Albert Namatjira
(1902 - 1959)
CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1950s
watercolour and varnish over pencil on hardwood spearthrower, with a wooden peg attached with sinew and a spinifex resin handle
75.0 cm length
signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
bears inscription verso: ABORIGINAL HANDICRAFT / HERMANNSBURG / CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
Estimate:
$2,000 - $4,000
Sold:
$7,930 (inc. BP)
lot details
Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959)
CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1950s
watercolour and varnish over pencil on hardwood spearthrower, with a wooden peg attached with sinew and a spinifex resin handle
75.0 cm length
signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
bears inscription verso: ABORIGINAL HANDICRAFT / HERMANNSBURG / CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
bears inscription verso: ABORIGINAL HANDICRAFT / HERMANNSBURG / CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
Provenance
Private collection, Victoria