Deutscher and Hackett

Commissioned by Delmore Gallery, via Alice Springs in November 1994
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in December 1998

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Delmore Gallery which states: ‘This painting ‘Untitled 1994’ by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, is a beautiful expression of carefully crafted textures and colour created by gently placed light-infused dots demonstrating Kngwarreye’s wonderful painterly skill. Her focus is a seasonal one, her painting conveying the dramatic colours of abundance within in the arid lands of north-east of Alice Springs. Kngwarreye leans into her canvas and builds up a landscape loaded with various plums, berries, flowers and seeds, as a celebration of replenishment of her country, and a reminder that colour is a vital indicator of ripeness and availability to harvest. We feel her connection to this surface and linking into those special places where these fruits and seed are located, and of past experiences of being there.’