ABORIGINAL WORKS OF ART | JUNE 2019 2019-06-04 Auction - 105 Price Results - Cooee Art in AU
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ABORIGINAL WORKS OF ART | JUNE 2019
Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka (1938-2000) Women's DreamingRichard Bell (c.1953-) A White Hero for Black AustraliaInyika Donaldson & Estelle Hogan Minya Tjuta (Seven
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Paddington, Australia
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ABORIGINAL WORKS OF ART | JUNE 2019

Cooee Art

Cooee Art

ABORIGINAL WORKS OF ART JUNE 2019
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Inyika Donaldson & Estelle Hogan Minya Tjuta (Seven: When the Spinifex people returned to their homelands in the 1980s after their displacement during the Maralinga atomic tests, they found the southern part of their country had been converted into a
0001: Inyika Donaldson & Estelle Hogan Minya Tjuta (SevenEst. A$4,000-A$6,000
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Minnie Pwerle (1910-2006) Awelye Atnwengerrp 2005: Minnie Pwerle, whose husband was the brother of famed artist Emily Kngwarreye, began painting her country Atnwengerrp and its associated Dreamings in earnest at 77 years of age. While Minnie
0002: Minnie Pwerle (1910-2006) Awelye Atnwengerrp 2005Est. A$5,000-A$8,000
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Mitjili Napanangka Gibson (1930-2010) Marruwa 2006: Mitjili Napanangka Gibson began painting on canvas inspired by her niece, Dorothy Napangardi, in 2006, the year this work was created. They shared many Dreaming stories, in particular those
0003: Mitjili Napanangka Gibson (1930-2010) Marruwa 2006Est. A$3,000-A$5,000
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Nyumitja Laidlaw (c.1938-) Seven Sisters Dreaming 2005: Nyumitja Laidlaw was born c.1938 at Nyumun, located in the Great Victoria Desert of WA. She first saw Warburton Mission when she was about 16 but lived out bush throughout the mission years. Nyumitja
0004: Nyumitja Laidlaw (c.1938-) Seven Sisters Dreaming 2005Est. A$5,000-A$7,000
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Jan Billycan (1930-2016) Untitled 2009: During the last years of her life, Jan Billycan (aka Djan Nanundie) depicted the country of her birthplace, Kirriwirri and other sites in Ilyarra country. This is a land of spreading mud flats,
0005: Jan Billycan (1930-2016) Untitled 2009Est. A$3,500-A$5,000
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Lydia Balbal (c.1958-) Pikarong 2009: Lydia Balbal lived amongst the Yulparija people at Bidyadanga with her husband, though her own country was near Punmu in the Great Sandy Desert of WA. Her people's existence had been threatened by
0006: Lydia Balbal (c.1958-) Pikarong 2009Est. A$3,000-A$5,000
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Rosella Namok (1979-) Stinging Rain, Dark Night 2016: Rosella Namok's paintings engage traditional themes but she explores them with a modern sensibility in her own distinctive style. She emerged as a member of the Lockhart River ‘Art
0007: Rosella Namok (1979-) Stinging Rain, Dark Night 2016Est. A$5,000-A$7,000
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Bill Tjapaltjarri Whiskey (c.1920-2008) Rockholes and: Bill Whiskey's country lay to the north of Kata Tjuta (the Olgas), hidden in some of the most arid and uncompromising land on the continent. He lived with his family for a time at Areyonga, before
0008: Bill Tjapaltjarri Whiskey (c.1920-2008) Rockholes andEst. A$25,000-A$35,000
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Abie Kemarre Loy (1972-) Body Painting 2010: Abie Loy was born on Utopia station, about 270km north east of Alice Springs in the Northern Terrirtory. Her mother Margaret Loy Pula won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting at the Art Gallery of
0009: Abie Kemarre Loy (1972-) Body Painting 2010Est. A$15,000-A$22,000
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Rosella Namok (1979-) Low Tide, Patterns in the Sand: In painting this work, Rosella has used her fingers to create rhythmic parallel striations, a style derived from the sand drawing that was taught to her by her grandmother. She explains that for time
0010: Rosella Namok (1979-) Low Tide, Patterns in the SandEst. A$3,000-A$5,000
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Judy Napangardi Watson (c.1925-2016) Mina Mina - Hair: Born on Mt. Doreen Station, northwest of Alice Springs c.1925, Judy grew up in the vast Warlpiri country that lies between the Tanami and Gibson deserts. Her traditional nomadic lifestyle came to an
0011: Judy Napangardi Watson (c.1925-2016) Mina Mina - HairEst. A$9,000-A$12,000
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932-2002) Larumba: Clifford Possum's unique artistic style is characterised by its innovative use of spatial configuration beyond the more conventional Papunya idiom of dots, circles and lines. This inventiveness with
0012: Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932-2002) LarumbaEst. A$12,000-A$15,000Lot Passed
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Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (1926-1998) Mouse Dreaming: During a career that spanned almost three decades Mick Namarari became a towering presence, whose variety of subjects and diversity of stylistic approaches kept him at the forefront of Western Desert
0013: Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (1926-1998) Mouse DreamingEst. A$15,000-A$20,000
Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs. Bennett) (1935-) Untitled: Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa was born in Pitjantjatjara country, near the site of today's Docker River community. She saw no white men until she was in her teens and spent much of her childhood at
0014: Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs. Bennett) (1935-) UntitledEst. A$8,000-A$10,000Lot Passed
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Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula (1925-2001) Old Man's: Born at Mintjilpirri, north west of the Kangaroo Dreaming site of Ilpili soakage Johnny Warangkula first encountered ‘white fellas’ at just 12 years of age. He moved in to Papunya with
0015: Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula (1925-2001) Old Man'sEst. A$8,000-A$11,000
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Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka (1938-2000) Women's Dreaming: Johnny Scobie worked as a stockman and drover in central Australia before settling at Papunya. This work is believed to be the only painting that he created during the Bardon years. When he took up
0016: Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka (1938-2000) Women's DreamingEst. A$40,000-A$60,000
Kitty Kantilla (c.1928-2003) Jilamara 2000: Kitty Kantilla’s art, and indeed all Tiwi art, is informed by the ornate body painting of the Pukumani ceremony. What makes the art of Kitty Kantilla and those of her generation so inherently
0017: Kitty Kantilla (c.1928-2003) Jilamara 2000Est. A$5,000-A$7,000Lot Passed
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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932-2002) Untitled -: Clifford Possum was the first recognised star of Western Desert art and one of Australia’s most distinguished painters of the late twentieth century. His unique artistic style was
0018: Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932-2002) Untitled -Est. A$12,000-A$15,000
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Kathleen Petyarre (1940-2018) My Country - Bush Seeds -: Katheen Petyarre is best known for her finely wrought, intimate renditions of the vast landscapes in the Eastern Desert. These were created during the epic journeys of her Dreaming ancestor and
0019: Kathleen Petyarre (1940-2018) My Country - Bush Seeds -Est. A$16,000-A$22,000
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Richard Bell (c.1953-) A White Hero for Black Australia: Richard Bell is an Australian artist of Kamilaroi heritage and a political activist. Bell came to national attention after his painting Scientia E Metaphysica (Bell's Theorem) won the
0020: Richard Bell (c.1953-) A White Hero for Black AustraliaEst. A$25,000-A$35,000
Lin Onus (1948 -1996) Gumurring Garkman 1994: Lin Onus played a pivotal role in the emergence of urban Aboriginal art through his practice as an artist and advocate. A Yorta Yorta man from Cumeraganga on the Murray River, he grew up in urban
0021: Lin Onus (1948 -1996) Gumurring Garkman 1994Est. A$50,000-A$70,000Lot Passed
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Gunybi Ganambarr (1973-) Dhanbarr - Larrakitj c.2009: This sculpture is a novel and unique manifestation of a Larakitj - a ritual sculpture used as a bone container and erected as a memorial to a dead kinsman. Where formerly the bones of the deceased
0022: Gunybi Ganambarr (1973-) Dhanbarr - Larrakitj c.2009Est. A$4,000-A$6,000
Owen Yalandja (1960-) Mimi Spirit c.2008: Images of Mimi spirits on bark were among the first Aboriginal paintings to be collected in the early twentieth century. Baldwin Spencer made extensive collections of such bark barks, most of which
0023: Owen Yalandja (1960-) Mimi Spirit c.2008Est. A$5,000-A$7,000Lot Passed
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Nawurapu Wunumurra (1952-) Mokoy Spirits 2009: Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra was trained in the school of his father the late Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra, a senior Yirritja moiety elder, and winner of the 1997 Telstra National Aboriginal and Islander
0024: Nawurapu Wunumurra (1952-) Mokoy Spirits 2009Est. A$8,000-A$10,000