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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Timed Auction | Selected Indigenous Fine Art Including Works From The Collection Of Kristin Stegley OAM
• Sale Date:
  11 May 2021 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  12
• Lot Description:
  Kathleen Petyarre
  (1935 – 2018)
  My Country – Bush Seeds (After Sandstorm), 2003
  synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
  76.0 x 76.0 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist’s name, Gallerie Australis cat. GAKP0303375 and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK9565
• Provenance:
  Gallerie Australis, Adelaide ; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; Private collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Iylenty – Mosquito Bore: Recent paintings by Kathleen Petyarre, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 7 – 28 March 2003
• Notes:
  This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, which states in part: ‘My Country- Bush Seeds (After Sandstorm) represents an aerial view composition of Kathleen Petyarre's sacred Dreaming site of the Mountain Devil Lizard in the vicinity of Mosquito Bore on Utopia Station in the eastern desert of central Australia. It is here at the site of Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming that the men and women of the eastern Anmatyerre language conduct important secret and sacred initiation ceremonies. This Dreaming site is situated in the artist's father's country and the general locality is identified by a group of sand-hills that rise majestically from the desert floor represented in this painting by the parallel lines. The painting portrays the area scattered with seeds, summer bush flowers and spinifex grasses. The sand-hills represent a sacred Women's Dreaming site associated with the green pea (antweth). The seeds (ntang) depicted throughout the painting are of the green pea (antweth) that are an important food source for the "traditional healer" (ngangkar), and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrth).’
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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