Nyakul Dawson Australia (Aboriginal), 1930-2007
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About Nyakul Dawson
Nyakul Dawson was born in the late 1930's at Aaran, along the dreaming track of Wati Ngintaka (Goanna Man) in the Western Desert region of Central Australia. He began painting in 2002 and exhibited in the 2002 19th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in Darwin in 2002 and at the Aboriginal and Pacific Gallery in Sydney in the same year. In June 2006, he travelled to Paris with the Australia Council for the Arts for the opening of the Musee du quai Branly as a representative for Aboriginal Australian art.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Nyakul Dawson from 2003 and in total 25 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 12 (48%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $22,705 for Mutikutjara sold by Mossgreen Auctions in August 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 Nyakul Dawson are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia and Art Gallery of NSW.
Nyakul Dawson is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- 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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