Works in the database
28
Works with images
26
Works with multiple sales
2

Past Sales

Mushroom and Kangaroo Dreaming, c.1975
Eagle Dreaming, c.1975
Hunting for Mingi (Marsupial Mouse), 1973

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 18 works for
$230,154
Works on Paper
Sold 2 works for
$8,195

Where to buy or sell art works by Old Tutuma Tjapangati

Auction Houses

Cooee Art Leven
Sold 2 works for
$87,327
Sotheby's
Sold 7 works for
$64,945
Deutscher and Hackett
Sold 6 works for
$41,242

Australian Aboriginal artist Old Tutuma Tjapangati was born circa 1915 and primarily works in acrylics and also paints in watercolour.

The total number of works by Old Tutuma Tjapangati offered for sale by auction since 1997 is 28, of which 20 (71%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $45,600 for Untitled (Tingari Design) sold by Cooee Art Leven in October 2020. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Old Tutuma Tjapangati are held by the National Gallery of Australia.

Old Tutuma Tjapangati 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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