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Albert Namatjira: career timeline

Australian · 1902–1959 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 55 of 129 lots (42% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Albert Namatjira: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1930s33$21.7kSign upOther
1940s1313$30.9kSign upWatercolor
1950s3838$31.5kSign upWatercolor

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Enter what you know about a work by Albert Namatjira to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1930s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$21.7kSign up
Average
$22kSign up
Typical size
10 × 11 in (25 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1)

1940s 13 works

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13 of 13
Median
$30.9kSign up
Average
$38kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 14 in (37 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (8), Other (5)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 1 more (1940s)

1950s 38 works

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38 of 38
Median
$31.5kSign up
Average
$42kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 14.5 in (27 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (29), Other (9)
Subjects
Landscapes (9), Rivers & marshes (5), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

74 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 50 works

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49 of 50
Median
$16.4kSign up
Average
$20kSign up
Typical size
10 × 14 in (26 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (36), Other (14)
Subjects
Landscapes (22), Rivers & marshes (3)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 38 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 24 works

Sold
23 of 24
Median
$24.9kSign up
Average
$25kSign up
Typical size
10 × 14 in (26 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (18), Other (5), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (6), Rivers & marshes (2)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Albert Namatjira auction results →