Wallaby near Mount Giles, Western MacDonnells, c. 1945

38 x 28 cm, 55.5 x 45.5 cm frame

Est. $800 – $1,500

Hammer $750

Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Raymond John Noble, Deputy Director Armed Forces, Alice Springs c.1945 Adrian and Anne Newstead Collection, NSW
Artwork story: Another view of the MacDonnell Ranges, this time with a wallaby foregrounded near Mount Giles, one of the region's most rugged escarpments. Walter Ebatarinja's choice to include native fauna adds a layer of intimacy and ecological specificity. This is not a romantic view of untouched wilderness but a relational landscape - an environment shaped by millennia of coexistence between people, animals, and landforms. The repetition of these forms across his work reveals not redundancy, but reverence. Each rendering is a variation on knowing, a shift in light and memory. For collectors, this work deepens the narrative offered by the previous entries and enriches any collection focused on Hermannsburg School works.

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Sale 1 · Lot 33

1915 – 1968

38 x 28 cm, 55.5 x 45.5 cm frame

Est. $800 – $1,500

Hammer $750

Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Raymond John Noble, Deputy Director Armed Forces, Alice Springs c.1945 Adrian and Anne Newstead Collection, NSW
Artwork story: Another view of the MacDonnell Ranges, this time with a wallaby foregrounded near Mount Giles, one of the region's most rugged escarpments. Walter Ebatarinja's choice to include native fauna adds a layer of intimacy and ecological specificity. This is not a romantic view of untouched wilderness but a relational landscape - an environment shaped by millennia of coexistence between people, animals, and landforms. The repetition of these forms across his work reveals not redundancy, but reverence. Each rendering is a variation on knowing, a shift in light and memory. For collectors, this work deepens the narrative offered by the previous entries and enriches any collection focused on Hermannsburg School works.