Emily Kam Kngwarreye (c.1910 - 1996)

Untitled (Awelye), 1993

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

50.5 x 40.5 cm
53.0 x 43.0 cm (frame)

bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Rodney Gooch cat. 44.593 

Commissioned by Rodney Gooch, Mulga Bore Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory in May 1993
Private collection, Canberra, acquired from the above

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mulga Bore Artists which states:

‘The artist paints an outline associated with Awelye, womens ceremony, then overlays a design representing Kame, the seeds of the Munyerro plant.’