Works in the database
12
Works with images
10
Works with multiple sales
1

Past Sales

Gwarg (The Night Bird) (Circa 1975)
Sacred Rock and Ceremonial Ground Wuyal Dreaming 1978
Untitled (Sacred Waterhole Totems)

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 7 works for
$13,391
Objects
Sold 0 works for
$0

Where to buy or sell art works by Bokara Maymuru

Auction Houses

Sotheby's
Sold 3 works for
$6,440
Bonhams
Sold 1 works for
$2,318
Deutscher~Menzies
Sold 1 works for
$2,115

Australian Aboriginal artist Bokara Maymuru was born in 1932 and primarily works in acrylics and also is a creator of tribal artefacts. Bokara Maymuru died in 1982.

The total number of works by Bokara Maymuru offered for sale by auction since 1997 is 12, of which 7 (58%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $4,140 for Wayal (Wild Honey) 1963 sold by Sotheby's in June 1999. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2017. Works by Bokara Maymuru are held by the Art Gallery of Western Australia and National Gallery of Victoria.

Bokara Maymuru 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 102

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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