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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Alan Boxer Collection of Australian Indigenous Art
• Sale Date:
  17 Mar 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  1
• Lot Description:
  Jan Billycan
  (Born 1930)
  Kirriwirri (2007)
  natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on linen
  88 x 59 cm
  bears Short Street Gallery cat. no. 23559 verso
• Provenance:
  Short Street Gallery, Broome; Chapman Gallery, Canberra; The Alan Boxer Collection, Canberra
• Notes:
  This painting is sold with Short Street Gallery documentation which reads; "This place is the birth place of my father's clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri, and call each individual members of this clan Kirriwirri. There is a big warla (mud flat) at this place. This is what the painting is about. Kirriwirri is in the great Sandy Desert close to and west of Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. It is the birth place of Jan and her family. This work shows tali (sand dunes) and jila (living water)."
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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