Albert Namatjira Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Albert Namatjira Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 09, 2025
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Aranda Tribal Country, print, frame: 54 x 71 x 3 cm)
Est: $250 - $350
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Aranda Tribal Country print facsimile signature lower right.
Lawsons
Apr. 09, 2025
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Arrernte/Aranda language group Ghost Gum and Mount Sonder, MacDonnell Ranges c1956
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group Ghost Gum and Mount Sonder, MacDonnell Ranges c1956 watercolour on paper 27.0 x 37.0 cm; 50.0 x 60.0 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
Menzies
Apr. 09, 2025
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Arrernte/Aranda language group Ghost Gum near Jay Creek, MacDonnell Ranges 1958
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SISTER LAVINIUS MONICA SCHNEIDER OAM, NORTHERN TERRITORY ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group Ghost Gum near Jay Creek, MacDonnell Ranges 1958 watercolour on paper 25.5 x 35.5 cm; 40.0 x 50.5 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA accompanied by a letter from Sister Lavinius Monica Schneider OAM (attached verso)
Menzies
Apr. 08, 2025
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Old Man Ghost Gum (circa 1952) watercolour over pencil on paper 35 x 22 cm
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Old Man Ghost Gum (circa 1952) watercolour over pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 35 x 22 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory William Walkley, Newcastle Private Collection, Sydney Australian & International Art, Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 30 November 2015, lot 17, illustrated Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above LITERATURE Ken McGregor, The Life & Times of Albert Namatjira, Badger Editions, Melbourne, 2021, pp. 335 (illustrated), 431
Smith & Singer
Apr. 08, 2025
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Mount Sonder (Morning) watercolour on paper 25.4 x 36.5 cm
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Mount Sonder (Morning) watercolour on paper signed 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 25.4 x 36.5 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Mr Lou Borgelt Private Collection, Adelaide, by descent from the above Important Australian & International Art, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby's Australia), Sydney, 11 May 2016, lot 187, illustrated David Aspinall, Perth, Melbourne, acquired from the above The Estate of the Late David Aspinall, Perth
Smith & Singer
Apr. 06, 2025
Albert Namatjira Bendigo pottery toby jug limited …
Est: $100 - $200
Albert Namatjira Bendigo pottery toby jug limited edition, 153/3000 with certificate 17 x 19 cm.
Amanda Addams Auctions
Mar. 26, 2025
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, ARAFURA SEA AT DARWIN, 1950
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) ARAFURA SEA AT DARWIN, 1950 watercolour on paper 34.0 x 37.0 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears inscription verso: Coastline, Darwin / 60 gns / A Hord / 7 PROVENANCE Painted in Darwin, July 1950 Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Gallery, Sydney (as ‘Coastline, Darwin, N.T.) Private collection Gould Galleries, Melbourne (as ‘Coastline, Darwin, N.T.’) Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1984 EXHIBITED The Aranda Group: Seven Aboriginal Water Colour Artists, Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, April 1952, cat. 7 (label attached verso, as ‘Coastline, Darwin, N.T.’) Albert Namatjira, Rex Battarbee Gallery, Alice Springs, 28 – 29 August 1952 (as ‘Coastline Darwin’) The Director's Choice 2012, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 19 July – 31 August 2012, cat. 10 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, as ‘Coastline, Darwin, N.T.’) LITERATURE Freeden, R., 'Namatjira Paints His First Seascape', The Australian Women's Weekly, Sydney, 16 September 1950, p. 36 (illus.) McGregor, K., The Life & Times of Albert Namatjira, Badger Editions, Melbourne, 2021, pp. 101 (illus.), 430 ESSAY From his earliest watercolours in the 1930s, Albert Namatjira fostered the foundation for the later emergence of Indigenous art at Papunya forty years later and the flourishing expansion of first nations art that would follow. A household name by the 1950s, Namatjira’s evocative landscapes of inland Australia were fundamental to how Australians viewed their island home. ‘Namatjira's dramatic entry into the Australian art world was both inspired and inspiring. He inspired his own and subsequent generations of Aboriginal people and artists across Australia. In skillfully adopting the methods and materials of Western landscape painting he challenged the relegation of Aboriginal art to the realm of archaeology and ethnography. Namatjira became the most prominent Aboriginal Australian of his era and, in 1957, was the first Aboriginal person to be granted full citizenship.’1 Arafura Sea at Darwin, 1950, a rare and important seascape was painted on Namatjira’s first trip beyond central Australia, travelling to Darwin in July 1950 on an ultimately unsuccessful mission to gain approval to acquire a pastoral lease north-west of the Haast’s range where he intended for his family to graze cattle. On 19 July, he arrived in Darwin, a place he thought the biggest in the world at the time; Namatjira was yet to embark on his 1954 journey to the southern capitals Sydney, Canberra (to be presented to the Queen), then Melbourne and Adelaide before returning to Alice Springs. Although not planning to paint on this trip, his intentions changed after a visit to Rapid Creek beach close to where he was staying, and with the Arafura Sea stretching out beyond, he vowed to return and record these watery scenes. Namatjira painted perhaps four or five seascapes whilst in Darwin; the first attempt he destroyed feeling it was an inferior work. Two watercolours were illustrated in the September edition of the Australian Women’s Weekly magazine: Bloodwood trees at Rapid Creek, 1950 and the present Arafura Sea at Darwin, 1950 which was featured in colour. The accompanying article written by Robert Freeden under the title, ‘Namatjira Paints His First Seascape’, noted that ‘…For Albert Namatjira, the aboriginal artist, to paint his first seascape took courage of a sort that white Australians might find it difficult to understand. When Namatjira visited Darwin recently he went into what was for him, a foreign country… But nobody, not even Namatjira, realised what his reaction to the sea would be. He saw it first in the morning light, the glittering blue-green Arafura Sea. For a whole day Namatjira stared at the sea. Next morning, he completed his first seascape. It was subdued, timid. I realised Namatjira was afraid of Darwin. For two days he painted no more. But he kept coming back to look at sea. One day without word to anyone, he walked along the beach and painted the two pictures in this issue.’2 The art of Albert Namatjira is now understood to have inspired his own and subsequent generations of Aboriginal people and artists across Australia. Brenda Croft argues that the artist’s gift to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is ‘more than the sum parts of watercolour paints on paper. It is an essence that resides in the strength of Namatjira’s work – his courage, his sorrow, his spirituality – where the enduring influence of this one man upon the entire indigenous arts and culture industry continues to be felt.’3 1. Watson, K., ‘Poetic Justice: an overview of Indigenous Art’, in Perkins, H., One Sun, One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 20 2. Freeden, R. ‘Namatjira Paints His First Seascape’, The Australian Women’s Weekly, Sydney, 16 September 1950, p. 36 3. Croft, B., ‘Albert’s Gift’ in French, A., Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira, 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 148 CRISPIN GUTTERIDGE © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2025
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 18, 2025
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Central Australian Landscape c.1955 watercolour on paper 24.5 x 34cm
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Central Australian Landscape c.1955 watercolour on paper signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA 24.5 x 34cm PROVENANCE: Finke River Mission, Alice Springs (label attached verso) Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © Albert Namatjira/Copyright Agency, 2025
Leonard Joel
Dec. 07, 2024
NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), Gums and Valley, Central Australia., Watercolour on Woomera, L62cm (overall) 12x40cm (image)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959) Gums and Valley, Central Australia. Signed lower right. Sketch of a goanna verso; and inscribed 'Aboriginal handicraft Hermannsburg, Central Australia' Watercolour on Woomera L62cm (overall) 12x40cm (image)
Davidson Auctions
Dec. 03, 2024
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) Mangeraka Gorge, 1938
Est: $14,000 - $18,000
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) Mangeraka Gorge, 1938 signed lower right: 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA' titled and dated verso: 'MANGERAKA GORGE 1938' watercolour on paper 26.0 x 36.0cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 27, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Ghost Gum, MacDonnell Ranges (1952) watercolour over pencil on paper 26 x 37 cm frame: Graham Reynolds, Bris
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Ghost Gum, MacDonnell Ranges (1952) watercolour over pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 26 x 37 cm frame: Graham Reynolds, Brisbane (stamped verso) PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Private Collection, Alice Springs, acquired from the above in 1952 Private Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above in 1980
Smith & Singer
Nov. 27, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Untitled (Central Australian Landscape) (circa 1950) watercolour over pencil on paper 26 x 37 cm
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Untitled (Central Australian Landscape) (circa 1950) watercolour over pencil on paper signed 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 26 x 37 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Fred Derrick and Phyllis Derrick, Brisbane Ambassador Peterson Bryant Jarman, United States of America, acquired from the above Private Collection, United States of America Important Aboriginal Art & Oceanic Art, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby's Australia), Sydney, 18 October 2011, lot 135, illustrated Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above
Smith & Singer
Nov. 27, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Legendary Rocks, Glen Helen Gorge (circa 1950) watercolour over pencil on paper 36.5 x 26 cm
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Legendary Rocks, Glen Helen Gorge (circa 1950) watercolour over pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 36.5 x 26 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Artlovers Gallery, Sydney (label verso) Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above
Smith & Singer
Nov. 26, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA - MACDONNELL RANGES - WATERCOLOUR
Est: $18,000 - $22,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) MACDONNELL RANGES Signed lower left Watercolour 25.5 x 37cm Estimate $18,000/22,000 AUD
GFL Fine Art
Nov. 26, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, GHOST GUM, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) GHOST GUM, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA watercolour on paper 23.0 x 34.0 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA PROVENANCE Private collection, Perth Thence by descent Private collection, Perth RELATED WORK Alice Springs Country, c.1955 – 59, watercolour on paper, 37.5 x 53.0 cm, private collection, illus. in French, A. (ed.), Seeing the Centre; The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 143 North Ranges Looking South, c.1950s, watercolour on paper, 30.5 x 41.0 cm, in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney ESSAY ‘Albert Namatjira was a phenomenon… a patient and observant man… who became a watercolourist of real distinction… who recorded what was familiar to him not only as something of sublime beauty, but as a repository of beliefs, laws and legends.’1 A household name by the 1950s, Albert Namatjira set the foundations for the Indigenous art movement that emerged thirty years later and still flourishes today. ‘In skillfully adopting the methods and materials of Western landscape painting he challenged the relegation of Aboriginal art to the realm of archaeology and ethnography.’2 His bright watercolours of central Australia contained an unprecedented richness, and his depiction of the vivid and exuberant colours of Arrente country transported a mythical and predominantly unknown world into the lounge rooms of White Australians living in cities that hugged the coastal fringe. Painted in the final years of the artist’s life, and replete with the artist’s recurring motifs, Ghost Gum, Central Australia, epitomises Namatjira’s finest work. Located in the foreground, a majestic ghost gum, (Eucalyptus papuana), known as ilwempe to the Western Arrernte, is used as an animated object to frame the carefully controlled viewpoint from which the artist directs the viewer to the distant blue peaks through the intervening slopes in the middle distance. Namatjira’s familiarity with this country is evident in these views where ‘trees, peaks and monoliths provide a rich range of possibilities and responses that arise from constantly re-engaging with the same subject.’3 Namatjira’s dramatic entry into the Australian art world was groundbreaking. Despite his personal vicissitudes, he not only inspired his own and subsequent generations of Aboriginal people and artists across Australia through his art, but he also sought to educate White Australians about the spiritual link between Indigenous people and land. As Brenda Croft contends, the artist’s gift to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is ‘more than the sum parts of watercolour paints on paper. It is an essence that resides in the strength of Namatjira’s work – his courage, his sorrow, his spirituality… where the enduring influence of this one man upon the entire indigenous arts and culture industry continues to be felt.’4 1. Lynn, E., ‘Introduction’ in Byrnes, M., Albert Namatjira, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs 1984, p. 2 2. Watson, K., ‘Poetic Justice: an overview of Indigenous Art’, in Perkins, H., One Sun, One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 20 3. French, A., Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 97 4. Croft, B., ‘Albert’s Gift’, in French, A., Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira, 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 148 CRISPIN GUTTERIDGE © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency, 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 25, 2024
Albert Namatjira, (1902-1959), McDonnell Ranges, c. 1950, watercolour on paper, 26.5 x 37 cm
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) McDonnell Ranges, c. 1950 watercolour on paper signed l.r.c. 'Albert Namatjira'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 20, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Razorback Range, Central Australia
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, BRISBANE ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Razorback Range, Central Australia watercolour on paper 26.5 x 38.0 cm; 53.5 x 62.0 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears inscription on backing verso: Razor Back Range, Central Australia/ by. Albert Namatjira/ Aranda tribe accompanied by original receipt from Grand Central Gallery, Brisbane
Menzies
Nov. 20, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Mount Sonder, Central Australia
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, VICTORIA ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Mount Sonder, Central Australia watercolour on paper 22.0 x 33.0 cm; 44.0 x 54.5 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
Menzies
Nov. 20, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Near Mount Gillen, Central Australia 1957
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, VICTORIA ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Near Mount Gillen, Central Australia 1957 watercolour on paper 25.0 x 35.5 cm; 40.0 x 47.5 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears date and inscription on backing verso: NEAR MT GILLEN/ CENTRAL AUST. 16 FEB. 1957
Menzies
Nov. 09, 2024
SCHOOL OF ALBERT NAMATJIRA (AUSTRALIA, 1902-1959)
Est: $300 - $600
SCHOOL OF ALBERT NAMATJIRA (AUSTRALIA, 1902-1959) Watercolor, signed lower right "AlberT NAMATJIRA". Australian landscape with gum tree to foreground amongst mountains. Possibly painted by Namatjira's son, Albert Namatjira Jr. (b. 1955)
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 22, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Central Australian Landscape c.1958 watercolour and pencil on paper 25 x 34cm
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Central Australian Landscape c.1958 watercolour and pencil on paper signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA 25 x 34cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne Thence by descent OTHER NOTES: © Albert Namatjira/Copyright Agency, 2024
Leonard Joel
Aug. 28, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, RANGES 10 MILES NORTH FROM ALICE SPRINGS, C.1954
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) RANGES 10 MILES NORTH FROM ALICE SPRINGS, c.1954 watercolour on paper 26.0 x 37.0 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA signed and inscribed with title verso: Ranges 10 Miles North from Alice Springs / Albert Namatjira PROVENANCE Private collection Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 16 April 1986, lot 30 Joy Willis, Sydney Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITED Australian Icons, Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Greenway Gallery, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, 19 – 23 August 1992 LITERATURE Herbert, X., Poor Fellow My Country, Collins Australia, Sydney, 1975, cover (illus.) Luck, P., Australian Icons, Things that make us what we are, William Heinemann, Australia, 1992, pp. 26, 27 (illus.) RELATED WORK Alice Springs Country, c.1955 – 59, watercolour on paper, 37.5 x 53.0 cm, private collection, illus. in French, A. (ed.), Seeing the Centre; The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902-1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 143 North Ranges Looking South, 1950s, watercolour on paper, 30.5 x 41.0 cm, in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney ESSAY ‘Albert Namatjira…emerges…as an artist of genuine creativity, whose work embodied the love of, and identification with the land.’1 A household name by the 1950s, Albert Namatjira set the foundations for the Indigenous art movement that emerged thirty years later and is still flourishing today. ,In skillfully adopting the methods and materials of Western landscape painting, he challenged the relegation of Aboriginal art to the realm of archaeology and ethnography.,2 Painted in the final years of the artist’s life, and replete with the artist’s recurring motifs, Ranges 10 Miles North from Alice Springs epitomises Namatjira’s later works. Located in the foreground, a majestic ghost gum, ( Eucalyptus papuana), known as ilwempe to the Western Arrernte, frames the viewpoint which is carefully controlled by the artist who directs the viewer to the distant peaks through the placement of intervening slopes in the middle distance, and then to the outlying mountain peaks beyond. Presenting a more open, horizontal and expansive experience of the landscape, Namatjira’s familiarity with this country is evident in these views where ‘trees, peaks and monoliths provide a rich range of possibilities and responses that arise from constantly re-engaging with the same subject.’3 In transporting his evocative landscapes of Central Australia into the lounge rooms of White Australia in the mid-twentieth century, his depictions of country were fundamental to how Australians viewed their island home. Namatjira,s entry into the Australian art world was both inspired and inspiring. Despite his personal vicissitudes, he inspired his own and subsequent generations of Aboriginal people and artists across Australia and sought to educated non-indigenous Australians about the spiritual link between indigenous people and land. Brenda Croft contends that the artist’s gift to indigenous and non-indigenous people is ‘more than the sum parts of watercolour paints on paper. It is an essence that resides in the strength of Namatjira’s work – his courage, his sorrow, his spirituality… where the enduring influence of this one man upon the entire indigenous arts and culture industry continues to be felt.’4 1. Nuggett Coombs, H.C., ‘Introduction’ in Amadio, N., Albert Namatjira; The Life and Work of an Australian Painter, Macmillan, Melbourne 1986, p. vii 2. Watson, K., ‘Poetic Justice: an overview of Indigenous Art’, in Perkins, H., One Sun, One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 20 3. French, A., Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 97 4. Croft, B., ‘Albert’s Gift’ in French, ibid., p. 148 CRISPIN GUTTERIDGE © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency, 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 27, 2024
Albert Namatjira, (1902-1959), Mount Burt Range, watercolour on paper, 34 x 47 cm
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) Mount Burt Range watercolour on paper signed l.r.c. 'Albert Namatjira'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 24, 2024
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959),
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Mount Sonder, Macdonell Ranges watercolour and pencil on paper signed lower right 21.5cm x 30cm a/f (light foxing to areas of sky)
Aalders Auctions
Aug. 21, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Jamieson Ranges watercolour over pencil on paper 31 x 52 cm
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Jamieson Ranges watercolour over pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 31 x 52 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Private Collection Kenthurst Galleries, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1989
Smith & Singer
Aug. 15, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), River Gums, Ellery Creek, c1954, watercolour, 34 x 25.5 cm. (13.3 x 10.0 in.), frame: 66 x 55 x 5 cm. (25.9 x 21.6 x 1.9 in.)
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) River Gums, Ellery Creek, c1954 watercolour signed lower right
Lawsons
Aug. 15, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Uluru, watercolour, 25 x 35 cm. (9.8 x 13.7 in.), frame: 66 x 76 x 5 cm. (25.9 x 29.9 x 1.9 in.)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Uluru watercolour signed lower right
Lawsons
Jul. 14, 2024
Albert Namatjira (Aboriginal Australian 1902-1959)…
Est: $600 - $900
Albert Namatjira (Aboriginal Australian 1902-1959) mulga wood letter opener circa 1935, blade painted with probably a kookaburra signed Albert Namatjira, the other side with Aboriginal handcraft motifs Hermannsburg central Australia, 16.5 x 1.6 cm, front side with minor evidence of lacquer loss, no repairs or breaks
Amanda Addams Auctions
Jul. 07, 2024
Albert Namatjira print of Mt Sonder Macdonnell Ranges N.T. Signature and 1945 date within the print
Est: $200 - $400
Albert Namatjira print of Mt Sonder Macdonnell Ranges N.T. Signature and 1945 date within the print
Lawsons
May. 26, 2024
NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), Central Australia, W/Clr, 25.5x35cm
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959) Central Australia Signed lower right. Possible artist inscription to margin lower centre obscured by mount - see image. Certified verso by Michael Nash, art consultant, dated 15/6/[19]72. W/Clr 25.5x35cm
Davidson Auctions
May. 16, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA PRINT + WATERCOLOUR SIGNED LOWER LEFT
Est: $10 - $40
ALBERT NAMATJIRA PRINT + WATERCOLOUR SIGNED LOWER LEFT
Albion Antique Auction Centre
May. 07, 2024
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) East Side Ranges, Jay Creek, c.1957
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) East Side Ranges, Jay Creek, c.1957 signed lower right: 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA' watercolour on paper 17.0 x 26.0cm (6 11/16 x 10 1/4in).
Bonhams
Apr. 17, 2024
§ ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Central Australian Landscape watercolour over pencil on paper 25 x 35.5 cm
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
§ ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Central Australian Landscape watercolour over pencil on paper signed 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 25 x 35.5 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Private Collection Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland Private Collection, Queensland Australian & International Fine Art, Menzies, Sydney, 11 May 2017, lot 113, illustrated Private Collection, Sydney EXHIBITED Flow: Stories of River, Earth and Sky, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, 20 November 2021 - 26 June 2022
Smith & Singer
Apr. 17, 2024
§ ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Central Australian Landscape watercolour over pencil on paper 25 x 35.5 cm
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
§ ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Central Australian Landscape watercolour over pencil on paper signed 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 25 x 35.5 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Alice Springs Private Collection, New South Wales Quarterly Fine Art Auction, Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 21 November 2013, lot 78, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above Australian & International Fine Art, Menzies, Sydney, 11 May 2017, lot 87, illustrated Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Flow: Stories of River, Earth and Sky, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, 20 November 2021 - 26 June 2022
Smith & Singer
Apr. 07, 2024
Albert Namatjira
Est: $120 - $150
The Art of Albert Namatjira by CP Mountford, published by Bread and Cheese Club Melbourne 1944, hardcover with dust wrapper, good copy, wrapper a little torn, minor foxing, tanning
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Mar. 27, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Ellery Creek Big Hole c1955
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Ellery Creek Big Hole c1955 watercolour on paper 36.0 x 54.0 cm; 58.0 x 74.0 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA signed and inscribed verso: Albert Namatjira/ Ellery Creek/ £150
Menzies
Mar. 26, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, UNTITLED (CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE), C.1951
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) UNTITLED (CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE), c.1951 watercolour and pencil on paper on card 24.5 x 36.0 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA PROVENANCE Grand Central Gallery, Brisbane Private collection, Queensland, acquired from the above in 1967 Thence by descent Private collection, New South Wales © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 26, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, SOUTH RANGES FROM JAY CREEK, C.1951
Est: $28,000 - $35,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) SOUTH RANGES FROM JAY CREEK, c.1951 watercolour and pencil on paper 31.0 x 48.0 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA signed and inscribed with title verso: South Ranges from Jay Creek / Albert Namatjira PROVENANCE Private collection, Melbourne, acquired at an exhibition in Melbourne in the mid 1950s Thence by descent Private collection, Melbourne © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 26, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, GHOST GUMS, NORTH MACDONNELL RANGES,
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) GHOST GUMS, NORTH MACDONNELL RANGES watercolour and pencil on paper 28.5 x 38.5 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA signed and inscribed with title verso: North Mc Donnells' / Albert Namatjira PROVENANCE Dinah Krongold, Melbourne Thence by descent Private collection, Melbourne © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 26, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, RANGES NEAR JAY CREEK, C.1950
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) RANGES NEAR JAY CREEK, c.1950 watercolour and pencil on paper 25.0 x 35.0 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA signed and inscribed with title verso: Ranges Near Jay Creek / Albert Namatjira PROVENANCE Private collection, Queensland Brisbane Galleries, Brisbane Isles Love Auction Centre, Brisbane, 7 April 1989, lot 16 Private collection, Queensland © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 26, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA, RANGES WEST SIMPSONS GAP,
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) RANGES WEST SIMPSONS GAP watercolour and pencil on paper 34.0 x 51.0 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA signed and inscribed with title verso: Ranges West Simpsons Gap / Albert Namatjira PROVENANCE Dinah Krongold, Melbourne Thence by descent Private collection, Melbourne © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 24, 2024
Attributed to Albert Namatjira (1902-59) Australia. Aboriginal, carved mulga wood boomerang, carved with emu and kangaroos, Pencil inscription to back reads - Albert Namatjira Aranda Tribe c/o The Hermannsburg Mission school 2 pounds, approx 70cm L
Est: $300 - $500
Attributed to Albert Namatjira (1902-59) Australia. Aboriginal, carved mulga wood boomerang, carved with emu and kangaroos, Pencil inscription to back reads - Albert Namatjira Aranda Tribe c/o The Hermannsburg Mission school 2 pounds, approx 70cm L
Vickers & Hoad
Mar. 07, 2024
ALBERT NAMATJIRA PRINT + LIONEL LINDSAY PRINT
Est: $10 - $40
ALBERT NAMATJIRA PRINT + LIONEL LINDSAY PRINT
Albion Antique Auction Centre
Mar. 05, 2024
Albert Namatjira - Glen Helen Gorge, 1942
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Albert Namatjira began painting in the early 1930s and his aptitude in capturing the high colouring of the desert landscape, the gorges and valleys of the country of his birth and his Dreaming, brought him instant success. He typically painted his desert country from a slightly elevated point of view, as if looking down, ever so slightly on the landscape. He was able to capture the subtleties of colour as the desert changes from the soft tones of summer heat, to the rich colours of the early morning and late evening light. The majority of his paintings lack a central focal point yet a visual emphasis on the edges holds the composition in balance without either a dominance of forms near the centre or a hierarchy of formsâ. While he is 'often characterised as a tragic figure trapped between two worlds and two art traditions' Albert Namatjiraâs paintings of the Western MacDonnell Ranges, Mount Sonder and the surrounding desert have endured to become synonymous with a romantic vision of the Australian outback.
Cooee Art
Feb. 03, 2024
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) & Kenneth Entata (1932-1982), Pair of Landscapes
Est: $100 - $200
Iconic depictions of the Australian landscape by two acclaimed Indigenous artists. Includes: 1.) Albert Namatjira (1902-1959). 'Glen Helen Landscape, Central Australia', print reproduction, 34 x 48cm (image), 58.5 x 71cm (frame). Facsimile signed lower right. Inner frame with spotting, would benefit from cleaning, paper toned and aged. Widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists, Albert (Elea) Namatjira (1902-1959), was a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. Namatjira was born at Hermannsburg (Ntaria), Northern Territory, a member of the Western Arrernte people. Considered observation, repeated motifs, subtly modulated surface pattern and an imbued sense of place are all inherent in his work, which united aspects of traditional Indigenous and immigrant painting practices. Best known for his luminous watercolours, Namatjira's deep connection to ancestral lands is evident in his artistic oeuvre, with a strong focus on traditional sites and culture. 2.) Kenneth Entata (1932-1982). Untitled (Ghost Gum Landscape), watercolour on paper, affixed to cardboard, 13 x 17.4cm, unframed. Signed lower left 'Kenneth ENTATA'. A few light marks, also wear and minor yellowing to edges. An iconic view of the central Australian desert landscape, in the manner of the Hermannsburg School of painters. Please note: All art is available for local pickup, otherwise courier to be arranged and paid for by bidder. [2]
Roxbury's Auction House
Nov. 29, 2023
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Arrernte/Aranda language group, Mount Sonder, MacDonnell Ranges c1957
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group Mount Sonder, MacDonnell Ranges c1957 watercolour on paper 23.5 x 33.5 cm; 45.5 x 54.5 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
Menzies
Nov. 29, 2023
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Arrernte/Aranda language group, West MacDonnell Ranges
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group West MacDonnell Ranges watercolour on paper 26.0 x 37.5 cm; 50.0 x 60.5 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
Menzies
Nov. 29, 2023
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Arrernte/Aranda language group, Areyonga Soak c1950
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group Areyonga Soak c1950 watercolour on paper 38.0 x 27.5 cm; 53.5 x 48.0 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears inscription verso: Areyonga Mining
Menzies