Judy Watson Napangardi Australia (Aboriginal), c1925-2016
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About Judy Watson Napangardi
Indigenous Australian, and senior female painter Judy Watson Napangardi was from the Yuendumu community in the Northern Territory. She took up painting in the 1980s and exhibited since the 1990s, and was listed in the Top 50 Aboriginal Artists in multiple years from 1999 to 2008 by the Australian Art Collector Magazine.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Judy Watson Napangardi from 1994 and in total 231 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 139 (60%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $220,909 for Women's Dreaming sold by Menzies in September 2019. This year 11 works have been offered for sale. Works by Judy Watson Napangardi are held by the Art Gallery of NSW.
Judy Watson Napangardi 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 176
- Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 205
- 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.
- Judy Watson Napangardi is classified as one of the top Australian Indigenous artists by leading Aboriginal fine art gallery, Cooee Gallery, Sydney.
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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