QUARAITNMA, FINKE RIVER, 1938
© Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency, 2018
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ALBERT NAMATJIRA
(1902 – 1959)
QUARAITNMA, FINKE RIVER, 1938
watercolour on paper
21.5 x 36.0 cm
signed lower right NAMATJIRA. ALBERT
bears inscription on old backing verso: 12
Estimate:
$12,000 – 16,000
Sold for $13,420 (inc. BP) in Auction 56 - 28 November 2018, Melbourne
Provenance
The Fine Arts Society Gallery, Melbourne
Edward Adrian Wells, Melbourne, acquired in the 1930s
Thence by descent
Private collection, Canberra
Exhibited
Albert Namatjira: Central Australian Water Colours, The Fine Arts Society Gallery, Melbourne, 5 – 17 December 1938, cat. 12 (the artist’s first solo exhibition)