Albert Namatjira
(1902 - 1959)
(i) GHOST GUM (ii) MACDONNELL RANGES
watercolour over pencil on hardwood, each with a wooden peg attached with sinew and a spinifex resin handle
72.5 and 67.0 cm length
one signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
each inscribed verso: ABORIGINAL HANDICRAFT / HERMANNSBURG / CENTRAL AUSTRALIA an
Estimate:
$5,000 - $7,000 (2)
Sold:
$8,400 (inc. BP)
lot details
Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959)
(i) GHOST GUM (ii) MACDONNELL RANGES
watercolour over pencil on hardwood, each with a wooden peg attached with sinew and a spinifex resin handle
72.5 and 67.0 cm length
one signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
each inscribed verso: ABORIGINAL HANDICRAFT / HERMANNSBURG / CENTRAL AUSTRALIA an
each inscribed verso: ABORIGINAL HANDICRAFT / HERMANNSBURG / CENTRAL AUSTRALIA an
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne