OLD WALTER TJAMPITJINPA
TOP 10 ARTWORKS SOLD AT AUCTION
Untitled, 1972
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, inscribed verso: '19173', 68 x 58 cm (irregular), Est: $50,000-70,000, Bonhams, Important Australian Art; 100 Works From Gene and Brian Sherman's Collection, Sydney, 11/05/2022, Lot No. 48
A$60,000
A$73,800
Rainbow and Water Story, 1972
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 61 x 52 cm, Est: $50,000-70,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 09/07/2001, Lot No. 88
A$50,000
A$58,750
Water Dreaming at Kalipinypa, 1971
Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board, bears consignment number 8017 on the reverse, 46 x 45 cm, Est: $10,000-15,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29/06/1998, Lot No. 31
A$34,000
A$39,100
Bush Tucker Story, 1971
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, bears artist's name 'Walter' together with Stuart Art Centre consignment number 5089 on the reverse, 61 x 30 cm, Est: USD25,000-35,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, New York, 23/05/2023, Lot No. 27
US$20,000
US$25,400 (A$38,209)
Untitled (Tingari Painting), 1971
Synthetic polymer paint and PVA on composition board, 50 x 43.5 cm, Est: $10,000-15,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 28/06/1999, Lot No. 62
A$33,000
A$37,950
Snake and Bush Tucker, 1972
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, bears Stuart Art Centre consignment number 17036 on the reverse, 91.5 x 30.5 cm, Est: $30,000-40,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 09/07/2001, Lot No. 93
A$30,000
A$35,750
Pintupi Travelling Water Dreaming, 1972
Natural earth pigments and bondcrete on composition board, 42 x 49 cm (IRREGULAR), Est: $25,000-30,000, 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. 18
A$26,000
A$31,720
Water Story, 1971
Synthetic powder paint on composition board, bears Stuart Art Centre cat. no. verso, 25.5 x 72.3 cm, Est: $12,000-18,000, Mossgreen Auctions, Australian Indigenous Art, Sydney, 16/05/2017, Lot No. 112
A$22,000
A$27,280
Snake Dreaming, 1971
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 38 x 40 cm (irregular), Est: $22,000-28,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 07/06/2011, Lot No. 12
A$22,000
A$26,400
Water Dreaming at Kalipinypa, 1972
Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 28.5 x 29 cm, Est: $12,000-18,000, Sotheby's, The David Clarke AO Collection of Australian Art; Important Australian Art, Sydney, 28/04/2015, Lot No. 91
A$19,000
A$23,180