Works in the database
58
Works with images
48
Works with multiple sales
0

Past Sales

Tiwi Spirit Carving, c. 1987
Sea Bird, C.1970
Untitled (Ancestors of the Purukuparli Myth) c. 1980

Sales by Medium

Objects
Sold 35 works for
$158,833
Paintings
Sold 9 works for
$32,363

Where to buy or sell art works by Declan Apuatimi

Auction Houses

Sotheby's
Sold 21 works for
$110,743
Bonhams
Sold 7 works for
$28,998
Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 7 works for
$26,400

Australian Aboriginal artist Declan Apuatimi was born in 1930 and mainly known as a creator of tribal artefacts and also works in oils and acrylics. Declan Apuatimi died in 1985.

Our database records art auction sales of works by Declan Apuatimi from 1996 and in total 58 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 44 (76%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $13,200 for Pelican c. 1968 sold by Sotheby's in July 2003. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Declan Apuatimi are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of South Australia.

Declan 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.
  • Declan Apuatimi 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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