Works in the database
15
Works with images
15
Works with multiple sales
0

Past Sales

Beizam, Shark Dance Mask, 1991
Untitled (Headdress) (1980s)
Beizam, Shark Dance Mask, C1992

Sales by Medium

Objects
Sold 8 works for
$57,540

Where to buy or sell art works by Ken Thaiday, Senior

Auction Houses

Sotheby's
Sold 5 works for
$51,960
Deutscher and Hackett
Sold 1 works for
$3,660
Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 2 works for
$1,920

Australian Aboriginal artist Ken Thaiday, Senior was born in 1950 and is a creator of tribal artefacts.

The earliest auction listing we have for Ken Thaiday, Senior is in 2003 and in total 15 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 8 (53%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $18,000 for Beizam, Shark Dance Mask 1991 sold by Sotheby's in July 2003. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2016. Works by Ken Thaiday, Senior are held by the Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).

Ken Thaiday, Senior 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 149
  • 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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