Provenance and context of painting
• Artist: Eileen Moore
• Skin name: Ampetyane
• Born: circa 1940
• Language: Kaytetye
• Residence: Alice Springs
• Title: Bush Potato Dreaming – Anatye
• Date: 3 September 2008
• Medium: Acrylic on canvas
• Size: 60 × 30 cm
• Catalogue code: TAEM08C2849
• 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 — and their flowers growing together.
• The elongated composition contains brightly coloured plant forms set against densely dotted areas of blue, red and brown.
• The certificate records Eileen Moore’s own explanation of the imagery, providing direct cultural context for the painting.
