AUCTION | Aboriginal Works of Art | 4 June 2019

LOT #35 Queenie McKenzie (1930 -1998) Set of 10 images depicting aspects of Old Texas, 1997 20 x 30 cm each : Frame 30 x 40 cm each natural earth pigments on canvas boards $15,000 - 20,000 PROVENANCE Narrangunny Art Traders, WA Cat Nos. QM101-110 Private Collection, WA All 10 works bear catalogue number and artist’s signature verso.

Image of the artist holding each artwork In this lovely set of 10 small works Queenie McKenzie has painted sites in the country of her childhood and early working life on Old Texas Station where the rocky hills are seen as separate forms on the edge of the desert plain. The sites depicted are Bililyerinbee, Buffalo Hole, Boonjoorji, Woolwoolji, Wooljing, Diamond Mine, Boolmowen, Top Country, Eagle Hawk Dreaming, and Eagle Hawk Hill.

‘I bin born Old Texas, dat called Salt Pan country. Salt water you gotta drinkim’. No more goodfella water, all salt – bitter. I bin born la dat country.’ ‘Dat white stone from the hill, they break ‘im up for spear. Good spear dat one.’* *Jennifer Joi Field, Witten in the Land, The Life Of Queenie McKenzie, Melbourne Books, 2008