Works in the database
189
Works with images
185
Works with multiple sales
21

Past Sales

'Ahtwertky - Bush Plum'
Bush Plum Dreaming
Bush Plum Dreaming

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 88 works for
$189,294
Objects
Sold 3 works for
$1,715

Where to buy or sell art works by Polly Ngale

Auction Houses

Lawsons
Sold 65 works for
$92,829
Leonard Joel
Sold 6 works for
$15,407
Gaia Auction
Sold 1 works for
$12,652

Australian Aboriginal artist Polly Ngale was born in 1936 and works in oils and acrylics. Polly Ngale died in 2022.

In our database, 189 works by Polly Ngale are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 2000, of which 91 (48%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $12,652 for Bush Plum sold by Gaia Auction in May 2011. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Polly Ngale are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).

Polly Ngale is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • 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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