Works in the database
42
Works with images
37
Works with multiple sales
3

Past Sales

Yaparu Near Mangaki in the Great Sandy Desert, 1995
Nakarra Nakarra, 1993
Tjimarri - Special Knives for Kangaroo, 1995

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 23 works for
$186,140

Where to buy or sell art works by Millie Skeen Nampitjin

Auction Houses

Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 5 works for
$58,268
Sotheby's
Sold 7 works for
$48,990
Cooee Art Leven
Sold 2 works for
$19,309

Australian Aboriginal artist Millie Skeen Nampitjin was born in 1932 and works in oils and acrylics. Millie Skeen Nampitjin died in 1997.

The earliest auction listing we have for Millie Skeen Nampitjin is in 1994 and in total 42 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 23 (55%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $21,600 for Yapparoo sold by Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies) in November 2005. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Millie Skeen Nampitjin are held by the National Gallery of Victoria.

Millie Skeen Nampitjin is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 183
  • Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.

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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