Lot #6144 - Churchill Cann
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Timed Online Auction | Art | Australian, Aboriginal & International
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Sale Date:28 Nov 2022 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
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Lot #:6144
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Lot Description:Churchill Cann
(Warmun, 1944-2016)
Untitled
Earth pigment on canvas
Stretched: 75 x 100 cm
Signed verso -
Notes:Churchill Cann (1944-2016) painted for many years, influenced by the first generation of artists that established the Warmun contemporary art movement. His precise textures, lucid compositions of country, haunting mystery and the gravity of marginalized histories are marks of confidence and surety. Cann worked as a stockman from an early age on Texas Downs cattle station, which lies to the east of Warmun. He moved around his own country and also worked at Alice Downs, Mabel Downs Spring Creek and Lissadell stations. Riding in the bush was a way of being in the country and absorbing knowledge from his elders while working in a white man's world caring for cattle. Mr. Cann was knowledgeable about traditional healing practices, expertise he inherited from his father. These life experiences informed his work: 'I'm doing them hill where we bin travelling. I'm thinking about what them hills really look like. I just follow them hills where I bin walk.'. https://warmunart.com.au/art/artists/senior/churchill-cann/
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Estimate:A$1,500 - 2,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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