Artist: Hector Chundaloo Jandany | Title: Larrjibarrny (Horse Creek) | Year: 2003 | Medium: natural ochre and pigments on canvas | Dimensions: 90 x 120 cm
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The Jacquie McPhee Collection, NSW
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
At the time of his death in 2007, Hector Jandany was the oldest member of the Warmun artists, at Turkey Creek. His family history was littered with harrowing tales of persecution. Gadiya (white people) shot his grandfather and harmed his grandmother, who subsequently died in childbirth, and while Hector was still in infancy, his father also died in a confrontation with white people… Continue Reading
PRICE
SOLD
PROVENANCE
The Jacquie McPhee Collection, NSW
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
At the time of his death in 2007, Hector Jandany was the oldest member of the Warmun artists, at Turkey Creek. His family history was littered with harrowing tales of persecution. Gadiya (white people) shot his grandfather and harmed his grandmother, who subsequently died in childbirth, and while Hector was still in infancy, his father also died in a confrontation with white people… Continue Reading