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LYDIA BALBAL 1958- MARTAKULU, 2022 acrylic on board 100 x 90 cm artwork cataloguing details verso PROVENANCE Short St Gallery, WA Cat No. 841374 The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence Art Auction, Redfern NSW Private collection, NSW 5% of the proceeds from the sale of this artwork will be donated to The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence ©Lydia Balbal / Copyright Agency, 2024 Lydia Balbal's country is near Punmu in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. When threatened by severe drought in the early 1970s her community had little choice but to leave their traditional country in the desert and move further toward the coast. They settled at the Old La Grange Mission on the coast which is now called Bidyadanga. The community is located two hours south of Broome. Balbal first began painting in 2007 when Daniel Walbidi and Emily Rohr initiated the Yulpara artists group, and as time passed and many of the older artists passed away, her skill as a painter and her consequent reputation grew, gaining her significant attention amongst collectors. Her work has been exhibited widely, including in solo exhibitions at IDAIA in Paris, Short St Gallery in Broome, Outstation Gallery in Darwin and William Mora Galleries in Melbourne, and now are included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Australia and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia. This piece is a fine example of an Australian Aboriginal artwork.