LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor and gouache on paper

Measurements:

13.58 in. (34.50 cm.) (height) by 10.63 in. (27.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA, albel verso

Exhibited:

The Heritage of Namatjira: The Watercolourists of Central Australia, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, 10 November 1991 – 31 January 1992; and touring nationally. Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira, 1902 – 1959, The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 28 July – 22 September 2002; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 5 October 2002 – 19 January 2003; and touring nationally (labels attached verso)

Literature:

French, A., Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira, 1902-1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 86 (illus.) and p. 162

Provenance:

Private collection. Theodore Bruce Auctions, Adelaide, 11 July 1988, lot 174. Collection of the late Duncan Kentish, Adelaide