Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art - 2 December 2015 | Sydney
Lot 82
Albert Namatjira
(1902 – 1959)
FOUR DECORATED BOOMERANGS, c.1945
natural earth pigments on hardwood (mulga)
36.5 cm; 38.0 cm; 46.0 cm; 46.0 cm length
Estimate:
$3,000 – 4,000 (4)
Lot sold: $12,200 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Albert Namatjira
(1902 – 1959)
FOUR DECORATED BOOMERANGS, c.1945
natural earth pigments on hardwood (mulga)
36.5 cm; 38.0 cm; 46.0 cm; 46.0 cm length
each signed: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
Provenance
Acquired in Hermannsburg in 1945 by Sergent Roy Stanley Geary Kidman while serving in the Northern Territory during WWII
Thence by descent
Private collection, New South Wales