Muna – Everything

1991

Emily Kam Kngwarray

Associated Names
Emily Kam Kngwarray

Artist, Aboriginal Australian (Anmatyerre), c. 1910–1996

This painting features small circular dots scattered across the canvas, forming a dense pattern. The dots are in shades of red, pink, yellow, and orange, with black appearing to show through beneath them. Most of the yellow dots seem to be clustered towards the right, with the red and pink dots scattered throughout.
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On View

East Building Mezzanine, Terrace

Artwork overview

More About this Artwork

Greg Weight, Emily Kngwarreye, 1994, gelatin silver photograph on paper, National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program. © Gregory Weight/Copyright Agency, 2024

Article:  Who is Emily Kam Kngwarray?

One of Australia's most revered artists only began making art in her 60s. Her works are portals into her Country.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; (Delmore Gallery, Northern Territory, Australia); (Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne); acquired 1991 by The BP Collection, Melbourne; (their sale, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 8 September, 2002, no 17); private collection, United States; (private treaty sale, Sotheby’s, 2005); Terry Morris, Sydney; (D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne);[1] purchased 2024 by NGA.
[1] Provenance provided by D’Lan Davidson of D’Lan Contemporary in email of 26 December 2023, copy in NGA curatorial records.

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Exhibition History

2023

  • Emily Kam Kngwarray, Everything, D'Lan Contemporary, Frieze Masters, London, 2023.

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