Aboriginal Art
Aboriginal Art
DANIEL WALBIDI | WINPA
Auction Closed
December 13, 10:40 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private European Collection
DANIEL WALBIDI
BORN 1983
WINPA
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
Inscribed on the reverse with artist's name, date, medium, size and Short Street Gallery catalogue no. 23364
70 ⅞ in by 25 ⅝ in (180 cm by 65 cm)
Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
Tony Bond Aboriginal Art, Adelaide, SA
Private Collection
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired from the above in 2010
Accompanied by the original Short Street Gallery certificate which reads “Daniel has painted the central jila (living water) of his ancestor's country. This waterhole was an important place for Daniel's family who lived in the desert until the early 1970s. In Daniel's hometown of Bidyadanga, Daniel paints with the elders of the community who communicate the landscape of Winpa through song and painting. Winpa is significant to his people because some of the elders have strong memories of losing their brothers and sisters at this waterhole. The central waterhole is connected underground to the surrounding yinti (creeks) and jila of the landscape. Daniel has also painted the abundance of mayi (bushfood) that is dotted over the tali (sand dunes).”