Lot 272
  • 272

ALBERT NAMATJIRA

Estimate
800 - 1,200 AUD
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Description

  • Albert Namatjira
  • A BOOMERANG - A FAMILY AND DOG HUNTING A KANGAROO c.1936
  • engraved and blackened hardwood, varnish

  • Length: 53.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, South Australia

Condition

Has a crack approximately 2 cm long at the left hand side of the boomerang which should be visible in the reproduction.
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Catalogue Note

Cf. French, A., Seeing the Centre:The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902-59, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p.9 for an illustration of a closely related example in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia depicting a dog chasing an emu with a similar floral motif at the centre