Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 40
Albert Namatjira
(1902 – 1959)
CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1950s
watercolour and varnish over pencil on hardwood spearthrower, with a wooden peg attached with sinew and a spinifex resin handle
75.0 cm length
Estimate:
$2,000 – 4,000
Lot sold: $7,930 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Albert Namatjira
(1902 – 1959)
CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1950s
watercolour and varnish over pencil on hardwood spearthrower, with a wooden peg attached with sinew and a spinifex resin handle
75.0 cm length
signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
bears inscription verso: ABORIGINAL HANDICRAFT / HERMANNSBURG / CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
Provenance
Private collection, Victoria