Uta Uta Tjangala Australia (Aboriginal), 1926-90
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About Uta Uta Tjangala
Born in the Northern Territory in 1926, Uta Uta Tjangala is an Australian Aboriginal artist from the Papunya district. He has exhibited his paintings - acrylic on canvas - extensively since 1975, and his work is represented in the Art Gallery of South Australia and in public collections.
We have records of art auction sales by Uta Uta Tjangala from 1986 and in total 129 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 89 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $207,400 for Women's Dreaming sold by Deutscher and Hackett in December 2015. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Uta Uta Tjangala are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).
Uta Uta 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 160
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 675
- Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 198
- 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.
- Uta Uta 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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