OSCAR NAMATJIRA
TOP 10 ARTWORKS SOLD AT AUCTION

Gorge Near Glen Helen, Western MacDonnells Late 1940s
Watercolour over pencil on paper, signed 'Oskar Namatjira' lower right and bears title and '41' on the reverse, 37 x 27 cm
Est: $3,000-5,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 31/10/2006, Lot No. 16
A$5,500
A$6,600

Ghost Gums (Ratjik), Macdonnell Ranges
Watercolour and pencil on paper, signed 'Oscar Namatjira' lower left, 37.5 x 27.7 cm
Est: $2,500-3,500, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26/07/2010, Lot No. 245
A$4,400
A$5,280

Heavitree Gap (Circa 1960)
Watercolour and pencil on artist board, signed 'Oscar Namatjira' lower right, 50 x 72 cm
Est: $4,000-6,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30/11/2010, Lot No. 129
A$4,000
A$4,800

Untitled (Central Australian Landscape) 1963
Watercolour and pencil, signed and dated 'Oscar Namatjira 1963' lower right, 35 x 52.5 cm
Est: $5,000-7,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 05/06/2012, Lot No. 89
A$4,000
A$4,800

Gum Tree, Central Australian Landscape
Watercolour on paper, signed lower right: Oscar Namatjira, 36 x 27 cm (sight) 61 x 51 cm (frame)
Est: $1,200-1,500, Deutscher and Hackett, D+H ONLINE: Australian Indigenous Art, featuring works from the collection of James Smeaton, Melbourne, 06/06/2023, Lot No. 25
A$3,500
A$4,295

Central Australia, c. 1960
Watercolour on paper, signed lower right: Oscar Namatjira, 35 x 52 cm
Est: $2,500-3,500, Deutscher and Hackett, Inaugural Aboriginal Art Auction, Melbourne, 25/03/2009, Lot No. 26
A$3,400
A$4,080

Central Australian Landscape
Watercolour on paper, signed lower right, 30 x 28 cm
Est: $1,500-2,500, Joel Fine Art, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 05/06/2007, Lot No. 59
A$3,400
A$3,945

(Valley View with Four Gums in Foreground)
Watercolour over pencil on paper, signed 'Oscar Namatjira' lower right, 35.8 x 53 cm
Est: $1,500-2,000, Leonard Joel, The Sunday Art Sale, Melbourne, 18/04/2010, Lot No. 298
A$3,200
A$3,840

The Grandeur, Western MacDonnell Ranges
Watercolour, signed lower right, 53 x 72 cm
Est: $2,000-3,000, Elder Fine Art, Australian & International Paintings, Adelaide, 24/05/2015, Lot No. 171
A$3,100
A$3,565

Central Australian Landscape
Watercolour on paper, signed lower left:. Oscar Namatjira, 27 x 37.5 cm
Est: $3,000-5,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 14/10/2009, Lot No. 36
A$2,800
A$3,360