Albert Namatjira
(1902 - 1959)
FINKE GORGE GLEN HELEN, c.1954
watercolour on paper
27.0 x 38.0 cm
50.0 x 60.0 cm (frame)
signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
bears stamp of District Superintendent, Native Affairs Branch, Alice Springs
signed 'G.E. Evans'
The work is accompanied by its original purchase receipt date 24 June 1954 and a cover letter which accompanied the receipt
Estimate:
$25,000 - $35,000
Sold:
$46,636 (inc. BP)
© Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2021
lot details
Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959)
FINKE GORGE GLEN HELEN, c.1954
watercolour on paper
27.0 x 38.0 cm
50.0 x 60.0 cm (frame)
50.0 x 60.0 cm (frame)
signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
bears stamp of District Superintendent, Native Affairs Branch, Alice Springs
signed 'G.E. Evans'
The work is accompanied by its original purchase receipt date 24 June 1954 and a cover letter which accompanied the receipt
bears stamp of District Superintendent, Native Affairs Branch, Alice Springs
signed 'G.E. Evans'
The work is accompanied by its original purchase receipt date 24 June 1954 and a cover letter which accompanied the receipt
Provenance
Rex Battarbee, Alice Springs (original receipt attached verso)
Mr and Mrs E. Whiteman, Camden, New South Wales
Thence by descent
Mrs Anne Whiteman, Camden, New South Wales
Theodore Bruce Auctions, Sydney, 14 September 2020, lot 6096
Company collection, Sydney