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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  27 Mar 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  1
• Lot Description:
  Emily Kame Kngwarreye
  c1910 – 1996
  Emu Story, 1989
  synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  151.5 x 121.0 cm
  inscribed verso: artist’s name and Delmore Gallery cat. EO02
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, Donald Holt,Delmore Downs Station, Alice Springs
• References:
  Isaacs, J., Smith, T., Ryan, J., Holt, D., and Holt,J., Emily Kame Kngwarreye Paintings, CraftsmanHouse, Sydney, 1998, p. 47, pl. 4 (illus.) This work is accompanied by a certificateof authenticity from Delmore Gallery
• Notes:
  Emu Story is a highly significant early work, possessing a multitude of stylistic elements – of dot (seed), yam lines and the track marks of the Emu. Essentially, this work represents a symbiotic relationship between the animal and Country. Beneath the soil, the bush potato (anatye) sits, plump for the digging. Above, a feeding frenzy of various seeds oscillates around the protagonist of the male Emu. Caring for his young, as eggs and vulnerable hatchlings, the Emu regurgitates seed held in his crop and expels it onto the ground, on which his chicks feed. This action additionally keeps them close by, lessening the likelihood them falling prey to predators. ANNABEL HOLT AND JANET HOLT
• Estimate:
  A$80,000 - 120,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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