Works in the database
53
Works with images
49
Works with multiple sales
3

Past Sales

Watiyawarnu Jukurrpa
Storm (Ngapa) Dreaming at Wanimbilgi 1993
Frog (Wulwuna) Dreaming at Lungkardajarra 1993

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 30 works for
$186,564
Prints & Graphics
Sold 0 works for
$0

Where to buy or sell art works by Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala

Auction Houses

Sotheby's
Sold 12 works for
$95,451
Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 7 works for
$37,560
Leonard Joel
Sold 3 works for
$13,991

Australian Aboriginal artist Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala was born in 1919 and primarily works in acrylics and also creates multiples such as etchings, lithographs and screenprints. Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala died in 2002.

Our database records art auction sales of works by Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala from 1993 and in total 53 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 30 (57%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $24,369 for Rainbow Dreaming (Mungurlarri Water Dreaming) sold by Sotheby's in March 2018. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).

Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala 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 92
  • Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 58
  • Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
  • 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.
  • Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala 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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