Lot 33

Work in very good condition. As noted in the medium, the original canvas has been trimmed and laid onto a stretched linen. (LEONARD JOEL DELIVERY SIZE LARGE)


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Aboriginal Desert Art, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Jinta Desert Art, Sydney, acquired from the above 1994 (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne

"Emily's later works used layer upon layer of coloured dots, dabs and lines of minutely varying hues. Originally her paintings started with specific subjects that depicted designs from body paintings, images or Dreaming maps showing important sites. Due to the secret and sacred nature of the subject matter she found herself falling foul of other elders in the group. Now her paintings have a different version. Emily was asked to explain what she paints and she said 'whole lot, that's the whole lot. Awelye (my Dreamings), Alatyeye (pencil yam), Arkerrthe (mountain devil lizard), Ntange (grass seed), Tingu (a Dreamtime pup), Ankerre (emu), Intekwe (a favourite food of emus, a small plant), Atnwerle (green bean), and Kam (yam seed). That's what I paint, the whole lot big mob story"- Jinta Deser Art