Albert Namatjira
(1902 - 1959)
CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, c.1937
watercolour and pencil on paper on card
19.5 x 29.0 cm
signed lower right: ALBERT
bears inscription verso: Early Albert Namatjira / Sold by him to B.M. at / Hermannsburg mission on his visit in … 1937-38
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
Sold:
$8,540 (inc. BP)
© Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency, 2018
lot details
Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959)
CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, c.1937
watercolour and pencil on paper on card
19.5 x 29.0 cm
signed lower right: ALBERT
bears inscription verso: Early Albert Namatjira / Sold by him to B.M. at / Hermannsburg mission on his visit in … 1937-38
bears inscription verso: Early Albert Namatjira / Sold by him to B.M. at / Hermannsburg mission on his visit in … 1937-38
Provenance
Private collection, Adelaide, acquired during a visit to Hermannsburg in 1937/1938
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne
Related Works
Central Mount Wedge from MacDonnell Ranges, c. 1937, watercolour over pencil on paper, 26.3 x 19.4 cm, in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne