Finke River bed
(1950s)
Medium
watercolour over pencil; laid down
Measurements
35.7 × 50.8 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift from the Estate of Joan Freda Rawson, 1965
© Namatjira Legacy Trust/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Hermannsburg, Northern Territory
Inscription
inscribed in black paint (in image) l.r.: ALBERT NAMATJIRA
Accession Number
1484-5
Department
First Nations Australia
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