Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi Australia (Aboriginal), c1927-.
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About Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi
An Australian Aboriginal artist from the Yuendumu district of Central Australia. He served in the Autralian Army during World War II and after the war ended he worked as a stockman in Central Australia. He took up painting in the mid-1970s and first exhibited in 1981. and since then has exhbited throughout Australia as well New Zealand and Switzerland. He travelled to the United States in 1990 with a working exhibition accompanied by several Aboriginal artists.
The total number of works by Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi offered for sale by auction since 1988 is 90, of which 41 (46%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $47,500 for Mythologies Relating to the Area Surrounding Yuendumu 1979 sold by Sotheby's in July 2003. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi 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 50
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 677
- Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 75
- 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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