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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  28 Nov 2012 ~ 8.30pm
• Lot #:
  127
• Lot Description:
  Emily Kame Kngwarreye
  c1910 – 1996
  Merne Anooralya, 1995
  synthetic polymer paint on linen
  150.5 x 89.0 cm
  inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Delmore Gallery cat. 95G004
• Provenance:
  Delmore Gallery, Alice Springs; Private collection; Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, lot 310; Private collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  Merne Anooralya, 1995 is a work that bursts with desert fertility – a charged expression of her custodial yam plant and the interdependent linked life cycles of her ancestors and local flora and fauna. Produced in the cool of winter, Emily clearly returns here to past thematic statements of late summer ripeness of growth, and the memory of harvests of the yam yielding a serious supply of food. The red seeds in the yam’s yellow flowers are thick on the ground available to make into a seed cake of sorts. Very importantly, these seeds entice the male emus to graze the patch, thus fattening the emu chicks that they have hatched and chaperoned across the country. The lifeline of both plant and bird when understood and with all seasonal factors working in tandem, always heralded the land and its people a time of exuberance and colour, orchestrated by the power of song and ceremony calling through nature. This painting was produced within the first three months of her move into strident lined works. The consequence of working both styles over this time, allowed Emily a rich and robustly coloured expression of her layered dotted style as is displayed here. JANET HOLT
• Estimate:
  A$35,000 - 55,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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