ALBERT NAMATJIRA
1902-1959
Blackwood Trees at Rapid Creek, Darwin (1950)
$50,000–70,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
ALBERT NAMATJIRA
1902-1959
Blackwood Trees at Rapid Creek, Darwin (1950)
watercolour over pencil on paper
signed 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right; inscribed [another hand] 'Rapid Creek, Darwin' / 14 / 50 gns' verso
36 x 26 cm
- Lot Sold $100,000 (Hammer Price)
- $122,727 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory
Private Collection, Sydney
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Literature
Robert Freeden, 'Namatjira Paints His First Seascape', The Australian Women's Weekly, Sydney, 16 September 1950, pp. 36, 37 (illustrated)
Ken McGregor, The Life & Times of Albert Namatjira, Badger Editions, Melbourne, 2021, pp. 97, 328 (illustrated), 430
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