Lot 207
  • 207

WALTER EBATERINJA

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 AUD
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Description

  • Walter Ebaterinja
  • ALICE SPRINGS FROM ANZAC HILL c.1950
  • Signed in pencil lower right
  • Watercolour on paper
  • 39 by 57 cm

Provenance

Painted in Alice Springs in 1950 (or earlier)
Collection of Mr Ken Hutchison, Melbourne

Exhibited

The Heritage of Namatjira, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 18 March - 31 May 1993

Condition

A fairly substantial tear to the lower left hand corner has been professionally repaired by the conservation department at the National Gallery of Victoria, and there is a 4 cm long crease in the lower right hand corner where the paper has been folded, otherwise in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This painting is sold with two photographs of the painting on exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, together with a series of loan agreements and other documents relating to its exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.