Body Design 1995

EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE (c1910-1996)

Ammatyerre language group
Body Design 1995

natural earth pigments on linen (12 panels)
163.0 x 176.0 cm overall

Provenance:
Commissioned by Dacou Gallery, South Australia
Private collection, South Australia
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 23 May 2007, lot 85
Private investment partnership, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2009, lot 133
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, 26 February - 13 April 2008; The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan, 28 May - 28 July 2008 (a section of the work)
Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 22 August - 12 October 2008 (a section of the work)

Reference:
Neale, M. (ed.), Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra, 2008, p.214 (illus. pp.162-163, a section of the work)

Estimate: $60000 - 80000

Result Hammer: $80000