Fred Ward Tjungurrayi
Patjanja
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 13.125 USD
Price realised: 13.125 USD
Description
Property from a New York Private Collection
FRED WARD TJUNGURRAYI
BORN CIRCA 1955
PATJANJA
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Bears artists nane and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number FW871013 on the reverse, sold with accompanying Papunya Tula Artists documentation that reads in part, 'This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Patjanja, to the south of the Kiwirrkurra Community. The roundels show the camp sites of a large group of men. At either side of the work, the artist has shown the men's spears.'
72 in by 59 ⅞ in (183 cm by 152 cm)
Painted at Kiwirrkurra, Western Australia, in October 1987 | Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs | Tambaran Gallery, New York | Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above, November 1987
FRED WARD TJUNGURRAYI
BORN CIRCA 1955
PATJANJA
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Bears artists nane and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number FW871013 on the reverse, sold with accompanying Papunya Tula Artists documentation that reads in part, 'This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Patjanja, to the south of the Kiwirrkurra Community. The roundels show the camp sites of a large group of men. At either side of the work, the artist has shown the men's spears.'
72 in by 59 ⅞ in (183 cm by 152 cm)
Painted at Kiwirrkurra, Western Australia, in October 1987 | Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs | Tambaran Gallery, New York | Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above, November 1987
A top price for Fred Ward Tjungurrayi
In December 2019 Sothebys in New York held the auction Aboriginal Art, which included the work Patjanja by Fred Ward Tjungurrayi. The »bidding war« ended at USD 13,125.00 (€ 11,690.57), 31% above the upper estimate. With this result, Patjanja is even the most expensive work of art by Fred Ward Tjungurrayi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Fred Ward Tjungurrayi
Im Dezember 2019 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Aboriginal Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Patjanja von Fred Ward Tjungurrayi zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 13.125,00 (€ 11.690,57) und damit 31% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Patjanja sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Fred Ward Tjungurrayi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Fred Ward Tjungurrayi - Auction history
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