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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  27 Mar 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  16
• Lot Description:
  Emily Kame Kngwarreye
  c1910 – 1996
  Alhalkere Landscape, 1994
  synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  125.0 x 80.5 cm
  signed verso: Emily; inscribed verso: artist’s name and Delmore Gallery cat. 94E003
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, Donald Holt, Delmore Downs Station, Alice Springs. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Delmore Gallery
• Notes:
  The transformation of the desert after a rare winter rain has a different mood and tonal quality in comparison to the more frequently occurring summer rains that ride on the tail of the tropical monsoon from the north. The colours are vital, with misty dawns and delicate greens over frosted yellow grasses and wild flowers. The movement of colour from the dry earth tones to lush green growth is slow, and an apprehensive mood is all-pervading as all life waits, hoping that an early glimpse of warmth will give the plants that final bit of zest to produce a desert in full-carpeted bloom. Once this happens, the bloom is brief and settles into an everlasting dry state. In Alhalkere Landscape, the growth of plantlife is captured in aerial, with a hint of the peculiarly orange tone that desert soil can assume when recently flooded. ANNABEL HOLT AND JANET HOLT
• Estimate:
  A$28,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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