ILMA - TINDARI BALGOOL

Works from the K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection
Melbourne
26 March 2014
66

ROY WIGGAN

born 1930
ILMA - TINDARI BALGOOL

synthetic polymer paint, cotton wool and wire on wood

113.0 x 44.0 cm (irregular)

Estimate: 
$1,000 - 2,600
Sold for $1,560 (inc. BP) in Auction 33 - 26 March 2014, Melbourne
Provenance

Short Street Gallery, Broome (cat. #1296)
Raft Artspace, Darwin, acquired 2003
The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery which states: 'This ilma refers to events that happened when Roy was 17. His father and brother were on the Sunday Island Mission Lugger when a big tidal rip came through Gindari Galgool [sic] strait. No lugger had ever survived going through this strait, however on this memorable occasion Roy's father and his brother survived. The circles represent the whirlpools while the crescents represent waves and the bottom oval shape represents the rip.'