CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1953
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ALBERT NAMATJIRA
(1902 - 1959)
CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1953
watercolour on paper on card
26.0 x 36.0 cm
signed lower left: Albert Namatjira
Estimate:
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $73,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 69 - 4 May 2022, Sydney
Provenance
Gifted in 1953 to the vendor’s father, an accountant for Rex Batterbee’s Gallery who assisted Albert Namatjira with his financial affairs
Private collection, Alice Springs
Thence by descent
Private collection, Perth
Catalogue text
B-36726.jpeg
Albert Namatjira painting at Hermannsburg Mission, April 1952
photographer: M. Lockett
State Library of South Australia, Adelaide