JIMMY NJIMINJUMA Paintings & Artwork for Sale | JIMMY NJIMINJUMA Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 28, 2024
Jimmy Njiminjuma (1947-2004) Jill Djalburrburr (b.1955), Mann River District Arnhem Land , Mangalerrek (Lover's Grass Necklace), Leptocsarpus Spathaceus grass, bees wax, red ochre & white pipe clay
Est: $300 - $500
Jimmy Njiminjuma (1947-2004) Jill Djalburrburr (b.1955) Mann River District Arnhem Land Mangalerrek (Lover's Grass Necklace) Leptocsarpus Spathaceus grass, bees wax, red ochre & white pipe clay
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Jun. 06, 2023
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, KURRURLDUL, 2004
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945 - 2004) KURRURLDUL, 2004 natural earth pigments with PVC fixative on stringybark (Eucalyptus tetradonta) 137.5 x 43.0 cm (irregular) bears inscription verso: artist’s name, medium, size and Maningrida Arts and Culture cat. 500/04 PROVENANCE Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory (label attached verso) Private collection, Melbourne This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture which states: ’In this painting Njiminjuma has depicted a sacred site at Kurrurldul, his outstation south of Maningrida. The rarrk, or abstract cross hatching, on this work represents the site at Kurrurldul which today is associated with the crow totem ancestor called Djimarr, who exists in the form of a rock which is permanently submerged at the bottom of Kurrurldul Creek. The site is also associated with one point in the journey of ngalyod, the rainbow serpent. However, this painting depicts the site before the arrival of wakwak or ngalyod. Wakwak is often depicted in painting with circles which represent the rocks at Kurrurldul creek, while ngalyod is often represented by the kinds of plants associated with her: water lilies in particular. © Jimmy Njiminjuma/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery This work is in very good, stable and near original condition. There is a very minor vertical hairline crack of 4cm running down from the top right corner which is barely discernible, inherent to the nature of materials and bark support and are not visually distracting.
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 06, 2023
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, WAKWAK, 2003
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945 - 2004) WAKWAK, 2003 natural earth pigments with PVC fixative on stringybark (Eucalyptus tetradonta) 169.0 x 50.0 cm (irregular) bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title, medium, size and Maningrida Arts and Culture cat. 5299/03 PROVENANCE Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory Collection of James Smeaton, Melbourne RELATED WORK Wakwak (Crow Dreaming Site), 2000, natural pigments on eucalyptus bark, 105.5 x 61.0 cm, in the collection of The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture which states: ’In this painting Njiminjuma has depicted a sacred site at ’Kurrurldul’, his outstation south of Maningrida. The ’rarrk’, or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called ’Djimarr’. Today this being exists in the form of a rock, which is permanently submerged at the bottom of Kurrurldul Creek. The ’Djimarr’ rock in the stream at Kurrurldul is said to move around and call out in a soft hooting tone at night. Both the stone itself and the area around it are considered sacred. The imagery represents the crow in three different domains. Most simply it is the black crow ’wak wak’ and the ancestral form of this bird called djimarr. At the same time, the image represents the rock mentioned above, which is the final transmutation of the dreaming ancestor ’Djimarr’. Finally, the pattern used here is also the crow design used in the sacred ’Mardayin’ ceremony, which is a large regional patrimoiety ceremony now rarely conducted in central and eastern Arnhem Iand.’ © Jimmy Njiminjuma/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery This work is in very good, stable and near original condition. There two vertical hairline surface cracks of 33cm and 39cm running down from the top centre edge and a very minor hairline crack of 34 cm running though the round element at the centre of the painting These are barely discernible, inherent to the nature of materials and bark support and are not visually distracting.
Deutscher and Hackett
Apr. 04, 2023
Jimmy Njiminjuma (1945-2004) Ngalyod The Rainbow Serpent, c.2002
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Jimmy Njiminjuma (1945-2004) Ngalyod The Rainbow Serpent, c.2002 inscribed verso with artist's name, title and consignment number PLU3402 natural earth pigments on paper 103.0 x 75.5cm (40 9/16 x 29 3/4in).
Bonhams
Dec. 15, 2022
§ JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, UNTITLED, NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON PAPER, 105 X 74.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 137 X 105CM PROVENANCE: FRAMED ART GALL...
Est: $1,400 - $2,800
§ JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, UNTITLED, NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON PAPER, 105 X 74.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 137 X 105CM PROVENANCE: FRAMED ART GALLERY, DARWIN, PRIVATE COLLECTION, 2014
Leonard Joel
Nov. 24, 2022
§ JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, UNTITLED, NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON PAPER, 105 X 74.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 137 X 105CM PROVENANCE: FRAMED ART GALL...
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
§ JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, UNTITLED, NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON PAPER, 105 X 74.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 137 X 105CM PROVENANCE: FRAMED ART GALLERY, DARWIN, PRIVATE COLLECTION, 2014
Leonard Joel
Dec. 16, 2021
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945 - 2004) Untitled, 1985 ochre and natural pigments on bark 55 x 25,5 cm (irregular) inscribed and dated verso
Est: $800 - $1,200
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945 - 2004) Untitled, 1985 ochre and natural pigments on bark 55 x 25,5 cm (irregular) inscribed and dated verso
Lawsons
Jul. 15, 2020
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, NGALYOD – RAINBOW SERPENT, 1989
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
THE PETER AND RENATE NAHUM COLLECTION OF ABORIGINAL ART, LONDON JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945 – 2004) NGALYOD – RAINBOW SERPENT, 1989 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 139.5 x 57.5 cm (irregular) bears inscription verso: cat. NJA101 PROVENANCE Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Maningrida, Northern Territory Private collection, Queensland Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 27 June 2000, lot 412 The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London
Deutscher and Hackett
Jul. 15, 2020
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, NAMARRKON – LIGHTNING SPIRIT, 1991
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
THE PETER AND RENATE NAHUM COLLECTION OF ABORIGINAL ART, LONDON JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945 – 2004) NAMARRKON – LIGHTNING SPIRIT, 1991 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 160.0 x 64.0 cm (irregular) bears inscription verso: Maningrida Arts and Crafts cat. NJA91 PROVENANCE Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Maningrida, Northern Territory (certificate of authenticity attached verso) Private collection, Darwin Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 27 June 2000, lot 309 The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Maningrida, Northern Territory.
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 04, 2019
Â Jimmy Njiminjuma (1947- 2004) Njalyod - Rainbow Serpent 1981
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Jimmy Njiminjuma lived with his father Anchor Galuma, at Mumeka outstation during his youth. He was taught to paint in a traditional style by his father and uncle, Peter Marralwanga. Both of his primary mentors were renowned cave and bark painters. During the 1980s Njiminjuma took a primary role in teaching his younger brother John Mawurndjurl the art of bark painting. In this striking bark, Nalyod - The Rainbow Serpent is shown at Minmilgan, a site for Dhuwa moeity tribesmen of the Gungurulg and Gunbordo clans. The site is its spiritual home. Here Nalyod is said to be responsible for the increase of tubers called manbordbak. The serpent is described as 'a mother one'. Only senior men may approach the site. It is said that several generations ago a man and woman were killed by the Serpent for gathering the tubers close to the sacred spring where he resides.
Cooee Art
Jun. 04, 2019
Â Jimmy Njiminjuma (1947- 2004) Namarrkon the Lightning Spirit 1994
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Jimmy Njiminjuma lived with his father Anchor Galuma, at Mumeka outstation during his youth. He was taught to paint in a traditional style by his father and uncle, Peter Marralwanga, both renowned cave and bark painters. During the 1980s, Njiminjuma took a primary role in teaching his younger brother John Mawurndjurl the art of bark painting. In the Kuninjku tradition of Western Arnhem Land, Namarnkon - The Lightning Spirit is painted on cave walls and on bark in the form of a Ngaldjurr - Leichardt's grasshopper (which it is said to have made). The species emerges, mates and is most active and visible between October and December when there are intense electrical storms. Ngaldjurr is then said to be looking for Namarnkon which strikes out with the stone axes that protrude from its joints. The lines circling Namarnkon link his head to his loins and are said to be lightning bolts. The Liverpool River is a Dreaming site for the Lightning Spirit. In Kuninjuku mythology, a lightning man created a huge storm that threatened the lives of humans. A lightning woman, his classificatory 'cousin', grabbed him to calm him down. Their relationship was one of strict avoidance, and he immediately withdrew into silence and allowed the humans to live. So it is today when a man is fighting. He will become quiet if his cousin tries to restrain him.
Cooee Art
Jul. 30, 2018
§ JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945-2004) Wak Wak natural earth pigments on arches paper
Est: $2,800 - $3,500
§ JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945-2004) Wak Wak natural earth pigments on arches paper 105.0 x 74.0 cm
Leonard Joel
May. 25, 2016
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, (1945 2004), WAKWAK, 2000, natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on eucalyptus bark
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA, (1945 2004), WAKWAK, 2000, natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on eucalyptus bark SIGNED: bears inscription on Maningrida Arts and Culture label verso: artists name, title, language group, location and cat. 16542000BP DIMENSIONS: 101.0 x 40.0 cm PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory (labels attached verso) Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney Milton and Alma Roxanas, Sydney Bonhams, The Collection of Milton and Alma Roxanas, Sydney, 11 May 2014, lot 121 (label attached verso) The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane This work is accompanied by a certificate from Maningrida Arts and Culture which states: In this painting Njiminjuma has depicted a sacred site at Kurrurldul, his outstation south of Maningrida. The Rarrk, or abstract cross hatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called Djimarr. Today this being exists in the form of a rock which is permanently submerged at the bottom of Kurrurldul Creek. The imagery represents the crow in three different domains. Most simply it is the black crow wak and the ancestral form of this bird called djimarr. At the same time, the image represents the rock mentioned above, which is the final transmutation of the dreaming ancestor djimarr. Finally, the pattern used here is also the crow design used in the sacred Mardayin ceremony which is a large regional patrimoiety ceremony now rarely conducted in central and eastern Arnhem Land.
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 12, 2014
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (born circa 1945) Three Mimihs,
Est: -
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (born circa 1945) Three Mimihs, c.1984
Bonhams
Mar. 26, 2014
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA and HALEEMA DJORLOM 1945 - 2004 and unknown, LORRKON, 2003, natural earth pigments on hardwood hollow log
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA and HALEEMA DJORLOM 1945 - 2004 and unknown, LORRKON, 2003, natural earth pigments on hardwood hollow log DIMENSIONS: 148.0 cm height PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory (cat. 692-03) Private collection, Adelaide NOTES: This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture which states: 'The Lorrkon or bone pole coffin ceremony was the final ceremony in a sequence of mortuary rituals celebrated by the people of Arnhem Land. This ceremony involves the placing of the deceased's bones into a hollow log which was decorated with painted clan designs and ceremonially placed into the ground where it remained until it slowly decayed over many years.'
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 26, 2013
Jimmy Njiminjuma (1947-2004) Buluwana, 2003 Ocres
Est: CHF1,200 - CHF1,800
Jimmy Njiminjuma (1947-2004) Buluwana, 2003 Ocres naturelles sur écorce 90 x 33.5 cm (Cat.N°JIN 03 004) woomang7455 JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1947 - 2004) Buluwana, 2003 Ocres naturelles sur écorce. 90x33,5 cm.
Koller Auctions
Nov. 22, 2012
Jimmy Njiminjuma Wilmor the barramundi natural
Est: $400 - $600
Jimmy Njiminjuma Wilmor the barramundi natural earth pigments on bark 62.5 x 30 cm
Mossgreen Auctions
Jun. 06, 2012
Jimmy Njiminjuma The Rocks of Delebang Crow
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Jimmy Njiminjuma The Rocks of Delebang Crow Dreaming, 1997 * natural earth pigments on bark 119 x 56 cm
Mossgreen Auctions
May. 18, 2011
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA NGARRT - SHORT-NECKED FRESHWATER
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA NGARRT - SHORT-NECKED FRESHWATER TORTOISE 129.5 x 74.0 cm natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Deutscher and Hackett
Jul. 26, 2010
Jimmy Njiminjuma, circa 1947-2004, UNTITLED
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Jimmy Njiminjuma, circa 1947-2004, UNTITLED natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 66 BY 54CM Provenance: Painted in Western Arnhem Land Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory Private collection
Smith & Singer
Jul. 21, 2010
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA Mardayn Landscape, c1990 natural
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA Mardayn Landscape, c1990 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 68.5 x 29.0 cm (irregular)
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 14, 2009
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA Wak Wak, 2002 natural earth
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA Wak Wak, 2002 natural earth pigments with PVC fixative on eucalyptus bark 165.0 x 60.0 cm (irregular)
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 15, 2005
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA 1947-2004
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
MARDAYIN LANDSCAPE C.1990 MEASUREMENTS 67 by 29.5 cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Sotheby's
Nov. 15, 2005
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA 1947-2004
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
RAINBOW SERPENT 1982 MEASUREMENTS 79 by 57.5 cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark PROVENANCE Private collection, Melbourne Sold with a photocopy of the original cataloguing card from Oenpelli
Sotheby's
Nov. 15, 2005
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA 1947-2004
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
YAWK YAWK C.1990 MEASUREMENTS 79.5 by 27.7 cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Sotheby's
Jul. 25, 2005
JIMMY NJIMINJUMA 1947-2004 LORRKON HOLLOW LOG 1990
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Natural earth pigments on carved hardwood Provenance
Sotheby's