Lot 94
Winpa 2022
acrylic on canvas
inscribed verso with artist's name, date and Short St. Gallery cat. no. 841398
70 x 100cm
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Short St. Gallery, Broome (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne
"Wirnpa is jila (living water) located near the Percival Lakes in the Great Sandy Desert in WA. It is an important gathering of the Yulparija and neighbouring groups. they would gather for rain making ceremonies.
Lydia walked all around this country with her family until the early 1970's when severe drought caused her people to walk out. They left their traditional country and headed to Le Grange Mission, now Bidyadanga community on the coast south of Broome."
As stated on the Short St. Gallery Artists certificate of authenticity
© Lydia Balbal/Copyright Agency, 2026
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8803
6:00pm - 30 June 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
SYD (Highlights): Friday 12 - Sunday 14 June, 10am - 4pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen St, Woollahra NSW
MEL: Fri 26 - Sun 28 June, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Wiebke Brix
wiebke.brix@leonardjoel.com.au
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