Works in the database
10
Works with images
7
Works with multiple sales
1

Past Sales

Awely- Womens Ceremony, Body Paint 2010
Honey Ant Country
Camp Scene

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 5 works for
$4,195
Objects
Sold 0 works for
$0

Where to buy or sell art works by Ruby Kngwarreye

Auction Houses

Christies
Sold 1 works for
$1,673
Scammell Auctions
Sold 1 works for
$1,035
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sold 1 works for
$840

Australian Aboriginal artist Ruby Kngwarreye was born in 1968 and primarily works in acrylics and also is a creator of tribal artefacts.

We have records of art auction sales by Ruby Kngwarreye from 1998 and in total 10 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 5 (50%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,673 for Early Settlement sold by Christies in August 2005. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021. Works by Ruby Kngwarreye are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, Queensland Art Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).

Ruby Kngwarreye is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.

Artists' Resale Royalty

Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…

Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.

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