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The Laverty Collection - Part III - 5 April 2017  |  Sydney

Lot 11
EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
(c.1910 – 1996)
UNTITLED (DRIED FLOWERS AND FRUITS), 1990

synthetic polymer paint on linen

151.5 x 122.0 cm



Estimate:
$60,000 – 80,000


Lot sold: $67,100 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Emily Kame Kngwarreye
(c.1910 – 1996)
UNTITLED (DRIED FLOWERS AND FRUITS), 1990

synthetic polymer paint on linen

151.5 x 122.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Delmore Gallery cat. 0N27

Provenance

Commissioned by Delmore Gallery, Alice Springs
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne (label attached verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in December 1990

Exhibited

Southern Reflections – Ten Contemporary Australian Artists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998; Kulturhuset (Cultural Centre) Stockholm, Sweden, 1998; Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway, 1999; Goteborgs Konsthall, Gothenberg, Sweden, 1999, cat. 8 (label attached verso)
Ngurra Kutu: Going home, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 September 2001 – 23 June 2002

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 241 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 241 (illus.)

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Delmore Gallery, Alice Springs