Albert Namatjira
Australian North Macdonnell Range
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 AUD
Price realised: 24.000 AUD
Price realised: 24.000 AUD
Description
Albert Namatjira
1902 - 1959
AUSTRALIANNORTH MACDONNELL RANGE
Signed ALBERT NAMATJIRA (lower right); inscribed North McDonnell (sic) Range/ Albert Namatjira (on reverse)
Watercolour on paper
25.5 by 36.5cm
Australian + International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 March 2007, lot 50 | Private collection Sydney, purchased from the above
1902 - 1959
AUSTRALIANNORTH MACDONNELL RANGE
Signed ALBERT NAMATJIRA (lower right); inscribed North McDonnell (sic) Range/ Albert Namatjira (on reverse)
Watercolour on paper
25.5 by 36.5cm
Australian + International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 March 2007, lot 50 | Private collection Sydney, purchased from the above
Upper estimate price exceeded by 60 %.
The work Australian North Macdonnell Range by Albert Namatjira was auctioned at Sothebys in Melbourne in August 2009. It achieved a price of AUD 24,000.00 (€ 14,110.07), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 60%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Albert Namatjira - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Mt Sonder, MacDonnell Ranges, which sold at auction in April this year for AUD 92,250.00 (€ 55,291.51).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 60 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Australian North Macdonnell Range von Albert Namatjira kam im August 2009 bei Sothebys in Melbourne zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von AUD 24.000,00 (€ 14.110,07) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 60%. Für andere Arbeiten von Albert Namatjira mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Mt Sonder, MacDonnell Ranges beobachtet, die im April diesen Jahres für AUD 92.250,00 (€ 55.291,51) versteigert wurde.
Albert Namatjira - Auction history
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