Albert Namatjira circa 1902-1959
Albert Namatjira circa 1902-1959Estimate $12,000 – $18,000
- Lot Sold $24,000 (Hammer Price)
- $28,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
UNTITLED (CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE) (CIRCA 1950)
watercolour and pencil on paper
signed 'Albert Namatjira' lower right
26 X 37CM
PROVENANCE
Fred and Phyllis Derrick, Brisbane
Ambassador Peterson Bryant Jarman, United States of America
Private Collection, United States of America
This painting is sold with a copy of Rex Battarbee, Modern Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney and London: Angus and Robertson, 1951, inscribed with a dedication by Fred and Phyllis Derrick to Ambassador and Mrs Jarman and containing an early newspaper article about Albert Namatjira’s life and black and white photographs of Alice Springs and the surrounding area. Jarman was the US Ambassador to Australia during the Truman administration between 1949 and 1953.