Timmy Payungka Tjapangati Australia (Aboriginal), c1935-2000
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About Timmy Payungka Tjapangati
Australian Aboriginal artist Timmy Payungka Tjapangati was born circa 1935 and works in oils and acrylics. Timmy Payungka Tjapangati died in 2000.
The total number of works by Timmy Payungka Tjapangati offered for sale by auction since 1987 is 146, of which 84 (58%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $79,500 for Cave Story 1971 sold by Sotheby's in June 1999. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Timmy Payungka Tjapangati are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Timmy Payungka Tjapangati 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 129
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 343
- Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 162
- 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.
- Timmy Payungka Tjapangati 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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