Albert Namatjira
(1902 - 1959)
GHOST GUMS, 1954
watercolour on paper on card
29.0 x 40.0 cm (sheet)
signed lower right: Albert Namatjira
inscribed with title and date on frame verson: 1954 GHOST GUMS
inscribed on frame verso: GIFT FROM ALBERT N. GIVEN TO DOUG MACCORMAC
Estimate:
$25,000 - $35,000
Sold:
$73,636 (inc. BP)
© Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2022
lot details
Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959)
GHOST GUMS, 1954
watercolour on paper on card
29.0 x 40.0 cm (sheet)
signed lower right: Albert Namatjira
inscribed with title and date on frame verson: 1954 GHOST GUMS
inscribed on frame verso: GIFT FROM ALBERT N. GIVEN TO DOUG MACCORMAC
inscribed with title and date on frame verson: 1954 GHOST GUMS
inscribed on frame verso: GIFT FROM ALBERT N. GIVEN TO DOUG MACCORMAC
Provenance
Doug MacCormac, a gift from the artist 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
Albert Namatjira painting at Hermannsburg Mission, April 1952
photographer: M. Lockett
State Library of South Australia, Adelaide