LOT #33 Queenie McKenzie (1930-1998) Texas Country, 1995 74 x 145.5 cm : Frame 76 x 146 cm natural earth pigments on canvas $15,000 - 20,000 PROVENANCE Purchased directly from the artist at the Pensioner Unit in Turkey Creek, NT c.1996 Art Mob Gallery, Tas Cat No. AM15880/18 Private Collection, Tas These are the hills of Old Texas Station. The hills are depicted in a variety of colours. The trees are the old ghost gums that grow here. Queenie remembered being tied to one when she was young after trying to run away from the Police. Horseshoe Creek is shown running between the hills. There was an anthill on the way to this place. It was small when Queenie was a little girl and it grew bigger and bigger as she progressed throughout her life.
AUCTION | Aboriginal Works of Art | 4 June 2019
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