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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  27 Mar 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  8
• Lot Description:
  Emily Kame Kngwarreye
  c1910 – 1996
  Yam Awelye – Red, 1996
  synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  152.5 x 92.0 cm
  inscribed verso: artist’s name and Delmore Gallery cat. 96H013
• 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, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1998, p. 185, pl. 86 (illus.). This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Delmore Gallery
• Notes:
  Soft red lines sweep lightly across the canvas surface. Painted by Emily in the late afternoon, as the evening star rose behind her, the quiet sense of past times 'doing awelye’ (ceremony) as darkness was falling was in mind as this work progressed. Smoking gidgea coal added to the atmosphere so poignant. The line maker linked in to her custodial role and persona and accomplished this as her second last painting. The past energy that created extraordinarily powerful masterpieces had faded, the confident and emboldened stroke of her brush now of the past. This painting was achieved when living permanently at Delmore with Lily Kngwarreye and family in August 1996, a few weeks before her passing. ANNABEL HOLT AND JANET HOLT
• Estimate:
  A$40,000 - 60,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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