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Earth's Creation is a 1994 painting by the Australian Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye. It was painted in 1994 at Utopia, Northern Territory , north east of Alice Springs in central Australia .
Emily Kame Kngwarreye (also spelt Emily Kam Kngwarray) (1910 – 3 September 1996) was an Aboriginal Australian artist from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. After only starting painting as a septuagenarian , Kngwarreye became one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of Indigenous Australian art .
In 2009, more than 200 works by renowned Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye were set aside from the collection at AGOD to form the core for a Melbourne-located museum. [1] When the gallery owners failed to receive government funding, the Emily Museum was instead opened in early 2013 alongside AGOD, at the gallery space in Cheltenham.
Kudditji Kngwarreye, also known as "Goob", (1938 – 23 January 2017) was an Australian Aboriginal artist from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory.He was the brother through kinship of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
There is also another, more recently established art centre, the Utopia Art Centre, [36] established in 2020. [37] It is located at Urapuntja and represents Alyawarr artists. [38] where local artists Jennifer Purvis Kngwarreye (granddaughter of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, and an elder of the community) work.
The painting is now set to auction on Nov. 20 at the Heffel Gallery in Toronto, where it is estimated to earn between $100,000 and $200,000. Four of Carr’s other works will also be sold, per the ...
The painting will be auctioned on Nov. 20 in Toronto, with its value estimated at $100,000 to $200,000. Canadian painter Emily Carr’s artwork will be sold at auction. Facebook
Sydney Aboriginal art dealer Adrian Newstead was recruited to run the department. [5] He notably sold Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s painting Earth's Creation for $1,056,000 in May 2007. At the time, this was the world record price for Aboriginal art, and is still the highest price paid for a work by an Australian female artist.