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Indigenous Legacies: Aboriginal Art Results

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A new auction record was set for a work by any living aboriginal artist when Michael Nelson Jagamara’s Five Stories, 1984, sold for £401,000 (AU$ 687,877), more than doubling the pre-sale high estimate of £150,000-200,000. Offered from the Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Five Stories is considered the most iconic work of modern aboriginal art, and is possibl𓆏y the most published and exhibited work by any indigeꦍnous Australian artist.

Following a prolonged bidding battle, Benedict Palmeiua Munkara’s Male And Female Figures of Purukapali and Bim, executed on Bathurst Island in the 1960s, soared to £251,000 (AU$430,566), far in excess of the £30,000-50,000 estimate and setting a record for an aboriginal sculpture at auction. An artist record was set for Warlimpirringa Tjapaltjarri’s untitled painting from 2007, which more than doubled pre-sale expectations to sell for £167,000 (AU$286,473) (estimate: £50,000-80,000). Overall, 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:the auction achieved £1.6m (AU$2.8m), represen𝔉ting a 55% increase in value from the previous year’s ina💫ugural edition of the Aboriginal Art sale in London.

Indigenous Legacies: Aboriginal Art Results

  • Nym Djimungurr, Namarrkon, The Lightning Man, circa 1963.
    Sold for £11,250.
    Nym Djinmungurr’s exquisite depiction of Namarrkon, The Lightning Man, is to my knowledge his finest bark painting. Executed at virtually the same time that he and his painting compatriot Nadjombolmi worked together producing related imagery on the iconic rock art site of Nourlangie, it is also of unusually large size and in outstanding condition. 



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  • Michael Nelson Jagamara, Five Stories, 1984. Sold for £401,000.
    Michael Nelson Jagamara’s Five Stories is often referred to as the most published Australian painting of the 1980s, and this iconic work has almost certainly been exhibited and published more than any other Aboriginal painting. It is remarkable for its inherent depiction of several narratives in one resolved composition, and ''utterly original'' in its painterly technique. Acquired by legendary dealer Gabrielle Pizzi when first exhibited at her gallery, was offered on the secondary market for the first time.



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  • Benedict Palmeiua Munkara, Untitled, Male and Female Figures of Purukapali and Bima. Sold for £251,000.
    I have been entranced by this pair of figures by Munkara since I first encountered them in the living room of the highly respected art dealer Mary Macha twenty years ago. Exquisitely carved and painted, these serene depictions of the Tiwi ancestors are, to my mind, the finest Australian Indigenous figurative sculptures extant. 



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  • Aurangnamirri Wommatakimmi (Young Brook), Untitled, circa 1950s. Sold for £13,750.
    This powerful figure by Aurangnamirri has a haunting presence, It is carved out of dense and heavy ironwood, and painted in roughly executed traditional designs, with chunky remains of beeswax on chin and jaw, where a Tiwi ceremonial false beard was originally attached. The large pink phallus suggests that it may be a depiction of Tapara, the adulterous brother of the god king Purukapali.



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  • Unknown Artist, Untitled. Sold for £10,625.
    One of two remarkable Central Desert watercolours, formerly in the collection of the anthropologist Theodor Strehlow, these beautiful drawings show designs found on traditional ritual objects carved in stone and wood. Painted almost 25 years prior to the beginnings of the Western Desert painting movement at Papunya in 1971, they of great historical significance.



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  • Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi, Sandhill Dreaming, circa 1972.
    Sold for £62,500.
    Shorty Lungkata’s Sandhill Dreaming, needs to be seen first hand to be truly appreciated. It has been included in the two most important exhibitions on Western Desert painting and when encountered this mysterious jewel-like image literally glows from the wall.



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  • Charlie Numbulmoore, Untitled, Wanjinas. Sold for £56,250.
    Legendary Kimberley rock art painter Numbulmore’s depiction of Wanjinas, insects, birds and reptiles is remarkable artwork. Of the 20 or so known images by the artist about half are executed on salvaged or found material such distressed plywood, masonite, or slate, and this larger example is painted on to a large piece of cardboard. Photographed in situ at the time of it’s collection in 1970 by Tom McCourt, it’s provenance is exceptional. 



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  • Warlimpirringa Tjapaltjarri, Untitled, 2007. Sold for £167,000.
    Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri is arguably the most internationally sought after contemporary Australian Indigenous artist, and this example is a large scale masterwork. Painted by an artist who had first contact with non-indigenous people in 1984 it is a powerful statement of his spiritual connection to his country. 



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