LONG JACK PHILLIPUS TJAKAMARRA
TOP 10 ARTWORKS SOLD AT AUCTION

Untitled (Kalipinypa), 1972
Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board, inscribed lower right: '4023', inscribed verso: '19141 / 3 of 9/10/72', 122 x 119 cm
Est: $70,000-100,000, Bonhams, The Serra Collection of Aboriginal Art including property from various vendors, Sydney, 22/07/2020, Lot No. 16
A$190,000
A$231,800

Water Ceremony Story (1971)
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 61 x 45.7 cm
Est: $80,000-120,000, Smith & Singer, Important Australian & International Art, Sydney, 18/11/2020, Lot No. 37
A$80,000
A$98,182

Kangaroo Story 1971
Synthetic polymer powder paint on board, 71 x 60.5 cm
Est: $50,000-60,000, Deutscher~Menzies, 19th and 20th Century Australian & International Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper, Melbourne, 20/04/1998, Lot No. 2
A$80,000
A$90,500

Possum Dreaming, 1972
Natural earth pigments on masonite, 67 x 49 cm
Est: $30,000-50,000, Cooee Art Leven, Indigenous Fine Art, Sydney, 08/03/2022, Lot No. 36
A$62,000
A$74,400

Bush Tucker Story, 1972
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, inscribed verso with Stuart Art Centre consignment number 18050, 72 x 77 cm
Est: $40,000-60,000, Bonhams, Important Australian and Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14/11/2018, Lot No. 18
A$58,000
A$70,760

Children's Kadaitcha Dreaming 1972
Synthetic polymer powder paint on board, 35 x 56 cm
Est: $60,000-80,000, Deutscher~Menzies, 19th and 20th Century Australian & International Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper, Melbourne, 10/08/1998, Lot No. 12
A$55,000
A$63,000

Hunting, 1971
Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board, bears inscription verso: 7003, 76 x 91.5 cm
Est: $30,000-40,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection, USA, Melbourne, 19/10/2016, Lot No. 28
A$50,000
A$61,000

Water Ceremony Story (1971)
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 61 x 45.7 cm
Est: $30,000-50,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 05/06/2012, Lot No. 37
A$50,000
A$60,000

Mala (Spinifex Wallaby), 1972
Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board, bears inscription verso: Stuart Art Centre cat. 18030, 60.5 x 51 cm
Est: $45,000-65,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian & International Fine Art; Important Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 29/11/2017, Lot No. 45
A$45,000
A$54,900

Snake Dreaming (1972)
Natural earth pigments and bondcrete on composition board, 50 x 40 cm
Est: $20,000-30,000, Sotheby's, The Anthony & Beverly Knight Collection of Early Papunya Art (Lots 1 – 46); Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art (Lots 47), Melbourne, 28/05/2013, Lot No. 19
A$44,000
A$53,680
Information courtesy of The Australian Art Sales Digest published by John Furphy Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. Last updated 13/12/2024.