Sing-Out Spring
natural earth pigments on canvas
inscribed verso with artist's name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. WAC442/07
100 x 80cm
Estimate $800 - $1,200
Warmun Art Centre, Western Australia (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne
"Sing Out Spring lies in Yiyili country on Louisa Downs Station, near Halls Creek in the Kimberley. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtlme) three men were walking in the country near Yiyili. They were visitors to the country and had not been welcomed to the country. They came across a large natural spring and bent down to drink the cool water. In the spring lived a large water snake who was keeper of that country and as the men bent down to drink the water, the snake swallowed them. When a stranger comes to new country they should be welcomed to that country. The traditional way is to use a rock and dip it in the water and wipe the sides of the visitor and then throw that rock into the water. This is so the snake can smell the visitor and know that they have been welcomed. Cox has painted hills surrounding the waterhole. Yiyili is Cox's country."
As stated on the Warmun Art Centre certificate of authenticity
© David Cox/Copyright Agency, 2026
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8822
6:00pm - 6 October 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 October, 11am - 5pm, 2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn
CONTACT
Wiebke Brix
wiebke.brix@leonardjoel.com.au
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