AWELYE LINES, 1994

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
27 March 2013
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EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE

(c.1910 - 1996)
AWELYE LINES, 1994

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

120.0 x 60.0 cm

signed verso: Emily
inscribed verso: artist's name and Delmore Gallery cat. 94H053

Estimate: 
$18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $19,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 28 - 27 March 2013, Melbourne
Provenance

Private Collection, Donald Holt, Delmore Downs Station, Alice Springs

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

Catalogue text

Awelye, body painting and women's ceremonial lines are applied to the skin as a part of, not a precursor to ceremony. Applied to the upper torso, arms and thighs whilst the song line is sung, stanza by stanza, the lines are melded onto skin plied with Emu oil. In this work, Awelye Lines, we see a linear statement derived from Awelye, and a clear depiction of the symbolism and ritual of ceremony.

ANNABEL HOLT AND JANET HOLT