Wattie Karruwara
UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH SNAKES, KANGAROOS, QUOLLS AND BANDICOOT), CIRCA 1965
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 4.788 USD
Price realised: 4.788 USD
Description
Property from the Estate of Winifred McCaffrey, California
Wattie Karruwara
circa 1910-1983
UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH SNAKES, KANGAROOS, QUOLLS AND BANDICOOT), 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, KANGAROOS, QUOLLS AND BANDICOOT), 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, KANGAROOS, QUOLLS AND BANDICOOT), CIRCA 1965 by Wattie Karruwara was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in December 2020. It changed hands for a price of USD 4,788.00 (€ 3,914.96) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 3,000.00 – 5,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wattie Karruwara - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH MARSUPIALS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND INSECTS), CIRCA 1965, which sold at auction in December 2020 for USD 12,600.00 (€ 10,302.53).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH SNAKES, KANGAROOS, QUOLLS AND BANDICOOT), CIRCA 1965 von Wattie Karruwara kam im Dezember 2020 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 4.788,00 (€ 3.914,96) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 3.000,00 – 5.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Wattie Karruwara mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH MARSUPIALS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND INSECTS), CIRCA 1965 beobachtet, die im Dezember 2020 für USD 12.600,00 (€ 10.302,53) versteigert wurde.
Wattie Karruwara - Auction history
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