Lot 69
- 69
Emily Kame Kngwarreye circa 1910-1996
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Emily Kame Kngwarreye
- Untitled
- Bears artist's name, and Delmore Gallery catalogue number 95L32 on the reverse
- Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- 122cm by 92cm
Provenance
Commissioned in December 1995 by Don and Janet Holt at Delmore Downs Station, Northern Territory
Delmore Gallery, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne
Delmore Gallery, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne
Condition
There is a small 1.5cm long mark of what looks like chocolate, only 1-2cm in depth (visible in catalogue image), in the centre about 45cm from the top of the work (would benefit from cleaning). Scuffing and discolouration around the outer perimeters of the canvas where it meets the stretcher. No repairs or restoration. Painting in overall and stable condition.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Cf. See the chapter ‘Yam’, in Margo Neale (ed.), Utopia : Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2008, pp.165-175
“Emily’s main Dreaming story: (is) a specific yam that grows beneath the ground and is visible above the ground as a creeper. However the power of the Yam…evokeﷺs the ancestral connections that transcend the physical. The organic tracery of interconnecting lines in the yam paintings bear an uncanny resemblance to the crazed pattern of cracked earth on the ground where the yam vine grows, mirroring the network of arterial roots below the surface.
The organic flow of lines stretching out like cap♒illaries across these canvases speaks of a wholeness, not so apparent in the sharper more brutal and geometric surfaces of many Western abstractionis🎉ts.” (ibid. p.165)