Artist: Queenie McKenzie | Title: High Country on Texas Downs | Year: 1998 | Medium: natural pigments on canvas | Dimensions: 80 x 100 cm
PRICE
SOLD
PROVENANCE
Warringari Aboriginal Arts Cat No. AP1884
Jacquie McPhee Collection, NSW
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
Queenie McKenzie was born c.1930 at the Old Texas station on the Ord River in the north west of Western Australia. As a child, her Aboriginal mother protected her from removal to an orphanage under the prevailing government policy that took Aboriginal children such as Queenie, who’s absent father was white… Continue Reading
PRICE
SOLD
PROVENANCE
Warringari Aboriginal Arts Cat No. AP1884
Jacquie McPhee Collection, NSW
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
Queenie McKenzie was born c.1930 at the Old Texas station on the Ord River in the north west of Western Australia. As a child, her Aboriginal mother protected her from removal to an orphanage under the prevailing government policy that took Aboriginal children such as Queenie, who’s absent father was white… Continue Reading
