TOMMY MCRAE

Sketchbook, 1881

Sketchbook with 14 images, pen and black ink on paper, the first two with traces of blue ink, 21.5 x 28.5 cm each

Est: $200,000-300,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 27/03/2013, Lot No. 21

A$190,000

A$228,000

(I) Ceremony (II) Spearing Fish and Black Swan, c.1880

Pen and ink on paper, ii. inscribed with title lower centre: Spearing fish and Black Swan, 22 x 28 cm (each)

Est: $50,000-70,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian + International Fine Art, Melbourne, 16/08/2023, Lot No. 36

A$160,000

A$196,364

Returning from the Chase (Circa 1890)

Bears title in pencil lower left, 24 x 35 cm

Est: $30,000-40,000, Sotheby's, The Anthony & Beverly Knight Collection of Early Papunya Art (Lots 1 – 46); Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art (Lots 47, Melbourne, 28/05/2013, Lot No. 56

A$65,000

A$79,300

Buckley's Escape, 1890s

Pen and ink on paper, inscribed throughout composition: Returning From / Funeral; Here / I Am; Buckley's Escape; Put I'm / Down Bla[Ck] Fellow / Jum,p, Up White / Fellow; A / Native / Grave; Arrival Covict / Ship In Hobson Bay; Surprise; Drawn.By.Tommey.McRay, 24 x 30 cm

Est: $60,000-80,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal and Oceanic Art Auction, Melbourne, 04/04/2012, Lot No. 7

A$65,000

A$78,000

War Dance, 1900

Pen and ink on paper, bears inscription and date verso: R Kilborn / 1900, 24.5 x 31 cm

Est: $50,000-70,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 26/03/2024, Lot No. 11

A$60,000

A$73,636

Ceremony (1900)

Ink on paper, 23.5 x 32.5 cm

Est: $40,000-60,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 07/06/2011, Lot No. 2

A$60,000

A$72,000

War Dance 1900

Ink on paper, 25 x 30 cm

Est: $20,000-30,000, Joel Fine Art, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 03/06/2008, Lot No. 3

A$42,000

A$48,800

Hunting Figures

Ink on paper, bears the number 9 in pencil upper right, 24.5 x 31 cm

Est: $40,000-60,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 20/10/2008, Lot No. 26

A$40,000

A$48,000

Spearing the Kangaroo c. 1890

Ink on paper, bears title in lower margin, 23 x 33.5 cm

Est: $20,000-30,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26/07/2004, Lot No. 9

A$39,583

A$47,500

Two Sketchbooks

Drawings, 24 x 36 cm

Est: $15,000-20,000, Christies, Australian and European Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Sydney, 14/08/1994, Lot No. 31

A$38,000

A$43,700