Lot 49
  • 49

Artist Unknown Working 1948

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Artist Unknown
  • Untitled
  • Inscribed TGH 1948 and numbered 27 on the reverse
  • Watercolour and pencil on paper
  • 39.2cm by 28.5cm

Provenance

Theodor George Henry Strehlow; thence by descent
Private collection
Sotheby's, Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, 26 July 2010, lot 112
Private collection

Literature

Ryan and Batty, Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art, NGV, 2011, p.15, illus.

Condition

Four original pinholes in the corners of the paper and small loss of paper to lower left corner.. All visible in catalogue illustration. Slight discolouration around the edges of the paper. No visible repairs or restorations. In good condition overall. Housed floating in a museum box frame.
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