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Artworks
Emily Kam Kngwarray Anmatyerr language group, circa 1914-1996
Alhalkere - Old Man Emu with Babies, 1989Synthetic polymer paint on linen59 ¾ in x 48 inches (152 x 122 cm)Photo: Courtesy of D’Lan ContemporaryProvenance
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.)
