Dorothy Napangardi

Aboriginal Australian | Circa 1956 - 2013

Dorothy Napangardi was an Aboriginal Australian Indigenous Art painter who was born in the Circa 1956. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki have featured Dorothy Napangardi's work in the past.Dorothy Napangardi's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 55 USD to 40,154 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2004 the record price for this artist at auction is 40,154 USD for Salt on Mina Mina, sold at Christie's Australia in 2005. Dorothy Napangardi has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Hyperallergic and The Australian. The most recent article is In the Shadow of APY Saga, Australia’s Richest Indigenous Art Prize Still Shines written for Sydney Morning Herald in August 2023. The artist died in 2013.

Artist's alternative names: Dorothy Napangardi Robinson, Dorothy Robinson Napangardi

Women's Dreaming (Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa) - Dorothy Napangardi

Women's Dreaming (Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa), 2000

synthetic polymer paint on linen

153 x 153cm (60 1/4 x 60 1/4in)

TROU D'EAU / ROCKHOLE - Dorothy Napangardi

TROU D'EAU / ROCKHOLE, 2013

acrylic on canvas

h: 194,50 w: 196 cm

SANDHILL COUNTRY, 2006

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

122 x 198 cm

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At Auction

Available Artworks

Dorothy Napangardi

By Dorothy Napangardi

Theodore Bruce, New South Wales

Mina Mina 2011

By Dorothy Napangardi

Theodore Bruce, New South Wales

Recent Auction Results

Salt at Mina Mina

By Dorothy Napangardi

-37%

below mid-estimate

Lawsons

Dorothy Napangardi

By Dorothy Napangardi

Theodore Bruce, New South Wales

Mina Mina 2011

By Dorothy Napangardi

Theodore Bruce, New South Wales

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Past Exhibitions

Women’s Work: from the Muswellbrook Collections

Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

Muswellbrook | Australia

Jan 12,2024 - Mar 16,2024

Game, Set, Match

Cooee Art Leven

Redfern | Australia

Jan 27,2024 - Feb 24,2024

Summer Exhibition

Philip Bacon Galleries

New Farm | Australia

Dec 05,2023 - Feb 10,2024

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Articles

In the Shadow of APY Saga, Australia’s Richest Indigenous Art Prize Still Shines

Sydney Morning Herald 25/08/2023

Another hot August night in Darwin, another National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.

Opening Weekend of 'Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia' Now Underway at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

ArtDaily 30/07/2023

With over 150 works from 1890 to today, Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia at the Auckland Art Gallery is the largest overview of art by First Peoples of Australia to be presented in Aotearoa.

Sale of Indigenous Art Expected to Fetch up to $3.9 Million at New York Auction

Sydney Morning Herald 13/12/2019

A blockbuster year for Indigenous art in America, which has featured exhibits in several of the country's best known galleries, is culminating in the first major auction of Indigenous art in the United States.

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