Mawukura Jimmy Nerrimah 'Warrnda Jila (Waterhole)' expressionism

Mawukura Jimmy Nerrimah 'Warrnda Jila (Waterhole)' expressionismJimmy Nerrimah, also known as Mawukarra, was an acclaimed Aboriginal artist from the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia. His country is the land around Wayampajarti, a waterhole in the north western reaches of the desert. Nerrimah spent his childhood moving between waterholes, going on to become a senior lawman. As an artist, Nerrimahs work is renowned. In just two or three colours, he uses fine lines and concentric circles to evoke the deserts

self-imposed limitations

Signed: Signed and editioned by the artist

one of Melbourne’s earliest and fiercest artist-run-initiatives

Paper Dimensions: 53 x 75 cm

He described his non figurative response to nature thus:

The essence of women

it sees a body roll down the page like a river between mountains

triple plate etching on paper

Plate lithograph in three colours printed from three plates and hand-coloured

Commissioned by Colonel Aubrey Gibson

An innovator in printmaking techniques

Many significant printmakers studied under Macnab during the interwar period — among them a cohort of Australian artists including Peter Purves Smith