Wandjuk Marika Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Wandjuk Marika Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 03, 2024
Wandjuk Marika (circa 1930-1987) Untitled (irregular)
Est: $400 - $600
Wandjuk Marika (circa 1930-1987) Untitled natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 100.0 x 37.0cm (39 3/8 x 14 9/16in). (irregular)
Bonhams
Mar. 24, 2024
WANDJUK DJUWAKAN MARIKA, OBE (1927-1987), Wandjuk's Mother's Dreaming, natural pigment on bark, with copy of collection note and comprehensive description
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
WANDJUK DJUWAKAN MARIKA, OBE (1927-1987), Wandjuk's Mother's Dreaming, natural pigment on bark, with copy of collection note and comprehensive description, 48 x 25cm, 66 x 42cm overall PROVENANCE: Collected by Margaret & Tony Tuckson, Yirrkala, 1959
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
Oct. 24, 2023
WANDJUK MARIKA EARTH PIGMENTS ON BARK
Est: $250 - $350
WANDJUK MARIKA (Australia, 1927-1987) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, "Manda the Octopus." Signed verso, label attached verso with title and description, 7.25" x 15.75".
O'Gallerie
Jul. 31, 2023
Roy Marika "Wandjuk", , Goannna, Natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $500 - $800
Roy Marika "Wandjuk" Goannna Natural earth pigments on bark
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Jul. 11, 2023
WANDJUK MARIKA EARTH PIGMENTS ON EUCALYPTUS BARK
Est: $500 - $700
WANDJUK MARIKA (Australia, 1927-1987) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, "Manda the Octopus." Signed verso, label attached verso with title and description, 7.25" x 15.75".
O'Gallerie
May. 22, 2023
Roy Marika "Wandjuk", , Four Birds, Natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $250 - $350
Roy Marika "Wandjuk" Four Birds Natural earth pigments on bark
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
May. 22, 2023
Roy Marika "Wandjuk", , Goannna, Natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $700 - $1,000
Roy Marika "Wandjuk" Goannna Natural earth pigments on bark
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 20, 2023
Roy Marika "Wandjuk", , Turtle, Natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $500 - $800
Roy Marika "Wandjuk" Turtle Natural earth pigments on bark
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 20, 2023
Roy Marika "Wandjuk", , Two Fish, Natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $200 - $400
Roy Marika "Wandjuk" Two Fish Natural earth pigments on bark
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 20, 2023
Roy Marika "Wandjuk", , Four Birds, Natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $400 - $600
Roy Marika "Wandjuk" Four Birds Natural earth pigments on bark
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 20, 2023
Roy Marika "Wandjuk", , Goannna, Natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Roy Marika "Wandjuk" Goannna Natural earth pigments on bark
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Dec. 07, 2022
MARIKA Wandjuk 1927-1987 Histoire de chasse de l'ile de de Bremer / Hunting Story Bremer Island Ocre naturelle sur écorce d'eucalypt.
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
MARIKA Wandjuk 1927-1987 Histoire de chasse de l'ile de de Bremer / Hunting Story Bremer Island Ocre naturelle sur écorce d'eucalyptus Code S223A h: 132,50 w: 40 cm Provenance : YIrrkala (territoire du nord) Collection Massimo Campigli, Saint-Tropez Collection privée, France, par descendance Expositions : Exposition numéro 10 sur étiquette dactylographiée à la main Commentaire : Un certificat collé au dos de l'écorce Ochre on eucalyptus bark Wandjuk était renommé pour être un artiste important mais également comme homme politique très actif contre les activités des compagnies minières australiennes qui exploitaient les terres des aborigènes. Il a été nommé officier de l'ordre de l'Empire Britannique en 1979. Sur le certificat, fixé au dos de l'oeuvre et tapé à la machine, il y a l'histoire de cette peinture. Un jour un homme est assis et pense à ce qu'il pourrait faire. Il pense qu'il pourrait aller chasser pour le diner. Sur le chemin il rencontre un ami avec qui il va aller chasser. Sonami a déjà attrapé trois serpents. Ils rencontrent deux femmes et ils décident de faire un diner et de cuire les trois serpents. Ils complètent le diner en allant chasser deux lézards (goanna). Ils allèrent tous dormir après le repas. Le lendemain matin, les hommes proposent aux femmes de rester sur le campement le temps qu'ils aillent chasser des tortues. Ils n'en attrapèrent qu'une seule et la font à diner avec les femmes restées sous un arbre à les attendre avant d'aller dormir. Ils laissèrent ensuite les deux femmes et allèrent pêcher pour eux même et attrapèrent six poissons. Ils en cuisinèrent un pour le manger. L'écorce comporte des trous de fixation et des fissures. Wandjuk was known as important artist as well as a political activist who protested against mining activities on Aboriginal Land. He was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1979. Typewritten Label on verso reads «One day a man is sitting by a tree thinking of what he can do, and he thinks «I'll go hunting for my dinner». On the way he finds a friend and they go hunting together. His friend already has three snakes and soon they find two women and they decide they will cook the snakes and all eat together. They all go on together and find two goannas which they eat. Then it is time for sleep, so they sleep there together. The next morning the men told the women to stay while they go hunting for turtles. They only got one turtle and they bring it back and find the women sitting under the tree, so they cook and eat the turtle and sleep again. Then the leave the two girls and go fishing by themselves, and catch six fish and one fish which they cook together and eat» Some nail holes are present, some cracks. Estimation 3 000 - 5 000 €
Artcurial
Apr. 11, 2022
WANDJUK MARIKA (c.1930-1987) The Djanggawul Legend 1967 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
WANDJUK MARIKA (c.1930-1987) The Djanggawul Legend 1967 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist's name and Avant Galleries cat. no. A33 96 x 53.5cm PROVENANCE: Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991
Leonard Joel
Mar. 17, 2021
WANDJUK MARIKA, DJUNGGAWAK AT PORT BRADSHAW, c.1963
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
WANDJUK MARIKA (1927 – 1987) DJUNGGAWAK AT PORT BRADSHAW, c.1963 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 110.0 x 48.0 cm (irregular) bears inscription verso: artist’s name, language group 'Riratjinga' together with a description of the story depicted on old label PROVENANCE Painted in the Yirrkala region of North-East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory Gary Bradley, Victoria Thence by descent Private collection, Victoria ESSAY The stretch of rolling sand dunes at Yalangbara (Port Bradshaw) where the apical ancestors of the Dhuwa moiety, the Djang’kawu, landed after their voyage from the east, is the main sacred site of the Wandjuk Marika’s clan, the Rirratjingu. Here, the Djang’kawu women drove their digging sticks into the ground to create freshwater wells and they gave birth to the first human beings. The first creatures they encountered and named were the sacred goanna Djanda and the bush turkey Buwata. Wandjuk has depicted the bush turkeys in pairs wandering across the landscape in search of food; their tracks are clearly visible. The Djanda are associated with fertility and images of the goannas may symbolise the Djang’kawu sisters themselves. In Port Bradshaw two goannas are depicted copulating while others are shown on the sand dunes of Yalangbara. As the goannas climb the dunes, lines of sand trickle down from their claws creating the distinctive Rirratjingu clan design that appears as blocks of parallel cross-hatched patterning. Related paintings by Wandjuk Marika in public collections that feature Djanda and Buwata include Djang’kawu story, 1964, in the collection of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory;1 and Sunset, 1982, in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.2 1. Marika, B. and West, M., (ed.), Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu, Darwin: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2008, p. 96 (illus.) 2. Caruana, W. (ed), Windows on the Dreaming: Aboriginal Paintings in the Australian National Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Canberra and Ellsyd Press, Sydney, 1989, plate 64, p. 113 (illus.) WALLY CARUANA © Wandjuk Marika/Copyright Agency, 2021
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 04, 2019
WANDJUK MARIKA (BORN 1927-1987)
Est: £200 - £400
WANDJUK MARIKA (BORN 1927-1987) Aboriginal natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Marker pen verso 56 x 30cm.
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 17, 2019
Wandjuk Marika (1927-1987) Porpoises Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Wandjuk Marika (1927-1987) Porpoises Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Inscribed with artist's name verso The Evatt Collection of Aboriginal Art & Sculpture, Bonhams, Sydney 24 November 2013 Lot 188 Corporate Collection, Sydney 75 x 33 cm
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Jul. 27, 2017
Wandjuk Marika (1927 - 1987) - Snakes and Lizard, 1965 52 x 23cm
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Wandjuk Marika (1927 - 1987) Snakes and Lizard, 1965 ochre on bark 52 x 23cm Yirrkala Aboriginal Art label verso
Lawsons
Jun. 15, 2017
Wandjuk Marika (1927 - 1987) - Snakes and Lizard, 1965 52 x 23cm
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Wandjuk Marika (1927 - 1987) Snakes and Lizard, 1965 ochre on bark 52 x 23cm Yirrkala Aboriginal Art label verso
Lawsons
Jun. 10, 2017
WANDJUK MARIKA (ABORIGINE, 1927-1987) SACRED WELL OF MIRIRMINA Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark: 20 x 15 1/4 in.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WANDJUK MARIKA (ABORIGINE, 1927-1987) SACRED WELL OF MIRIRMINA Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark: 20 x 15 1/4 in. Framed; verso label
Potomack Company
May. 10, 2017
WANDJUK MARIKA, (1927 – 1987), DJANGKAWU CREATION STORY, 1964, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
WANDJUK MARIKA, (1927 – 1987), DJANGKAWU CREATION STORY, 1964, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark SIGNED: bears inscription verso: cat. P23 and cat. N9 bears inscription on label verso: artist’s name, title, date and a description of the story depicted DIMENSIONS: 91.0 x 42.0 cm PROVENANCE: Painted in the Yirrkala region of North East Arnhem Land Yirrkala Aboriginal Arts, Yirrkala (label attached verso) Private collection Sotheby’s, 30 July 1990, Melbourne, cat. 7 Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett
Feb. 26, 2017
WANDJUK MARIKA (1927-1987) Warramiri 1978 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
WANDJUK MARIKA (1927-1987) Warramiri 1978 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist''s name and date and story description label 125 x 68cm PROVENANCE: Jim Davidson, Melbourne 1976
Leonard Joel
Oct. 15, 2016
WANDJUK MARIKA AUSTRALIAN/ABORIGINAL 1927-1987
Est: $300 - $600
Sacred Well of Mirirmina, oil on wood panel, 20 1/4 x 15 3/4 in (51.4 x 40 cm), titled verso
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
May. 25, 2016
WUNDJUK MARIKA, (1927 1987), DJANDA (GOANNAS), 1964, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
WUNDJUK MARIKA, (1927 1987), DJANDA (GOANNAS), 1964, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark DIMENSIONS: 44.5 x 21.0 cm PROVENANCE: Jim Davidson, Melbourne, acquired from Yirrkala, North East Arnhem Land c.1965 Private collection, Melbourne The bark painting is of two sacred goannas known as Djanda and are part of the Djankawu creation story. The Djankawu were the creators. They created waterholes, flora and fauna, and the people of the Dhuwa Moiety
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 21, 2016
WANDJUK MARIKA AUSTRALIAN/ABORIGINAL 1927-1987
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Sacred Well of Mirirmina, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 20 1/4 x 15 3/4 in (51.4 x 40 cm), titled verso
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Aug. 28, 2014
Wandjuk Marika Aboriginal Fish Bark Painting
Est: $200 - $400
Aboriginal bark painting by Wandjuk Marika (1927-1987), one of Australia's great Yolnu (Aboriginal) statesmen, artist, religious leader, poet, singer and dreamer, died in 1987 and in accordance with Aboriginal protocol, his name, words and image were closed until 1995. This 13" x 9" piece depicts a multitude of fish. Weighs less than 1 lb. Signed.
J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
Dec. 08, 2011
Marika Banjuk (Wandjuk) (1927-1987) Walu gu Guyamala 1987 woodblock 14/20
Est: $100 - $200
Marika Banjuk (Wandjuk) (1927-1987) Walu gu Guyamala 1987 woodblock 14/20 29 x 20.5cm
Leonard Joel
Oct. 14, 2009
WUNDJUK MARIKA Djanda (Goannas), 1960s natural
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WUNDJUK MARIKA Djanda (Goannas), 1960s natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 50.0 x 27.0 cm (irregular)
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 22, 2006
WANDJUK MARIKA (CIRCA 1930 - 1987) - Djankawul, 1979
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WANDJUK MARIKA (CIRCA 1930 - 1987) Djankawul, 1979 natural earth pigments on bark 59 x 37 cm Provenance: Private Collection, WA
Lawsons