Albert Namatjira Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1902 - d. 1959

Albert Namatjira’s paintings reflect the scenes of his childhood in the Northern Territory of Australia. Cattleman, horses with riders, and hunters were all key subjects in Albert Namatjira's prints. He was fiercely dedicated to depicting ancestral aboriginal locations, such as the MacDonnell Ranges, through his comprehensive watercolor paintings. His choice of detail and vistas suggested the combined influences of his Aboriginal roots mixed with classic European depictions.

The first exhibition of Albert Namatjira's paintings was held in 1937 at the Adelaide Exhibition of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts. His work attracted the attention of famous admirers, and in 1953 he was awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal. Desert-like, Central Australia scenes, done in rich watercolors, became popular pieces among Albert Namatjira's art for sale. Explore other lands and interesting areas of the world by viewing enchanting landscape paintings for sale from online galleries.

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  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Mount Sonder, print, 33 x 48 cm (frame: 57 x 69 x 2 cm)
    Sep. 02, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Mount Sonder, print, 33 x 48 cm (frame: 57 x 69 x 2 cm)

    Est: $400 - $600

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Mount Sonder print facsimile signature lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Adelaide.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Ghost Gum James Range, print, 38.5 x 27 cm (frame: 54 x 42 x 2 cm)
    Sep. 02, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Ghost Gum James Range, print, 38.5 x 27 cm (frame: 54 x 42 x 2 cm)

    Est: $400 - $600

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Ghost Gum James Range print facsimile signature lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Adelaide.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), James Range Country, print, 35 x 51 cm (frame: 40 x 56 x 2 cm)
    Sep. 02, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), James Range Country, print, 35 x 51 cm (frame: 40 x 56 x 2 cm)

    Est: $300 - $500

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) James Range Country print facsimile signature lower right (hidden behind frame). Provenance: Private collection, Canada.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Heavitree Gap, print, 34 x 55 cm (frame: 49 x 69 x 4 cm)
    Sep. 02, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Heavitree Gap, print, 34 x 55 cm (frame: 49 x 69 x 4 cm)

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Heavitree Gap print facsimile signature lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Adelaide.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Mount Gillen, print, 26 x 40 cm (frame: 44 x 54 x 4 cm)
    Sep. 02, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Mount Gillen, print, 26 x 40 cm (frame: 44 x 54 x 4 cm)

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Mount Gillen print facsimile signature lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Adelaide.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959)
    Aug. 30, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959)

    Est: $40,000 - $50,000

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) "Glen Helen Gorge, Towards Mount Sonder" Watercolour 26x37cm Signed Lower Right $40,000-50,000 Prov: Gordon Simpson Collection

    Elder Fine Art
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Ghost Gum near Haasts Bluff c1945
    Aug. 27, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Ghost Gum near Haasts Bluff c1945

    Est: $30,000 - $50,000

    PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group Ghost Gum near Haasts Bluff c1945 watercolour on beanwood 21.5 x 45.5 cm; 40.0 x 62.5 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA inscribed verso: [illeg.]/ 11167 PROVENANCE Agnes Morris, Northern Territory, 1946 Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne RELATED WORKS Ghost Gum near Haasts Bluff c1945, watercolour on beanwood, 14.2 x 34.8 cm, private collection; illus. in McGregor, K., The Life & Times of Albert Namatjira, Badger Editions, Melbourne, 2021, p.270 We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Ken McGregor with the cataloguing of this lot.

    Menzies
  • Albert Namatjira, Mount Sonder at Glen Helen,
    Aug. 26, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Mount Sonder at Glen Helen,

    Est: $45,000 - $65,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Mount Sonder at Glen Helen watercolour on paper on card 26.5 x 37.5 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA PROVENANCE Geo Styles Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso) Private collection, Auckland Bonhams, Sydney, 7 June 2016, lot 62 Private collection, Sydney © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Albert Namatjira, South Ranges, c.1958
    Aug. 26, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, South Ranges, c.1958

    Est: $45,000 - $65,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) South Ranges, c.1958 watercolour on paper 26.0 x 36.5 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA signed and inscribed with title verso: South Ranges / Albert Namatjira PROVENANCE Malvern Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 26 July 1989, lot 96 (as 'South MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory') Private collection Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 24 June 2014, lot 4 (as 'South Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory') Private collection, Sydney LITERATURE McGregor, K., The Life & Times of Albert Namatjira, Badger Editions, Melbourne, 2021, pp. 406 (illus., as ‘South MacDonnell Ranges’), 437 © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Albert Namatjira, Ghost Gum, c.1950
    Aug. 26, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Ghost Gum, c.1950

    Est: $40,000 - $60,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Ghost Gum, c.1950 watercolour on paper 36.5 x 26.0 cm (sheet) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears inscription on partial label verso: to my dear Friends / […] Charles, & John / with love to all / from Agnes Baker PROVENANCE Agnes Baker, New South Wales Private collection, New South Wales, a gift from the above c.1950s Thence by descent John Evans, New South Wales Thence by descent Private collection, Queensland Thence by descent Private collection, Queensland ESSAY ‘Space defines landscape, where space combined with memory defines place.’1 The visual lexicon employed by Albert Namatjira in his watercolours of central Australia encompassed distant views of hills and mountains, narrow valleys, sloping hillsides, rocky outcrops, monoliths, gorges and gaps, together with local foliage and fauna. Through the depiction of the physical characteristics of his ancestral lands, the connection between place and history comes together in Namatjira's landscapes, where ‘sights are also sites.’2 It is in these renderings that Namatjira's intimate familiarity with Country is evident, as ‘trees, peaks and monoliths provide a rich range of possibilities and responses that arise from constantly re-engaging with the same subject.’3 However, without doubt, the most recognisable and enduring motif of his practice is the iconic luminous white-trunked Ghost Gum (Eucalyptus papuana), known as ilwempe to the Western Arrernte. Countless variations of the Ghost Gum appear in his work, sometimes rendered as the subject – a portrait of the grand eucalypt. These views, often in vertical format, record a closely observed, often cropped, and finely detailed rendering of the powerful, pock-marked trunk. Here the tree is anthropomorphised, often read as a sentient being ‘where twisted trunks become torsos and branches become arms while the bark functions like skin, folding and wrinkling due to external pressure from the elements.’4 In other views, the Ghost Gum provides the foundation for the pictorial organisation of the landscape. These views, mostly executed in a horizontal format, have the tree placed to either the left or right of the composition, anchoring the foreground and directing the viewer’s gaze to the distant blue peaks through the overhanging branches. Painted in the last decade of Namatjira’s life and abounding with the artist’s most familiar imagery, the three watercolours offered here – Ghost Gum, c.1950, Mount Sonder at Glen Helen, and South Ranges, c.1958 – each celebrate the majestic Ghost Gum in its own distinctive manner. In Ghost Gum (lot 54), the tree, set to the right of the composition, acts as a counterbalance to the sloping rock formations on the left while the branches and foliage frame the distant blue hills. In Mount Sonder at Glen Helen (lot 55) and South Ranges (lot 56), the white gum of two or three trunks is set to the left of the picture and provides the key to the pictorial organisation. Dominating the foreground, it serves both to open and frame the picture plane. Viewed through the trunk and branches of the tree, the distant mountain range lies beyond small valleys populated with olive-foliaged trees with black trunks in the middle ground, each chronicled in harmonious red and purple tones. The distant vista contrasts strikingly with the luminous whiteness and solid strength of the Ghost Gum which is both the paintings’ focal point and the pointer to a far-off landscape. An incredibly hardy species, ‘the Ghost Gum features in Aboriginal creation stories where individual trees can be considered to represent ancestral beings.’5 Namatjira’s innovative and personal painting of the central Australian landscape was both a representation of landscape and a claim to his country. His landscapes can be read as memories of an ancestral site and, through the repeated return to this subject, a claim of ownership is subtly asserted. Gum trees and mountains feature prominently in Namatjira’s work, and the three paintings offered here are compelling examples of both these familiar motifs and the artist’s enduring statement of belonging. 1. Lucy Lippard, cited in French, F., Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 95 2. French, ibid., p. 95 3. ibid., p. 97 4. ibid., p. 117 5. ibid., p. 121 CRISPIN GUTTERIDGE © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Ghost Gum, MacDonnell Ranges (circa 1958) watercolour and pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA’ lower ri
    Aug. 25, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Ghost Gum, MacDonnell Ranges (circa 1958) watercolour and pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA’ lower ri

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Ghost Gum, MacDonnell Ranges (circa 1958) watercolour and pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 28.8 x 38.9 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Private Collection, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above

    Smith & Singer
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Open Valley (MacDonnell Ranges) (1954) watercolour over pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA / ALBERT NA
    Aug. 25, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Open Valley (MacDonnell Ranges) (1954) watercolour over pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA / ALBERT NA

    Est: $30,000 - $40,000

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Open Valley (MacDonnell Ranges) (1954) watercolour over pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA / ALBERT NAMATJIRA [illeg.]' lower right 26.5 x 36.5 cm PROVENANCE Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Private Collection Private Collection, New South Wales EXHIBITED (Possibly) An Exhibition of Aboriginal Art, Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd, Sydney, 25 February – 13 March 1954, no. 4, 35 gns

    Smith & Singer
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1902 - 1959), (Central Australian Landscape), reproduction print, 12 x 16.5 cm. (4.71 x 6 1/2 in.), frame: 38 x 44 x 2 cm. (14.96 x 17.32 x 0.79 in.)
    Aug. 19, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1902 - 1959), (Central Australian Landscape), reproduction print, 12 x 16.5 cm. (4.71 x 6 1/2 in.), frame: 38 x 44 x 2 cm. (14.96 x 17.32 x 0.79 in.)

    Est: $300 - $500

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA Australia (Aboriginal), (1902 - 1959) (Central Australian Landscape) reproduction print

    Lawsons
  • Albert Namatjira, coloured print.
    Aug. 19, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, coloured print.

    Est: $30 - $50

    Albert Namatjira, coloured print. 27 x 40 cm. Together with a CJ Peel watercolour landscape, 20 x 31 cm, and framed pastel portrait of a lady. 36 x 26 cm.

    E J Ainger
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1902 - 1959), Mount Burt Range, decorative print, 34.5 x 49 cm. (13.58 x 19.28 in.), frame: 44 x 59 x 5 cm. (17.32 x 23.23 x 1.97 in.)
    Aug. 12, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1902 - 1959), Mount Burt Range, decorative print, 34.5 x 49 cm. (13.58 x 19.28 in.), frame: 44 x 59 x 5 cm. (17.32 x 23.23 x 1.97 in.)

    Est: $300 - $500

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA Australia (Aboriginal), (1902 - 1959) Mount Burt Range decorative print

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1902 - 1959), Mount Birt, decorative print, 33.5 x 48.5 cm. (13.18 x 19.08 in.), frame: 60 x 74 x 3 cm. (23.62 x 29.12 x 1.17 in.)
    Aug. 05, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1902 - 1959), Mount Birt, decorative print, 33.5 x 48.5 cm. (13.18 x 19.08 in.), frame: 60 x 74 x 3 cm. (23.62 x 29.12 x 1.17 in.)

    Est: $250 - $350

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA Australia (Aboriginal), (1902 - 1959) Mount Birt decorative print

    Lawsons
  • NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), Goanna, Painted Mulga Wood Boomerang, L27.5cm
    Jul. 27, 2026

    NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), Goanna, Painted Mulga Wood Boomerang, L27.5cm

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959) Goanna Signed to front. Inscribed verso, 'Aboriginal Handicraft, Hermansburg, Central Australia.' Painted Mulga Wood Boomerang L27.5cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, ACT.

    Davidson Auctions
  • NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), Dingos Hunting Kangaroo, 1936,, Pyrographed Mulga Wood Panel, 10.5x41.5cm
    Jul. 27, 2026

    NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), Dingos Hunting Kangaroo, 1936,, Pyrographed Mulga Wood Panel, 10.5x41.5cm

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959) Dingos Hunting Kangaroo, 1936, Pyrographed decoration incl. 'Hermannsburg, Central Australia,' & '36. Made by Albert, Hermannsburg,' to the reverse. Pyrographed Mulga Wood Panel 10.5x41.5cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, ACT.

    Davidson Auctions
  • NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), 'I am with Thee', Pyrographed Mulga Wood Panel, 14.5x45cm
    Jul. 27, 2026

    NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), 'I am with Thee', Pyrographed Mulga Wood Panel, 14.5x45cm

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959) 'I am with Thee' Further pyrographed 'Central Australia,' and to reverse 'Made by Albert, Hermannsburg.' Pyrographed Mulga Wood Panel 14.5x45cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, ACT.

    Davidson Auctions
  • NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), 'Ranges near Spring Gap', W/Clr, 25x35cm (sight) 28.5x38.5cm (sheet)
    Jul. 26, 2026

    NAMATJIRA Albert (1902-1959), 'Ranges near Spring Gap', W/Clr, 25x35cm (sight) 28.5x38.5cm (sheet)

    Est: $25,000 - $35,000

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959) 'Ranges near Spring Gap' Signed lower right. Also signed and titled verso. W/Clr 25x35cm (sight) 28.5x38.5cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Australia; private collection, Canada (gift from the above in 1958); thence by descent.

    Davidson Auctions
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1902 - 1959), Mount Birt, decorative print, 33.5 x 48.5 cm. (13.18 x 19.08 in.), frame: 60 x 74 x 3 cm. (23.62 x 29.12 x 1.17 in.)
    Jul. 22, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1902 - 1959), Mount Birt, decorative print, 33.5 x 48.5 cm. (13.18 x 19.08 in.), frame: 60 x 74 x 3 cm. (23.62 x 29.12 x 1.17 in.)

    Est: $300 - $500

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA Australia (Aboriginal), (1902 - 1959) Mount Birt decorative print

    Lawsons
  • Albert Namatjira, Central Australia , Untitled, Print
    Jul. 15, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Central Australia , Untitled, Print

    Est: $200 - $300

    Albert Namatjira Central Australia Untitled Print

    Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Ghost Gum (Lyelanama), print, 38 x 26.5 cm (frame: 49 x 37.5 x 2 cm)
    Jul. 08, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Ghost Gum (Lyelanama), print, 38 x 26.5 cm (frame: 49 x 37.5 x 2 cm)

    Est: $400 - $600

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Ghost Gum (Lyelanama) print facsimile signature lower right.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), The Western Macdonnell Country, print, 27.5 x 40 cm (frame: 35 x 47 x 2 cm)
    Jul. 08, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), The Western Macdonnell Country, print, 27.5 x 40 cm (frame: 35 x 47 x 2 cm)

    Est: $400 - $600

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) The Western Macdonnell Country print facsimile signature lower right.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), In the Valley, Alice Springs, print, 40 x 61 cm (frame: 60 x 80 x 2 cm)
    Jul. 08, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), In the Valley, Alice Springs, print, 40 x 61 cm (frame: 60 x 80 x 2 cm)

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) In the Valley, Alice Springs print facsimile signature lower right, inscribed verso verso.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Glen Helen Landscape, print, 42 x 60 cm (frame: 62 x 80 x 2 cm)
    Jul. 08, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Glen Helen Landscape, print, 42 x 60 cm (frame: 62 x 80 x 2 cm)

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Glen Helen Landscape print facsimile signature lower right, inscribed verso verso.

    Lawsons
  • A large Albert Namatjira print.
    Jul. 01, 2026

    A large Albert Namatjira print.

    Est: $30 - $50

    A large Albert Namatjira print. Together with three smaller framed prints.

    E J Ainger
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Ghost Gum, West MacDonnell Ranges c.1954 watercolour and pencil on paper 25 x 34.5cm (51.5 x 60cm framed)
    Jun. 02, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Ghost Gum, West MacDonnell Ranges c.1954 watercolour and pencil on paper 25 x 34.5cm (51.5 x 60cm framed)

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Ghost Gum, West MacDonnell Ranges c.1954 watercolour and pencil on paper signed lower right: Albert Namatjira 25 x 34.5cm (51.5 x 60cm framed) PROVENANCE: Purchased in Alice Springs, Northern Territory c.1950 OTHER NOTES: We are grateful to Ken McGregor for confirming attribution to Namatjira based on photographs. This work will be included in the Albert Namatjira catalogue raisonné. © Albert Namatjira/Copyright Agency, 2026

    Leonard Joel
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Woomera, 1942
    May. 19, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Woomera, 1942

    Est: $5,000 - $8,000

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902 - 1959 Woomera, 1942 watercolour and varnish on hardwood, spinifex resin 15 x 67 cm (irregular) signed lower right front; bears inscription verso: 'Aboriginal Handicraft, Hermannsburg, Central Australia', watercolour goanna PROVENANCE Aboriginal Handicraft Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Purchased by Corporal Alexander James McLaughlin, Medical Corps, whilst stationed in Alice Springs, 1942-45 Private Collection, South Australia thence by descent Accompanied by a photograph of Corporal Alexander James McLaughlin whilst stationed in Alice Springs, a copy of the service record of Corporal Alexander James McLaughlin and a letter of provenance by Malcolm Frazer, grandson of Corporal Alexander James McLaughlin. Corporal Alexander James McLaughlin enlisted in the Australian Medical Corps at age 35 following the bombing of Darwin, serving principally in Alice Springs between 1942 and 1945. During his service he acquired this work along with a number of other Indigenous artefacts, which were dispatched by parcel post to his wife Myrtle and their two young daughters, Betty and Jill, at the family home in Mont Albert, Melbourne. The works were received with considerable excitement by the young family and occupied a prominent position in the McLaughlin household for many years. According to the family, the acquisition was made from a gallery in Alice Springs. A full account of the purchase and the work's subsequent history within the family has been provided in writing by Malcolm Frazer, grandson of Corporal McLaughlin. © ALBERT NAMATJIRA / Copyright Agency, 2026

    Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art)
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Start of the Season, Central Australia circa 1938
    May. 17, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Start of the Season, Central Australia circa 1938

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Start of the Season, Central Australia circa 1938 watercolour on paper signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA 25.5 x 35.5cm PROVENANCE Private collection, Melbourne © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency, 2026

    Gibson's
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Ghost Gum MacDonnell Ranges, print, 50 x 33.5 cm (frame: 73 x 53 x 3 cm)
    May. 13, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Ghost Gum MacDonnell Ranges, print, 50 x 33.5 cm (frame: 73 x 53 x 3 cm)

    Est: $400 - $600

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Ghost Gum MacDonnell Ranges print facsimile Signature lower right. Other: New frame.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), James Range Country, print, 35 x 50 cm (frame: 54 x 69 x 3 cm)
    May. 13, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), James Range Country, print, 35 x 50 cm (frame: 54 x 69 x 3 cm)

    Est: $500 - $700

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) James Range Country print facsimile signature lower right.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), West of Temple Bar Gap, print, 17 x 25 cm (frame: 33 x 44 x 2 cm)
    May. 13, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), West of Temple Bar Gap, print, 17 x 25 cm (frame: 33 x 44 x 2 cm)

    Est: $600 - $800

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) West of Temple Bar Gap print facsimile Signature lower right. Other: New frame.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Mount Burt Range, print, 35 x 49 cm (frame: 51 x 63 x 4 cm)
    May. 13, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, (1902 - 1959), Mount Burt Range, print, 35 x 49 cm (frame: 51 x 63 x 4 cm)

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902 - 1959) Mount Burt Range print facsimile Signature lower right. Other: New frame.

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Near Corroboree Rock, Eastern MacDonnells c1945
    May. 07, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Near Corroboree Rock, Eastern MacDonnells c1945

    Est: $25,000 - $35,000

    PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group Near Corroboree Rock, Eastern MacDonnells c1945 watercolour on paper 25.5 x 36.0 cm; 52.5 x 63.0 (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA

    Menzies
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Out from Finke River, Hermannsburg c1938
    May. 07, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Out from Finke River, Hermannsburg c1938

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, QUEENSLAND ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group Out from Finke River, Hermannsburg c1938 watercolour on paper 20.0 x 28.5 cm; 47.0 x 53.5 cm (framed) signed lower right: NAMATJIRA ALBERT

    Menzies
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Finke River Ghost Gum c1947
    May. 07, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Finke River Ghost Gum c1947

    Est: $35,000 - $55,000

    PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FRANCES GUNNING, SYDNEY ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959) Arrernte/Aranda language group Finke River Ghost Gum c1947 watercolour on paper 36.5 x 27.0 cm; 61.5 x 50.0 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA

    Menzies
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Ghost Gum, Finke Gorge c1951
    May. 07, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959), Ghost Gum, Finke Gorge c1951

    Est: $30,000 - $40,000

    PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, QUEENSLAND ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902-1959 Arrernte/Aranda language group) Ghost Gum, Finke Gorge c1951 watercolour on paper 31.0 x 47.5 cm; 60.0 x 73.0 cm (framed) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA

    Menzies
  • Albert Namatjira, Quaraitnama, MacDonnell Range, c.1945
    Apr. 29, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Quaraitnama, MacDonnell Range, c.1945

    Est: $40,000 - $60,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Quaraitnama, MacDonnell Range, c.1945 watercolour on paper on card 39.5 x 28.5 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears inscription on paper label attached to backing verso: No.33 / “Kwaratnama”/ Quaraitnama / MacDonnell Range / 25 Gns PROVENANCE Private collection Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 22 July 2003, lot 131 (as ‘Kwaratnama Quaraitnama (The Organ Pipes) MacDonnell Range’) Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above EXHIBITED WATER COLOURS of Central Australia by Albert Namatjira – Arunta Artist, Royal S. A. Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide, 12 – 25 March 1946, cat. 33 (25 Gns) RELATED WORK Quarritana, 1942, watercolour on card, 38.5 x 27.5 cm, private collection, illus. in McGregor, K.,  The Life & Times of Albert Namatjira, Badger Editions, Melbourne, 2021, p. 258 Quarritana, Finke River (Organ pipes), c.1948, watercolour on paper, 34.5 x 52.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Kwaritnama (Organ pipes), c.1945 – 53, watercolour on paper, 39.0 x 28.5 cm, Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation Collection, Alice Springs, illus. on front cover and p. 74 of French, A.,  Seeing the Centre, The art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002 ESSAY Albert Namatjira’s luminous watercolours of the country surrounding Glen Helen ( Yalpalpe) and the Finke River ( Lherre pirntea) in central Australia, provided the artist with a continued patrilineal connection to locations of deep significance which formed the bedrock of his art and provided plural meanings for those viewers who could read them. Landforms as discrete entities held a certain fascination for the artist. Whether large mountains or monoliths on a smaller scale, they also hold spiritual meaning for the traditional owners and, as with many locations in central Australian, can be read as both ‘sights’ and ‘sites’.1   Painted in 1945, this beautifully resolved composition of  Quaraitnama, MacDonnell Range is a finely detailed view of a geological formation in the West MacDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory known as the Organ Pipes. Located on the Finke River, just south of Glen Helen Gorge, this is a place and subject Namatjira returned to regularly, but at different times of the year and day, in times of drought and in flood, to capture its ever-changing moods. Here the artist observes the site with lush growth after seasonal rains. Namatjira’s familiarity with his country is evident in these views of particular sites and places that provide a rich range of possibilities and responses that arise from constantly re-engaging with the same subject.’2 They also resonate with important personal symbolism for the artist as statements of belonging – as coded expressions embodying the memory and knowledge of traditional ancestral sites, of his totemic places.3   Transporting his evocative landscapes of Central Australia into the lounge rooms of White Australia in the mid-twentieth century, his depictions of country were fundamental to how Australians viewed their island home. Namatjira’s entry into the Australian art world was both inspired and inspiring. Despite his personal vicissitudes, he inspired his own and subsequent generations of Aboriginal people and artists across Australia and sought to educated non-indigenous Australians about the spiritual link between indigenous people and land. Brenda Croft contends that the artist’s gift to indigenous and non-indigenous people is ‘more than the sum parts of watercolour paints on paper. It is an essence that resides in the strength of Namatjira’s work – his courage, his sorrow, his spirituality… where the enduring influence of this one man upon the entire indigenous arts and culture industry continues to be felt.’4   1. French, A.,  Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 93 2. ibid., p. 96 3. ibid., p. 96 4. Croft, B., ‘Albert’s Gift’ in French, A.,  Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira, 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 148 CRISPIN GUTTERIDGE © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

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  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Afternoon Finke River, Glen Helen (1957) watercolour over pencil on paper 37 x 55 cm
    Apr. 28, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Afternoon Finke River, Glen Helen (1957) watercolour over pencil on paper 37 x 55 cm

    Est: $160,000 - $190,000

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA 1902-1959 Afternoon Finke River, Glen Helen (1957) watercolour over pencil on paper signed ‘ALBERT NAMATJIRA' lower right 37 x 55 cm PROVENANCE: Albert Namatjira, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Private Collection, New South Wales Private Collection, Australian Capital Territory, by descent from the above Indigenous Fine Art, Art Leven, Sydney, 23 June 2020, lot 20, ‘Western MacDonnell Landscape', illustrated Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above EXHIBITIONS: (Possibly) Exhibition by Albert Namatjira: Chieftain of the Aranda Tribesmen, Artlovers' Gallery, Sydney, 27 November 1957, no. 35, 95 gns LITERATURE: Ken McGregor, The Life & Times of Albert Namatjira, Badger Editions, Melbourne, 2021, pp. 398 (illustrated), 436, ‘Ghost Gum and Waterhole, Western MacDonnell's'

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  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (1902 - 1959), Aranda Tribal Country, decorative print, 41 x 61 cm. (16.14 x 24.01 in.), frame: 62 x 82 x 3 cm. (24.41 x 32.28 x 1.17 in.)
    Apr. 01, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (1902 - 1959), Aranda Tribal Country, decorative print, 41 x 61 cm. (16.14 x 24.01 in.), frame: 62 x 82 x 3 cm. (24.41 x 32.28 x 1.17 in.)

    Est: $200 - $300

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA Australia, (1902 - 1959) Aranda Tribal Country decorative print signed in print lower right

    Lawsons
  • ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1920 - 1959), Heavitree Gap Alice Springs, print, 49 x 74.5 cm (frame: 70 x 96 x 2 cm)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA, Australia (Aboriginal) (1920 - 1959), Heavitree Gap Alice Springs, print, 49 x 74.5 cm (frame: 70 x 96 x 2 cm)

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    ALBERT NAMATJIRA Australia (Aboriginal), (1920 - 1959) Heavitree Gap Alice Springs print facsimile signature lower right.

    Lawsons
  • Albert Namatjira, Central Australian landscape
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Central Australian landscape

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Central Australian landscape watercolour on paper on card 28.5 x 39.0 cm (sheet) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA PROVENANCE Boronia Art Gallery, Sydney Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above c.2007 © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

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  • Albert Namatjira, Glen Helen Gorge
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Glen Helen Gorge

    Est: $25,000 - $35,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Glen Helen Gorge, c.1944 watercolour on paper 37.0 x 26.0 cm (image) 39.0 x 28.5 cm (sheet) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA signed and inscribed with title verso: Glen Helen Gorge (Two Man) / Albert Namatjira bears inscription in margin lower left: 1 bears inscription on typed label verso: GLEN HELEN GORGE (TWO MAN) / ALBERT NAMATJIRA PROVENANCE Boronia Art Gallery, Sydney Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above c.2004 © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

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  • Albert Namatjira, Glen Helen, MacDonnell Ranges, c.1944
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Glen Helen, MacDonnell Ranges, c.1944

    Est: $25,000 - $35,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Glen Helen, MacDonnell Ranges, c.1944 watercolour on paper on card 26.5 x 37.5 cm (image) 27.5 x 38.0 cm (sheet) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears inscription verso: ALBERT NAMATJIRA / “GLEN HELEN” MACDONNELL RANGES C.A PROVENANCE Private collection, Tasmania, acquired directly from the artist  Thence by descent Private collection, Tasmania Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above c.2002 © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

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  • Albert Namatjira, Gums at MacDonnell Ranges
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Gums at MacDonnell Ranges

    Est: $30,000 - $40,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Gums at MacDonnell Ranges watercolour on paper 36.5 x 27.0 cm (image) 38.0 x 28.0 cm (sheet) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA PROVENANCE Private collection Christies, Melbourne, 26 November 1996, lot 6 Private collection Christies, Sydney, 28 August 2001, lot 363 Private collection Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 November 2002, lot 76 (as 'Central Australian Landscape') Private collection, New South Wales © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

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  • Albert Namatjira, Mount Gillen, MacDonnell Ranges, 1956
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Mount Gillen, MacDonnell Ranges, 1956

    Est: $30,000 - $40,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Mount Gillen, MacDonnell Ranges, 1956 watercolour on paper on card 28.0 x 39.5 cm signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears inscription on old label verso: Mount Gillan [sic] - MacDonnell Range [sic], "Central Australia" / Original watercolour, by Albert Namatjira (Aranta [sic] Tribe) / Painted for Pearl Stephens, Oct 21st to Oct 28th 1956. / near Albert Namatjira Camp - consisting of a / shelter made of boughs of gums-, his wife, / sons, grandchildren shared the camp.  PROVENANCE ​Pearl Stephens, Western Australia, acquired directly from the artist in 1956 Thence by descent Private collection, Sydney © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

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  • Albert Namatjira, Ghost gum (Mount Gillen), c.1950
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Albert Namatjira, Ghost gum (Mount Gillen), c.1950

    Est: $25,000 - $35,000

    Albert Namatjira (1902 - 1959) Ghost gum (Mount Gillen), c.1950 watercolour on paper on card 26.0 x 37.0 cm (image) 28.5 x 39.5 cm (sheet) signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA bears inscription verso: Mt Gillen PROVENANCE Claude Hotchin Art Galleries, Perth (label attached verso) Private collection, Perth, acquired from the above in the 1950s Thence by descent Private collection, Perth  ESSAY ‘Albert Namatjira was a phenomenon… a patient and observant man… who became a watercolourist of real distinction… who recorded what was familiar to him not only as something of sublime beauty, but as a repository of beliefs, laws and legends.’1 A household name by the 1950s, Albert Namatjira set the foundations for the Indigenous art movement that emerged thirty years later and still flourishes today. ‘In skilfully adopting the methods and materials of Western landscape painting he challenged the relegation of Aboriginal art to the realm of archaeology and ethnography.’2 His bright watercolours of central Australia contained an unprecedented richness, and his depiction of the vivid and exuberant colours of Arrente country transported a mythical and predominantly unknown world into the lounge rooms of White Australians living in cities that hugged the coastal fringe. Painted in the final decade of the artist’s life, and replete with the artist’s recurring motifs,  Ghost gum, Mount Gillen, c.1950 epitomises Namatjira’s finest work. Located in the foreground, a majestic ghost gum, ( Eucalyptus papuana), known as ilwempe to the Western Arrernte, is used as an animated object to frame the carefully controlled viewpoint from which the artist directs the viewer to the distant purple peaks through the intervening slopes in the middle distance. Namatjira’s familiarity with this country is evident in these views where ‘trees, peaks and monoliths provide a rich range of possibilities and responses that arise from constantly re-engaging with the same subject.’3 Namatjira’s dramatic entry into the Australian art world was groundbreaking. Despite his personal vicissitudes, he not only inspired his own and subsequent generations of Aboriginal people and artists across Australia through his art, but he also sought to educate White Australians about the spiritual link between Indigenous people and land. As Brenda Croft contends, the artist’s gift to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is ‘more than the sum parts of watercolour paints on paper. It is an essence that resides in the strength of Namatjira’s work – his courage, his sorrow, his spirituality… where the enduring influence of this one man upon the entire indigenous arts and culture industry continues to be felt.’4   1. Lynn, E., ‘Introduction’ in Byrnes, M.,  Albert Namatjira, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, 1984, p. 2 2. Watson, K., ‘Poetic Justice: an overview of Indigenous Art’, in Perkins, H.,  One Sun, One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 20 3. French, A.,  Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 97 4. Croft, B., ‘Albert’s Gift’, in French, A.,  Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira, 1902 – 1959, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p. 148 CRISPIN GUTTERIDGE © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency 2026

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