for her children. This work shows sandhills that were made by Gunambalayi and where he still lives today. The country is called Giningingill Country; in the centre of the work are small waterholes, good water can be found here all year round. The lines throughout the work are the snake's body and the path he travelled in the dreamtime."
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 50,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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