Provenance and context of painting
• Artist: Hilda Nelson
• Country: Roper River, Northern Territory
• Catalogue number: HN03
• Medium: Acrylic on canvas
• Project: Wise Move / Brain Stories Pilot Project
• Documentation: Certificate of Authenticity
• Associated organisation: Mimi Aboriginal Art & Craft
• The certificate includes a photograph of Hilda Nelson holding one of her artworks, providing additional documentation connecting the artist with her work.
• This painting uses a series of circular forms built from concentric areas of colour and dots against a vivid blue ground.
• The certificate does not provide a title, Dreaming or artist’s explanation for the imagery. No specific cultural meaning should therefore be assigned to the circles or patterns without further documentation.
