Artwork Details

Provenance

• Artist: Eileen Moore
• Skin name: Ampetyane
• Born: circa 1940
• Language: Kaytetye
• Residence: Alice Springs
• Title: Bush Potato Dreaming – Anaty(e)
• Date: 11 November 2008
• Medium: Acrylic on canvas
• Size: 30 × 30 cm
• Provenance: Tangentyere Artists, Alice Springs
• Accompanied by its original Tangentyere Artists Certificate of Authenticity
• The artist identifies the subject as bush potatoes — Anaty(e) in Kaytetye language — growing together.
• The forms along the bottom represent the bush potatoes, while the forms above represent their flowers.
• The original certificate preserves the artist’s own explanation of the imagery, providing important cultural context for the work.