Artiste : Purlta Maryanne Downs

Titre de l'œuvre : This is my country

Format : 120 x 60 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art de Mangkaja

Référence de cette peinture Aborigène d'Australie : 52/08

Explications sur cette œuvre :

"I was born at Kurtal Jila in 1945. There is living water there. Kurtal is near Billiluna. When I was a young girl, I walked with my mother a long way to Lake Gregory. After this, when I was still young, I walked again with my parents to Louisa Downs station. We walked all morning and afternoon. We ate bush tucker. Billy Goat Cox was the manager of the station when I was there. I saw a motor car for the first time at Lousia Downs Station. I was frightened of it. I thought that it would shoot me!".

This painting evokes her country Yurralmural, a rocky country with a crek running throught, and with a beautiful Jila (Water Hole).

Collection :
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria

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