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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  27 Mar 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  13
• Lot Description:
  Emily Kame Kngwarreye
  c1910 – 1996
  Awelye, 1995
  synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  150.0 x 122.0 cm
  signed verso: Emily; inscribed verso: artist’s name and Delmore Gallery cat. 95L40
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, Donald Holt, Delmore Downs Station, Alice Springs. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Delmore Gallery
• Notes:
  As though a conductor commanding a baton, Emily puts line to canvas like an abbreviated signature. Her decisive use of line is as simultaneously grand in its sparsity, as well as presenting as a concerto of masterfully wrought space. Awelye reflects the time of year in December when ceremony dominates all family life in the area. Body painting is intrinsic to all ceremony and in this painting, Emily makes abstract reference to this ceremonial practice. Ceremony reinforces knowledge about such staple bush foods through narrative, as well as teaching basic social codes and obligations. Through such paintings, Emily serves to reinforce her knowledge to those who follow her. ANNABEL HOLT AND JANET HOLT
• Estimate:
  A$45,000 - 65,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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