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ANNA PITJARA PETYARRE - Yam Seed

ANNA PITJARA PETYARRE - Yam Seed

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ANNA PITJARA PETYARRE

TITLE: YAM SEED
 
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
89CM X 151CM
ANNA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED
 
REF#AP136
 
 
DOB: 1965.  Utopia   Northern Territory
Known as: Anna Price, Anna Pitjara, Anna Petyarre, Anna Price Pitjara (Petyarre)
Language: Anmatyerre
Dreaming’s: Bush Plum (Anwekety or conkerberry), Women’s dreaming (Awelye), Body Paint, Yam Seed, Yam Flower, Bush Yam & Atneltyeye (My Country)
 
 
 
Anna is the daughter of the late Glory Ngarla (Ngale or Ngal) and the niece to the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
 
She commenced her creativity with batik then in the 1980s started painting with acrylic on canvas.
 
Anna began painting Yam Seed & Bush Yam which was an important food source to Anna’s ancestors. Over the years she experimented with various techniques to depict her dreaming’s including the Yam flower which her famous Aunt, Emily Kame Kngwarreye painted. Her recent works predominately focuses on the dreaming of her grandfather’s Country (Atneltyeye) by creating intricate dot works like an aerial view of the land showing sandhills, waterholes and ceremonial sites.
 
Anna has established herself as one of the leading artists to emerge from Utopia with countless exhibitions whose works are sought after worldwide.

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Authenticity
Altyerre Aboriginal Art provides its customers with a profile of the artist for every piece of artwork sold. This profile records information that Altyerre Aboriginal Art has gathered on the artist and general information on the stories that the artist paints. Altyerre Aboriginal Art encourages its artists to sign each piece of artwork either with a signature or a cross (some older artists cannot write their name).

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An artist profile and information on the story being painted is also provided and wherever possible, a photo of the artist holding the painting is included if possible. The certificate is comprised of the following details about the painting:
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~ Size
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~ Date the artwork was created (this may be an approximate date for our much older pieces)
~ Artist’s name
~ Artist’s Language Group
~ Artist’s Country
~ Title/Story of Artwork
~ Description of the artwork’s story as told by the artist where possible
~ Signature of the Altyerre Aboriginal Art owner

Each Certificate of Authenticity is printed onto Altyerre Aboriginal Art letterhead and provides exceptional provenance for each artwork.

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