Billy Thomas, born circa 1920, LUDUN COUNTRY
Billy Thomas, born circa 1920, LUDUN COUNTRYEstimate $7,000 – $10,000
natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on linen
bears artist's name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts catalogue number AP0808 and Red Rock Art catalogue number KP020 on the reverse
118.5 BY 95CM
Provenance:
Painted for Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra in 1997
Private collection
The accompanying documentation reads in part: 'The painting shows men gathering for a corroboree in Lundun country near the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. The grid-like lines are spears. The circles represent waterholes and soaks. The large waterhole ringed in the red at the left of centre is...of two waterholes that the artist used to visit when he lived in the desert as a young man'.