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Emily Kame Kngwarreye — My Country
Emily Kame Kngwarreye

My Country

1995

"My Country" by Emily Kame Kngwarreye is an oil on canvas work that exemplifies the artist's distinctive abstract approach to depicting her deep connection to the Australian landscape and Aboriginal Country. Kngwarreye employs gestural brushwork and a rich palette of earth tones and vibrant hues to create a composition that evokes the spiritual and physical dimensions of her Anmatyerre Country in Central Australia. The painting represents her innovative fusion of Western modernist painting techniques with Indigenous Australian artistic traditions and knowledge systems.

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions

Notes

Execution: Painted in 1995, this work is accompanied by a certificate from Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, archive no. 4976.

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Modern & Contemporary Art

February 28, 2026

Estimate: $100,000$150,000

Sold: $109,650

Lot 13

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Emily Kame Kngwarreye, My Country, 1995

"My Country" by Emily Kame Kngwarreye is an oil on canvas work that exemplifies the artist's distinctive abstract approach to depicting her deep connection to the Australian landscape and Aboriginal Country. Kngwarreye employs gestural brushwork and a rich palette of earth tones and vibrant hues to create a composition that evokes the spiritual and physical dimensions of her Anmatyerre Country in Central Australia. The painting represents her innovative fusion of Western modernist painting techniques with Indigenous Australian artistic traditions and knowledge systems.

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
125.1 x 125.1 cm
Year
1995
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Earth tones and vibrant colors, Australian Artist, Dot painting technique, Indigenous Australian landscape, Acrylic On Canvas, National Identity, 20th century contemporary, Spiritual, Australian, Landscape, Large Scale Painting, 1990s, Spiritual and meditative, Colorful, Earth Tones, Abstract, Indigenous, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary

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