CHARLIE TJARURU TJUNGURRAYI
TOP 10 ARTWORKS SOLD AT AUCTION
The Trial, 1972
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 76 x 40.5 cm
Est: $70,000-100,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26/07/2004, Lot No. 96
A$180,000
A$212,000
Fear 1971
Synthetic polymer paint and enamel paint on plywood, bears artist's name 'Charlie Jungari' (sic.) title and consignment number 3 Con no. 4 on Stuart Art Centre label on reverse of frame, 61 x 20.5 cm
Est: $30,000-50,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 09/07/2001, Lot No. 45
A$75,000
A$87,500
Untitled (Men's Ceremony), 1972
Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board, bears inscription verso: artist's name, date and Stuart Art Centre cat. 19007, 61 x 51 cm
Est: $50,000-70,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 22/03/2023, Lot No. 24
A$70,000
A$85,909
Moon Love Dreaming of Man & Woman - Medicine Story - Version 1 1971
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, bears Stuart Art Centre label with artist's name and catalogue number on the reverse, 58.4 x 34.3 cm
Est: USD30,000-50,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, New York, 04/12/2020, Lot No. 9
US$50,000
US$63,000 (A$84,792)
Ceremonial Dreaming (1972)
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 61 x 45.7 cm
Est: $60,000-80,000, Sotheby's, The Anthony & Beverly Knight Collection of Early Papunya Art, Melbourne, 28/05/2013, Lot No. 82
A$60,000
A$73,200
An Audience with the Queen 1989
Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears artist's name and Papunya Tula catalogue number CT890660, 121 x 121 cm
Est: $25,000-30,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 09/07/2001, Lot No. 49
A$60,000
A$70,250
Moon Love Dreaming (Man and Woman) 1971
Synthetic polymer paint on board, inscribed verso, 'Charlie Jungari', 60 x 51 cm
Est: $60,000-70,000, Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29/06/1999, Lot No. 58
A$60,000
A$68,500
Wild Potato Story 1971
Synthetic polymer powder paint and acrylic on composition board, bears artist's name 'Charlie Jungari' (sic), language group 'Pintipi' (sic), title and diagrammatic annotations, in Geoffrey Bardon's hand on the reverse, and numbered '10', 88 x 41 cm
Est: $50,000-70,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24/07/2007, Lot No. 41
A$50,000
A$60,000
Snake Dreaming, Version 2 1971
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 54.6 x 24.1 cm
Est: USD20,000-30,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, New York, 04/12/2020, Lot No. 10
US$35,000
US$44,100 (A$59,354)
Cave Dreaming, 1972
Natural earth pigments on composition board, 122 x 62 cm
Est: $60,000-80,000, Cooee Art Leven, Indigenous Fine Art, Sydney, 08/03/2022, Lot No. 35
A$48,000
A$57,600
Information courtesy of The Australian Art Sales Digest published by John Furphy Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. Last updated 13/12/2024.