Works in the database
43
Works with images
38
Works with multiple sales
5

Past Sales

Warna Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming), 1995
Pamapardu Jukurrpa (Flying Ant Dreaming), 1996
Lirriwinki Jukurrpa (Skink Dreaming), 1996

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 22 works for
$171,696
Prints & Graphics
Sold 1 works for
$372

Where to buy or sell art works by Darby Ross Tjampitjinpa

Auction Houses

Sotheby's
Sold 12 works for
$121,600
Mossgreen Auctions
Sold 2 works for
$15,893
Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 2 works for
$12,360

Australian Aboriginal artist Darby Ross Tjampitjinpa was born in 1905 and works in oils and acrylics. Darby Ross Tjampitjinpa died in 2005.

In our database, 43 works by Darby Ross Tjampitjinpa are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1996, of which 23 (53%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $18,000 for Pamapardu Jukurrpa (Flying Ant Dreaming) (1991) sold by Sotheby's in June 2012. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Darby Ross Tjampitjinpa are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia and Art Gallery of NSW.

Darby Ross Tjampitjinpa is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 589
  • Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 175
  • 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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