Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati Australia (Aboriginal), 1920-2004
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About Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati
Australian Aboriginal artist Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati was born in 1920 and works in oils and acrylics. Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati died in 2004.
The total number of works by Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati offered for sale by auction since 1995 is 55, of which 46 (84%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $23,180 for Artist's Country (Muntjukul) (1993) sold by Mossgreen Auctions in August 2015. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati are held by the National Gallery of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia.
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 135
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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.
- Johnny Mosquito 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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