Charlie Numbulmore
TWO SPOTTED WANJINA, CIRCA 1970
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 88.200 USD
Price realised: 88.200 USD
Description
Property from a private collection, Sydney
Charlie Numbulmore
circa 1907- 1971
TWO SPOTTED WANJINA, CIRCA 1970
Natural earth pigments and natural binders on cardboard
30 3/4 in by 23 5/8 in (78 cm by 60 cm)
Acquired from the artist by Tom McCourt at Gibb River Station, Western Australia, in 1971 | Deutscher-Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 27 June 2000, lot 30 | Lawson-Menzies, Fine Australian and International Art, Sydney, 29 October 2003, lot 33 | Private Collection, Sydney | Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 30 | Private collection, Sydney
Charlie Numbulmore
circa 1907- 1971
TWO SPOTTED WANJINA, CIRCA 1970
Natural earth pigments and natural binders on cardboard
30 3/4 in by 23 5/8 in (78 cm by 60 cm)
Acquired from the artist by Tom McCourt at Gibb River Station, Western Australia, in 1971 | Deutscher-Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 27 June 2000, lot 30 | Lawson-Menzies, Fine Australian and International Art, Sydney, 29 October 2003, lot 33 | Private Collection, Sydney | Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 30 | Private collection, Sydney
A top price for Charlie Numbulmoore - as previously expected
The work TWO SPOTTED WANJINA, CIRCA 1970 by Charlie Numbulmoore was sold in the Aboriginal Art auction at Sothebys in New York in December 2020. The price achieved of USD 88,200.00 (€ 72,117.74) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 70,000.00 – 100,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, TWO SPOTTED WANJINA, CIRCA 1970 is the most expensive artwork by Charlie Numbulmoore that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit TWO SPOTTED WANJINA, CIRCA 1970 von Charlie Numbulmoore wurde im Dezember 2020 in der Auktion Aboriginal Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 88.200,00 (€ 72.117,74) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 70.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist TWO SPOTTED WANJINA, CIRCA 1970 das teuerste Kunstwerk von Charlie Numbulmoore, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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