Australian Indigenous Fine Art

Albert Namatjira - Western MacDonnell Landscape, c.1950

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Paddington, Australia

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Australian Indigenous Fine Art

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A boutique curated offering of selected works of art. Cooee Art MarketPlace introduces its sixth bi-annual Australian Indigenous fine art Auction, the only multi-vendor live auction of its kind. The sale comprises 97 fine Australian Indigenous artworks, including works on canvas, bark paintings, and sculptures, created in regions throughout Australia from as early as the 1950s by artists of great renown. These artworks, ranging in value from $500 to $80,000, have been selected from over 20 national and international collections. The sale includes a small but extremely rare Wandjina bark by Alec Mingelmanganu (Lot 15), a superb large watercolour by Albert Namatjira (Lot 20), the largest work ever created by Balgo Hills artist Elizabeth Nyumi (Lot 48), a spectacular large painting by Peg Leg Tjampitjinpa (Lot 36), a range of early Arnhem Land bark paintings and sculptures, and Kimberley ochre works by Rover Thomas, Freddie Timms, Queenie McKenzie, Rammey Ramsey, Jack Dale, Lena Nyadbi, and others. Due to uncertainty surrounding lockdown restrictions there will be no preview night. All works will be on display at 326 Oxford Street, Paddington, and can be viewed by appointment. To book an appointment for a private one-on-one viewing with our auction specialists, simply select a preferred time. Cooee Art will be open Tuesday - Saturday 10-5pm. You can, however, book a one-on-one appointment with a specialist outside this time.

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Emily Kame Kngwarreye - Yam Dreaming, 1995: The root system of the yam plant is a complex mass that stretches a long way underground and spreads up to 12 metres from the centre point. At ground level, the yam exhibits bright green leaves with

0001: Emily Kame Kngwarreye - Yam Dreaming, 1995Est. A$3,000-A$5,000Lot Closed

Tony Albert - Life Among the First Australians, 2017: Tony Albert, a descendant of theÂ Girramay,Â Yidinji,Â andÂ Kuku-YalanjiÂ peoples, was born inÂ Townsville,Â North Queensland. He graduated from theÂ Queensland College of

0002: Tony Albert - Life Among the First Australians, 2017Est. A$2,500-A$3,500Lot Closed

Bill Tjapaltjarri Whiskey - Rockholes near the Olga's,: Bill Whiskeyâ€™s bold bright painting style reflected his indomitable spirit. He did not begin painting on canvas until entering the last four years of his life at 84 years of age, by which time

0003: Bill Tjapaltjarri Whiskey - Rockholes near the Olga's,Est. A$4,000-A$6,000Lot Closed

Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula - Tjungirri, 1998: Johnny Yungut was born in country north-east of Kiwirrkurra. At the time of his death he was the last surviving man of his generation. He began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1978 but moved

0004: Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula - Tjungirri, 1998Est. A$9,000-A$12,000Lot Closed

Billy Perrurle Benn - Artetyerre, 2008: Billy Benn was born in the Harts Range, 200 km north-east of Alice Springs. As a young man, he worked in the local mine and learned to paint in watercolour from the Chinese wife of one of the

0005: Billy Perrurle Benn - Artetyerre, 2008Est. A$4,000-A$6,000Lot Closed

Queenie McKenzie Nakara - Limestone Hills, Texas, 1995: Queenie McKenzie was born c.1930 at the Old Texas station, on the Ord River in the north-west of Western Australia. As a young girl, she cooked for the stockmen, tending and riding horses and

0006: Queenie McKenzie Nakara - Limestone Hills, Texas, 1995Est. A$8,000-A$10,000Lot Closed

Prince of Wales - Body Marks, 2000: Born with the tribal name Midpul, Prince of Wales grew up with his mother's people, the Wadgigiyn, on the Cox Peninsula across the harbour from Darwin. He spent much of his adult life living at the

0007: Prince of Wales - Body Marks, 2000Est. A$6,000-A$8,000Lot Closed

John Mawurndjul - Mardayin from Kuruldul, 2004: John Mawurndjul lives at Milmilngkan. Here, the power of Ngalyod, the Rainbow Serpent, lies underneath the water of a billabong. This painting, the Mardayin Design, displays the complex composition

0008: John Mawurndjul - Mardayin from Kuruldul, 2004Est. A$12,000-A$18,000Lot Closed

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa - Travels of the Tingari Ancestors,: Ronnie Tjampitjinpa walked with his family out of the West Australian desert and settled into life in the tumultuous and crowded settlement of Papunya at 13 years of age. He was in his late 20s at

0009: Ronnie Tjampitjinpa - Travels of the Tingari Ancestors,Est. A$8,000-A$12,000Lot Closed

Ngipi Ward - Katantjarra Rockhole, 2007: Ngipi lived in the small and very remote community of Patjarr in the Gibson Desert of Western Australia, where she led a nomadic life hunting and gathering with her family until well into the 1960s.

0010: Ngipi Ward - Katantjarra Rockhole, 2007Est. A$3,000-A$5,000Lot Closed

Rammey Ramsey - Untitled, 2005: Rammey Ramsey started painting for Jirrawun Arts in the central Kimberley in 2000. He was in his mid sixties by then, but his involvement in traditional ceremony had already made painting and

0011: Rammey Ramsey - Untitled, 2005Est. A$13,000-A$18,000Lot Closed

Lena Nyadbi - Gimmenbayin Cave, 2006: Lena was born at Warnmarnjooloogoon Lagoon (near Greenvale Station) and grew up in Thildoowam country, also known as Old Lissadell Station. Like other Aboriginal people living in the East Kimberley

0012: Lena Nyadbi - Gimmenbayin Cave, 2006Est. A$25,000-A$35,000Lot Closed

Jack Mengenen Dale - Our Country - Gnaningun, 2007: As one of the last of theÂ dwindling generation of old men who possessed complete knowledge of the rituals, law, and culture of his people, Jack Dale was a vital link to the past. A custodian of

0013: Jack Mengenen Dale - Our Country - Gnaningun, 2007Est. A$12,000-A$16,000Lot Closed

Pirrmangka Napanangka - Tjintjintjin , 1999: Pirrmangka Napanangka was born at Tjintjintjin to the north-west of Lake Mackay. She was the daughter of Tutuma Tjapangati and Inyuwa Nampitjin, both recognised artists working for Papunya Tula

0014: Pirrmangka Napanangka - Tjintjintjin , 1999Est. A$6,000-A$8,000Lot Closed

Alec Mingelmanganu - Wandjina, 1975: Alec Mingelmanganu's Wandjina paintings were first recognised by the public in mid-1975, when an ochre on bark painting under the title 'Austral Gothic' was entered into the Boab Festival Art

0015: Alec Mingelmanganu - Wandjina, 1975Est. A$20,000-A$30,000Lot Closed

Jimmy MijauÂ Mijau - Mimih Dancers , c.1965: From the 1940s onward, Jimmy Mijau Mijau lived amongst the group of artists on Minjilang (Croker Island) in Western Arnhem Land. The group included Samuel Wagbara, David Yirawala, Paddy Compass

0016: Jimmy MijauÂ Mijau - Mimih Dancers , c.1965Est. A$4,000-A$6,000Lot Closed

Attrib. Bininyuwuy Bunumbirr - Banumbu, c.1970: Binyinyuwuy was one of the most renowned Yolngu artists of the period 1960-1980. Trained in his craft by tribal elders, he went through initiation in the bush. He painted with earth pigments, pipe

0017: Attrib. Bininyuwuy Bunumbirr - Banumbu, c.1970Est. A$1,800-A$2,500Lot Closed

Wally Mandarrk - Wayarra (Male and Female Spirits),: Born around 1915, Wally Mandarrk grew up in south-central Arnhem Land. He spent time at Marlkawo, near Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrekâ€™s country of Kabulwarnamyo. He did not meet a European until

0018: Wally Mandarrk - Wayarra (Male and Female Spirits),Est. A$4,500-A$6,500Lot Closed

Otto Pareroultja - The Hills Behind Hermannsberg, 1954: Otto Pareroultja was just 12 years younger than Albert Namatjira and the oldest of three brothers that Rex Battarbee referred to as the â€˜breakaway groupâ€™ amongst the generation that

0019: Otto Pareroultja - The Hills Behind Hermannsberg, 1954Est. A$2,000-A$3,000Lot Closed

Albert Namatjira - Western MacDonnell Landscape, c.1950: Albert Namatjira began painting in the early 1930s. By the time of his death almost thirty years later, his romantic depictions of the Western MacDonnell Ranges, Mount Sonder, and the surrounding

0020: Albert Namatjira - Western MacDonnell Landscape, c.1950Est. A$35,000-A$45,000Lot Closed

Emily Kame Kngwarreye - Emily's Country, 1995: Emily Kame Kngwarreye is widely regarded as Australia's most important and successful Aboriginal artist. Her remarkable career lasted just 7 years until her passing at 86 years of age in 1996. The

0021: Emily Kame Kngwarreye - Emily's Country, 1995Est. A$25,000-A$35,000Lot Closed

Minnie Pwerle - Awelye Atnwengerrp, 2004: 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

0022: Minnie Pwerle - Awelye Atnwengerrp, 2004Est. A$5,000-A$8,000Lot Closed

Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi - My Grandmother's: The artist is portraying the country of her grandmother, Long Rose Nungala - the wife of one Pound Jimmy and the mother of Clifford Possum. It is in the Mount Allan region (Yuelumu), 300km north-west

0023: Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi - My Grandmother'sEst. A$4,000-A$6,000Lot Closed

Cory Warkatu Surprise - Pitill Jila, 2007: Cory Surprise was a highly regarded, award-winning contemporary artist from Fitzroy Crossing, known for her uninhibited painting style. She was born at Tapu, her father's country, in the Great Sandy

0024: Cory Warkatu Surprise - Pitill Jila, 2007Est. A$3,000-A$5,000Lot Closed

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Paddington, 2021

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