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Property from The Thomas Vroom Collection

Billy Thomas Joongoorra

Ginbiginbya, 1996

Auction Closed

May 25, 09:41 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from The Thomas Vroom Collection


Billy Thomas Joongoorra

Circa 1920 - 2012

Ginbiginbya, 1996


Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas

Bears artist's name and Waringarri Arts catalogue number AP0818 on the reverse

63 in by 31 ½ in (160 by 80 cm)

Painted for Waringarri Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia
The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands, acquired from the above
According to accompanying documentation, "This painting shows country called Ginbiginbiya in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. This country is associated with a Snake Dreaming and there is a corroboree which tells the story. In the Dreamtime the large yellow Snake was the "boss" for the two younger yellow Snakes at the edges. He was "looking out" for them as the artist puts it. The two large black Snakes are venomonous "strangers" who came into that country in the Dreamtime. The yellow Snakes stayed in Ginbiginbiya country and are still there today."