CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1950s
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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
Estimate:
$2,000 – 4,000
Sold for $7,930 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance
Private collection, Victoria