Works in the database
66
Works with images
51
Works with multiple sales
4

Past Sales

Wandjina c.1975
Dugong
Wandjina

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 40 works for
$108,371
Objects
Sold 4 works for
$12,760

Where to buy or sell art works by Waigan Djanghara

Auction Houses

Sotheby's
Sold 16 works for
$50,718
Bonhams
Sold 6 works for
$16,745
Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 7 works for
$15,180

Australian Aboriginal artist Waigan Djanghara was born circa 1929 and primarily works in acrylics and also is a creator of tribal artefacts.

The total number of works by Waigan Djanghara offered for sale by auction since 1995 is 66, of which 44 (67%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $12,000 for Wanjina and Turtle sold by Sotheby's in November 2007. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Waigan Djanghara are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and Queensland Art Gallery.

Waigan Djanghara is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 703
  • 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…

Unknown. We do not have dates of birth and/or death of this artist, or the dates are uncertain.

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