Wattie Karruwara
UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH SNAKES, EMUS AND OTHER BIRDS, WALLABIES AND A GOANNA), CIRCA 1965
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 8.820 USD
Price realised: 8.820 USD
Description
Property from the Estate of Winifred McCaffrey, California
Wattie Karruwara
circa 1910-1983
UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH SNAKES, EMUS AND OTHER BIRDS, WALLABIES AND A GOANNA), CIRCA 1965
Watercolor, gouache and ink on paper
21 5/8 in by 29 1/8 in (55 cm by 74 cm)
Painted at the Mowanjum community for anthropologist John McCaffrey, circa 1965 | The estate of Mrs Winifred McCaffrey, USA
Wattie Karruwara
circa 1910-1983
UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH SNAKES, EMUS AND OTHER BIRDS, WALLABIES AND A GOANNA), CIRCA 1965
Watercolor, gouache and ink on paper
21 5/8 in by 29 1/8 in (55 cm by 74 cm)
Painted at the Mowanjum community for anthropologist John McCaffrey, circa 1965 | The estate of Mrs Winifred McCaffrey, USA
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH SNAKES, EMUS AND OTHER BIRDS, WALLABIES AND A GOANNA), CIRCA 1965 by Wattie Karruwara was sold in the Aboriginal Art auction at Sothebys in New York in December 2020. The price achieved of USD 8,820.00 (€ 7,211.77) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 7,000.00 – 10,000.00. Other works by Wattie Karruwara have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in December 2020 the work UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH MARSUPIALS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND INSECTS), CIRCA 1965 was auctioned for USD 12,600.00 (€ 10,302.53).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH SNAKES, EMUS AND OTHER BIRDS, WALLABIES AND A GOANNA), CIRCA 1965 von Wattie Karruwara wurde im Dezember 2020 in der Auktion Aboriginal Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 8.820,00 (€ 7.211,77) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 7.000,00 – 10.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Wattie Karruwara konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Dezember 2020 die Arbeit UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH MARSUPIALS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND INSECTS), CIRCA 1965 für USD 12.600,00 (€ 10.302,53) versteigert.
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