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  important aboriginal art auction • melbourne • 25 march 2009

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077 EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE
Untitled (Anooralya), 1992
(c1910 – 1996)
synthetic polymer paint on linen
154.0 x 125.0 cm
inscribed verso: Delmore Gallery
catalogue number 92F096

ESTIMATE: $45,000 – 55,000

PROVENANCE
Delmore Gallery, Alice Springs
Private collection, USA
Private collection, New South Wales

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of
authenticity from Delmore Gallery, Alice Springs
The accompanying certificate of authenticity from Delmore Gallery, notes that this painting contains imagery associated with Kngwarreye’s traditional country, and in particular the yam plants Anooralya.

Dense with symbols, this work is underpinned by a formal ground which forms the platform onto which the artist then layers an interwoven network, representing the underground yam plants. Kngwarreye layers tone upon tone, creating a delicate timeline of the yam tubers evolution and eventual ripening, the final yellow depicting the kame, a seedbearing flower.

The kame is part of Kngwarreye’s tribal name, and the plant her custodial responsibility.

 
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