Albert Namatjira
(1902 - 1959)
QUARAITNMA, FINKE RIVER, 1938
watercolour on paper
21.5 x 36.0 cm
signed lower right NAMATJIRA. ALBERT
bears inscription on old backing verso: 12
Estimate:
$12,000 - $16,000
Sold:
$13,420 (inc. BP)
© Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency, 2018
lot details
Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959)
QUARAITNMA, FINKE RIVER, 1938
watercolour on paper
21.5 x 36.0 cm
signed lower right NAMATJIRA. ALBERT
bears inscription on old backing verso: 12
bears inscription on old backing verso: 12
Provenance
The Fine Arts Society Gallery, Melbourne
Edward Adrian Wells, Melbourne, acquired in the 1930s
Thence by descent
Private collection, Canberra
Exhibited
Albert Namatjira: Central Australian Water Colours, The Fine Arts Society Gallery, Melbourne, 5 – 17 December 1938, cat. 12 (the artist’s first solo exhibition)
Related Works
Quarritana, Finke River (Organ pipes), c.1948, watercolour on paper, 34.5 x 52.0 cm, in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra