Dorothy Robinson Napangardi Australia (Aboriginal), c1956-2013
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About Dorothy Robinson Napangardi
Dorothy Napangardi was born in the community of Mina Mina not far from Lake Mackay in the Tanami Desert in the 1950s. She inherited certain creation stories from her extended family and first began to paint in 1987. She lived a semi-traditional life, hunting goanna and echidna and collecting bush tucker. Napangardi was awarded the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2001. In 2002, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia mounted a Napangardi survey show called Dancing Up Country. In 2012 three of Napangardi’s works were selected for display in the Biennale of Sydney.
In our database, 314 works by Dorothy Robinson Napangardi are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 2001, of which 192 (61%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $129,750 for Karntakurlangu sold by Sotheby's in July 2004. This year 6 works have been offered for sale. Works by Dorothy Robinson Napangardi are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia and Museum of Contemporary Art.
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi 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 117
- Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 173
- 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.
- Dorothy Robinson Napangardi 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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