Betty Club Mbitjana (20th Century, Indigenous-Australian, 1954-2023), Awelye & Bush Melon (2021), Original Acrylic on Canvas, 118H x 200W cm

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- 118 H x 200 W cm - Signed verso - Betty is the daughter of renowned artist, Minnie Pwerle and sister to Barbara Weir, one of Australia’s most prominent artists; - Betty’s bush plum and bush melon awelye (dreaming) paintings depict what Utopian women paint on their bodies and the dancing tracks made in the sand during women’s awelye ceremonies - For more information about this artist, please see - https://artycorner.uk/pages/artists/betty-club-mbitjana?srsltid=AYCX9vKWlhB7l151_W7cH4jA5rwgjM0MAWkf-CYFaN-qyXS4o4zHMCw1 - This work comes with a COA from Australian Indigenous Art, signed and dated in 2021; it features photocopies of ta photo of the artist and a separate photo of the work; there seems to be a typo to the word 'Awelye' to the COA with it spelled 'Amelye' at least once - Provenance - this is from a private collection downsizing and was purchased direct from artist through Australian Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory - This work is in excellent condition