Works in the database
53
Works with images
46
Works with multiple sales
2

Past Sales

Wakwak, 2003
Kurrurldul, 2004
Ngalyod The Rainbow Serpent, c.2002

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 28 works for
$84,156
Objects
Sold 1 works for
$14,400
Works on Paper
Sold 2 works for
$12,210

Where to buy or sell art works by Jimmy Njiminjuma

Auction Houses

Deutscher and Hackett
Sold 8 works for
$48,253
Sotheby's
Sold 5 works for
$26,370
Bonhams
Sold 9 works for
$22,051

Australian Aboriginal artist Jimmy Njiminjuma was born in 1945 and primarily works in acrylics and also paints in watercolour. Jimmy Njiminjuma died in 2004.

The earliest auction listing we have for Jimmy Njiminjuma is in 1994 and in total 53 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 31 (58%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $14,400 for Lorrkon Hollow Log 1990 sold by Sotheby's in July 2005. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Jimmy Njiminjuma are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Victoria and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).

Jimmy Njiminjuma 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 99
  • 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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