Lot 96
  • 96

Albert Namatjira 1902 - 1959 UNTITLED LANDSCAPE

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 AUD
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Description

  • Albert Namatjira
  • UNTITLED LANDSCAPE
  • signed Albert Namatjira (lower right)
  • watercolour and pencil on paper

  • 26 BY 37.4CM

Provenance

Painted in the Hermannsburg region circa 1957
Acquired directly from the artist by the vendor's parents in 1957
Private collection, USA

Condition

Housed in a contemporary frame, appears in good condition overall.
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Catalogue Note

Cf. Alison French, Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902-1959, Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2002, pp.140-141, for two similar paintings by the artist in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia painted in 1955

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