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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Emily Kam Kngwarray, Alhalkere - Old Man Emu with Babies, 1989

Emily Kam Kngwarray Anmatyerr language group, circa 1914-1996

Alhalkere - Old Man Emu with Babies, 1989
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
59 ¾ in x 48 inches (152 x 122 cm)
Photo: Courtesy of D’Lan Contemporary
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Provenance

Delmore Gallery, Northern Territory, cat. no. A248

Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1989

Sotheby's, Melbourne, Important Aboriginal Art, 29 June 1998, Lot 36

Private Collection, United States of America, acquired at the above auction

Sotheby’s, New York, Aboriginal Art, 25 May 2022, Lot 40

Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York

Exhibitions

Paintings by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, 1990

Crossroads - Towards a New Reality: Aboriginal Art from Australia, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 22 September - 8 November 1992; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 17 November - 20 December 1992

Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Alkalkere - Paintings from Utopia, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 20 February - 13 April 1998; The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 May - 19 July 1998; The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 8 September - 22 November 1998

Emily Kam Kngwarray Alhalkere, Paintings from Utopia, The National Gallery, Canberra, 13 Feb – 18 Apr 1999

60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art, UOVO, New York, May 2023

Emily Kam Kngwarray, Tate Modern, London, 10 July 2025 - 11 January 2026; Foundation Opale, Switzerland, 14 June - 15 November 2026

Literature

Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, ed., Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Melbourne, 1990

Takeo Uchiyama, ed., Crossroads - Towards a New Reality: Aboriginal Art from Australia, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 1992, p. 94, cat. no. 76

Margo Neale, et al., Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Alhalkere: Paintings from Utopia, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1998, p. 48, pl. 28, cat. no. 48

Susan McCulloch, Contemporary Aboriginal Art: A Guide to the Rebirth of an Ancient Culture, McCulloch and McCulloch Australian Art Books, Sydney, 2001, pp. 88-89

Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins, Emily Kam Kngwarray. National Gallery of Australia, 2023, p. 46 (illus.)

Vanessa Merlino and Luke Scholes, 60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art, UOVO, 2023, p. 10 - 11 (illus.)

Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins, Emily Kam Kngwarray, Tate Enterprises Ltd, London, 2025 p. 45 (illus.)

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