JAPINKA, c.1990

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
121

WALKA MOLLY ROGERS

(c.1930 – 2006)
JAPINKA, c.1990

synthetic polymer paint on Velin Arches paper

75.0 x 106.0 cm

Estimate: 
$1,500 – 2,500
Sold for $1,708 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia (cat. 48/12)
Short St. Gallery, Broome
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane

Exhibited

Mangkaja Works on Paper, Short Street Gallery, Broome, April 2012

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate from Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency which states: ‘Japingka is the place where I was born. This is my country, Japingka. It is good water at Japingka. There is soak water nearby too, but it is rubbish water, not living water. There are jilji (sand hills) all around and warla (claypan depression). There high jilji, big ones all around.’