NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)
'Heavitree Gap from Todd River, Alice Springs,' c.1941.
Signed lower right.
W/Clr
25x35cm (image) 45x55cm (frame)

PROVENANCE:
Unnamed Melbourne art gallery; Classic Collections Gallery, Alice Springs (Roy M. Frost), from 1984; Father Arthur Bridge, NSW, from 2002; Geoff Brooke-Cowden, Sydney; private collection, Sydney.

OTHER NOTES:
Supporting notes state that the work was "painted from the bed of the Todd River in Alice Springs, behind the Lutheran Mission block, depicting Heavitree Gap (north side) with a group of buildings [...] with river bed in the foreground".

Estimate $25,000-35,000



Condition: Watercolour on paper, laid to card. Small rust/foxing spot to sky area.


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