Works in the database
12
Works with images
8
Works with multiple sales
2

Past Sales

Fire Dreaming at Blue Mud Bay, 1978
Untitled (Baru the Crocodile)
Fire Story

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 8 works for
$10,669

Where to buy or sell art works by Wakutbi Marawili

Auction Houses

Bonhams
Sold 4 works for
$4,294
Deutscher~Menzies
Sold 1 works for
$3,760
Deutscher and Hackett
Sold 1 works for
$1,227

Australian Aboriginal artist Wakutbi Marawili was born in 1921 and works in oils and acrylics. Wakutbi Marawili died in 2005.

The earliest auction listing we have for Wakutbi Marawili is in 1994 and in total 12 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 8 (67%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,760 for Fire Dreaming at Blue Mud Bay 1978 sold by Deutscher~Menzies in June 2000. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2020. Works by Wakutbi Marawili are held by the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).

Wakutbi Marawili 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 45
  • 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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