Works in the database
89
Works with images
82
Works with multiple sales
6

Past Sales

Dilly Bags 2004
Untitled
Ngulu Bathurst Island 2002

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 42 works for
$204,638
Works on Paper
Sold 16 works for
$34,566
Objects
Sold 2 works for
$2,682

Where to buy or sell art works by Jean Baptiste Apuatimi

Auction Houses

Deutscher and Hackett
Sold 17 works for
$92,847
Mossgreen Auctions
Sold 4 works for
$33,206
Bonhams
Sold 4 works for
$23,469

Australian Aboriginal artist Jean Baptiste Apuatimi was born in 1940 and primarily works in acrylics and also paints in watercolour. Jean Baptiste Apuatimi died in 2013.

The earliest auction listing we have for Jean Baptiste Apuatimi is in 2003 and in total 89 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 62 (70%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $15,535 for Untitled sold by Mossgreen Auctions in August 2009. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Jean Baptiste Apuatimi are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).

Jean Baptiste Apuatimi 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 29
  • 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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