Works in the database
29
Works with images
22
Works with multiple sales
2

Past Sales

The Falls
A Bombyciferous One. 2000
'A. bombyciferous one,' 2000

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 14 works for
$12,568
Works on Paper
Sold 3 works for
$1,952
Prints & Graphics
Sold 2 works for
$1,094

Where to buy or sell art works by Wally Barda

Auction Houses

Shapiro Auctioneers
Sold 12 works for
$12,183
Christies
Sold 3 works for
$2,139
Sotheby's
Sold 1 works for
$840

Born in Sydney in 1956, Wally Barda studied architecture at Sydney University, and taught there until 1985, when he became a practising architect. He first began exhibiting his abstract paintings in 1979, and has won several awards.

Our database records art auction sales of works by Wally Barda from 1996 and in total 29 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 21 (72%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,840 for Time Passing the Hourless House sold by Shapiro Auctioneers in August 2019. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Wally Barda are held by the Art Gallery of NSW and National Gallery of Australia.

Wally Barda 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 240
  • Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 35
  • 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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