Long Tom Tjapanangka Australia (Aboriginal), c1929-2006
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About Long Tom Tjapanangka
Born about 1929 in the Frederick Range, Australian Aboriginal artist Long Tom Tjapanangka worked as a stockman and police tracker, and didn't start painting until 1993. His only solo exhibitions were held with Niagara Galleries in Melbourne and Schubert Galleries in Queensland during 1995 and 1998 and he won the 2000 Telstra-sponsored 16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), but ceased painting soon after.
The earliest auction listing we have for Long Tom Tjapanangka is in 1998 and in total 107 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 56 (52%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $43,200 for Puli Kutjarra sold by Sotheby's in November 2007. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Long Tom Tjapanangka are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).
Long Tom Tjapanangka 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 163
- 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.
- Long Tom Tjapanangka 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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