Lena Nyadbi Australia (Aboriginal), 1936-.
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About Lena Nyadbi
Born at Greenvale Station, W A about 1937 Lena Nyadbi is a member of the Warmum art centre. She started painting in the mid 1990s and uses ochres to achieve deep brown and black colours to contrast with lighter tones. She has exhibited in solo and group shows in Melbourne, Broome and Adelaide and was one of eight Aboriginal artists to receive a commision during the building of the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris in 2006.
In our database, 37 works by Lena Nyadbi are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 2004, of which 31 (84%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $26,400 for Gimmenbayin Cave sold by Cooee Art Leven in June 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 Lena Nyadbi are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Victoria and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Lena Nyadbi is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 126
- 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.
- Lena Nyadbi is classified as one of the top Australian Indigenous artists by leading Aboriginal fine art gallery, Cooee Gallery, Sydney.
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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