Works in the database
120
Works with images
109
Works with multiple sales
16

Past Sales

Parwalla, 2003
Parwalla, 2004
Parwalla, 2008

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 74 works for
$801,274
Prints & Graphics
Sold 2 works for
$1,335
Objects
Sold 0 works for
$0

Where to buy or sell art works by Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi

Auction Houses

Deutscher and Hackett
Sold 14 works for
$244,700
Sotheby's
Sold 16 works for
$163,507
Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 7 works for
$89,400

Australian Aboriginal artist Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi was born in 1947 and works in oils and acrylics. Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi died in 2019.

The total number of works by Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi offered for sale by auction since 1994 is 120, of which 76 (63%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $43,200 for Parwalla sold by Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies) in November 2005. This year 2 works have been offered for sale.

Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi 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 171
  • Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 339
  • Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 176
  • Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi 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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