Ian W. Abdulla Australia (Aboriginal), 1947-2011
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About Ian W. Abdulla
An aboriginal artist, Ian Abdulla was born in 1947. He attended a screenprinting workshop at Glossop, South Australia in 1988 and began painting the following year.
We have records of art auction sales by Ian W. Abdulla from 1998 and in total 185 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 134 (72%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $30,550 for Putting Sprinklers on Tomatoes at Night' sold by Christies in August 2001. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Ian W. Abdulla are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia, National Gallery of Australia and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Ian W. Abdulla 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 25
- 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.
- Ian W. Abdulla 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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