Works in the database
8
Works with images
7
Works with multiple sales
0

Past Sales

Purru-Purru Dreaming 1996
Sugar Leaf Dreaming 1988
Eagle and Bush Onion Dreaming

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 5 works for
$5,945

Where to buy or sell art works by Lucy Kennedy Napaljarri

Auction Houses

Lawsons
Sold 2 works for
$3,850
Bonhams & Goodman
Sold 1 works for
$1,800
Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 1 works for
$180

Australian Aboriginal artist Lucy Kennedy Napaljarri was born in 1926 and works in oils and acrylics.

In our database, 8 works by Lucy Kennedy Napaljarri are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1994, of which 5 (63%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,410 for Four Dreamings sold by Lawsons in September 1994. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Lucy Kennedy Napaljarri are held by the National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of NSW.

Lucy Kennedy Napaljarri 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 496
  • Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 328
  • Johnson, Vivien, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert-A Biographical Dictionary. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994. Page 122
  • Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
  • 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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