Thancoupie Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Thancoupie Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 21, 2024
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE, (1937 - 2011), Dream Egg, incised and hand-painted ceramic, 13 x 10 x 10 cm. (5.1 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937 - 2011) Dream Egg incised and hand-painted ceramic unsigned
Lawsons
Sep. 12, 2024
TWO SMALL EARTHENWARE INCISED POTS BY GLORIA THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (A/F - HAIRLINE TO ONE), H.6.5CM (TALLEST), LEONARD JOEL DELIVER...
Est: $500 - $700
TWO SMALL EARTHENWARE INCISED POTS BY GLORIA THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (A/F - HAIRLINE TO ONE), H.6.5CM (TALLEST), LEONARD JOEL DELIVERY SIZE: SMALL
Leonard Joel
Aug. 27, 2024
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Bowl, c.1981 diameter: 33.0cm (12 13/16in).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Bowl, c.1981 signed to base: 'Thancoupie' stoneware bowl with slip oxide decoration on incised design diameter: 33.0cm (12 13/16in).
Bonhams
Aug. 27, 2024
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Mural, c.1981 (overall)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Mural, c.1981 forty-two glazed stoneware tiles with slip and oxide decoration on incised design 88.0 x 111.0cm (34 5/8 x 43 11/16in). (overall)
Bonhams
Aug. 27, 2024
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1979 height: 30.0cm (11 13/16in).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1979 incised with signature to base: 'Thancoupie *' stoneware bowl with slip oxide decoration on incised design height: 30.0cm (11 13/16in).
Bonhams
Aug. 27, 2024
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1986 height: 32.0cm (11 13/16in) including stand
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1986 incised with signature to base: 'Thancoupie *' stoneware bowl with slip oxide decoration on incised design, ring stand of natural woollen fibre height: 32.0cm (11 13/16in) including stand
Bonhams
Aug. 27, 2024
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, c.1981 height: 34.0cm (13 3/8in).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, c.1981 incised with signature to base: 'Thancoupie *' stoneware bowl with slip oxide decoration on incised design height: 34.0cm (13 3/8in).
Bonhams
Jul. 30, 2024
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE, UNTITLED (WIDE BOWL AND TWO SMALL DISHES)
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937 – 2011) UNTITLED (WIDE BOWL AND TWO SMALL DISHES) hand–built stoneware decorated with slip and oxide incised designs 35.0 x 7.5 cm (wide bowl) 12.5 x 4.0 cm (small dish) 11.0 x 4.0 cm (small dish) signed on the base: Thancoupie PROVENANCE Collection of the artist, Cairns Private collection, Geelong, a gift from the artist in 2001 © Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie/Copyright Agency 2024 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 24, 2024
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration adorned with a bird, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 36cm wide
Est: $1,200 - $2,000
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration adorned with a bird, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 36cm wide
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
Mar. 24, 2024
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 34cm wide
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 34cm wide
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
Mar. 05, 2024
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie - Story Pots, c.1989
Est: $4,500 - $8,500
The primary focus throughout Thancoupieâs distinguished career has been on the âobject as artâ. Her naturalistic forms, the methods of making them, and the incised decoration that adorns the surface, relate these objects directly to traditional ways of story telling. (Newstead, 2003). Her forms are created by building with slabs and using the concave surfaces of her own body, her knees and elbows to push the walls of clay in to free-form shapes. Large spheres and âeggsâ are created using semi circular moulds as a template and then building upon the shapes created with small pieces of clay from the inside out as the walls rear up from the mould. Thancoupieâs surface decoration, in which Thainkuith legends and totemic creatures are illustrated by grooving the surface, demonstrates the connection between her work and traditional sand drawing (Watson, 1999). Her sculptural pieces assert the three dimensional quality common to Australian Indigenous painting by which it differs from the European concept of painting as a two dimensional activity. In her work important Dreaming narratives, for generations held precariously in song and living memory are encoded alchemically in rock-like permanence from the numinous materials of clay and pigment. In creating this visual language, combining the ceramic shape with the etched surface decoration, she has produced pots of great beauty and, in the process, has become regarded as one of Australiaâs great artists.
Cooee Art
Nov. 25, 2023
THANCOUPIE Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011), Stoneware Egg, H15cm,
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
THANCOUPIE, Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011) Stoneware Egg Incised iron oxide decoration and signature. H15cm
Davidson Auctions
Sep. 13, 2022
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (Egg) stoneware with oxide decoration
Est: $2,500 - $4,500
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (Egg) stoneware with oxide decoration incised signature to base: Thancoupie 15.5 x 13 x 12cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Queensland OTHER NOTES: © Thancoupie/Copyright Agency, 2022
Leonard Joel
Nov. 29, 2020
THANCOUPIE Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011), Free-form Earthenware Vessel., , H26cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
THANCOUPIE, Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011) Free-form Earthenware Vessel. Incised Storyline shapes, glazed with black iron oxide. Incised 'Thancoupie [with device]' to base. Potting fissures to base. H26cm
Davidson Auctions
Mar. 17, 2020
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Love Magic Egg stoneware
Est: $2,500 - $4,500
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Love Magic Egg stoneware signed: Thancoupie 18cm (length) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie/Copyright Agency 2020
Leonard Joel
May. 31, 2018
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) - Untitled l.69 x w.22cm
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) Untitled natural earth pigment on bark l.69 x w.22cm unsigned
Lawsons
May. 29, 2018
Fish 'Egg'
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Gloria Fletcher, Thancoupie, is widely credited as having been one of the founders of Australiaâs Indigenous ceramic art movement. Born in Weipa, FNQ, of Thaynakwith ancestry, she was initially influenced by Japanese functional ware, she went on to develop a unique style of hand-built ceramics in forms that were more closely drawn from nature. Working initially with teacher Shiga Shigeo, her art practice evolved as she met and mix with people in the wider artistic world. These friendships influenced her artistic practice and created opportunities for her to exhibit with the best artists, sculptors and craft-makers as a contemporary artist, rather than an Aboriginal Australian artist. In 1983 she visited Sao Paulo as Australiaâs Cultural Commissioner to the 17th Biennale and her works subsequently toured Brazil and Mexico and later were included in the Portsmouth Festival in the UK. The primary focus throughout Thancoupieâs distinguished career was on the âobject as artâ. Thancoupie produced pots of great beauty and, in the process, became regarded as one of Australiaâs great artists. Her creative influence can be compared to that of the Native American Pueblo artist Maria Martinez, in that it has provided the impetus for the development of the Indigenous ceramic art movement in this country. Yet her prime motivation was steadfastly a personal one serving only to strengthen her intimate relationship with her own Thaynakwith culture. Throughout the last 30 years of her life, Thancoupie mentored aspiring artists from communities in Far North Queensland, Arnhem Land, the desert and the Tiwi Islands while creating an enduring and profound body of work as her ultimate legacy.
Cooee Art
May. 29, 2018
Pot
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
Gloria Fletcher, Thancoupie, is widely credited as having been one of the founders of Australiaâs Indigenous ceramic art movement. Born in Weipa, FNQ, of Thaynakwith ancestry, she was initially influenced by Japanese functional ware, she went on to develop a unique style of hand-built ceramics in forms that were more closely drawn from nature. Working initially with teacher Shiga Shigeo, her art practice evolved as she met and mix with people in the wider artistic world. These friendships influenced her artistic practice and created opportunities for her to exhibit with the best artists, sculptors and craft-makers as a contemporary artist, rather than an Aboriginal Australian artist. In 1983 she visited Sao Paulo as Australiaâs Cultural Commissioner to the 17th Biennale and her works subsequently toured Brazil and Mexico and later were included in the Portsmouth Festival in the UK. The primary focus throughout Thancoupieâs distinguished career was on the âobject as artâ. Thancoupie produced pots of great beauty and, in the process, became regarded as one of Australiaâs great artists. Her creative influence can be compared to that of the Native American Pueblo artist Maria Martinez, in that it has provided the impetus for the development of the Indigenous ceramic art movement in this country. Yet her prime motivation was steadfastly a personal one serving only to strengthen her intimate relationship with her own Thaynakwith culture. Throughout the last 30 years of her life, Thancoupie mentored aspiring artists from communities in Far North Queensland, Arnhem Land, the desert and the Tiwi Islands while creating an enduring and profound body of work as her ultimate legacy.
Cooee Art
Mar. 08, 2018
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware signed at base: Thancoupie 12 x 13 x 7cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Feb. 27, 2018
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)
Est: $700 - $900
Shallow Form, c. 1972, hand built ceramic with slip and iron oxide glaze on moulded relief design Provenance: Volta house, Alexandra Lane, Sydney, Private Collection, NSW
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 30, 2017
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011), Thaynakwith language group Untitled
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011), Thaynakwith language group Untitled GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011), Thaynakwith language group Untitled stoneware with slip and oxide, 38.0 cm height , , Acquired from the artist, private collection, Sydney
Menzies
Nov. 28, 2017
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware signed at base: Thancoupie 12 x 13 x 7cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Nov. 09, 2017
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (b. 1937) STONEWARE BOTTLE VASE
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (b. 1937) STONEWARE BOTTLE VASE Stoneware slip and oxide decoration on incised and raised design, signed in both monogram and signature to base
Leonard Joel
Sep. 19, 2017
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Small Vessel, handbuilt stoneware with striated body and brushed iron oxide glaze on incised grooved motif designs to front, signed to base 'Thancoupie', height 12 cm
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 20, 2016
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011) Untitled (Pot) handbuilt stoneware with slip and oxide glaze, goanna and snake grooved designs, artist's signature inclised near base 'Thancoupie *' (A/F) height 28 cm
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jul. 21, 2016
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) (2 works) - Love Magic Egg and Stoneware Pot h. 10cm, & 12 x 11cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) (2 works) Love Magic Egg and Stoneware Pot earthenware h. 10cm, & 12 x 11cm signed on base
Lawsons
Oct. 29, 2013
Gloria Thancoupie 1937-2011 LOVE MAGIC EGG stoneware
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Gloria Thancoupie 1937-2011 LOVE MAGIC EGG stoneware signed 'Thancoupie' 16 X 13 X 13CM PROVENANCE Private Collection, United States of America PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Smith & Singer
Oct. 15, 2012
Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1980s) stoneware with slip and oxide
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1980s) stoneware with slip and oxide signed 'Thancoupie*' at the base 26 X 26CM PROVENANCE Executed at Trinity Beach, Cairns Gift of the artist Private Collection, Queensland By descent Private Collection, Queensland PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, QUEENSLAND
Smith & Singer
Aug. 22, 2012
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot hand built earthenware, slip and oxide decoration on incised designs height 34 cm, diameter 34 cm
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 18, 2011
Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1982) stoneware with slip and oxide
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1982) stoneware with slip and oxide 30CM HIGH PROVENANCE Executed at Trinity Beach, Cairns, Queensland Private Collection, Sydney Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's, Sydney, 29 July 2003, Lot 356, illustrated Private Collection, New South Wales 'Thancoupie comes from the township of Weipa, north of Aurukun, and is one of Australia's leading ceramicists. She developed her skills in pottery in Sydney but has practised as a potter for many years in north Queensland. The circular forms of her pots are said to relate to the fire-hardened clay balls that were used to conserve and trade pigments for use in ritual. Her pots, with their deeply incised designs, draw on traditional mythological themes from her Thanaquith culture' (1). 1. Howard Morphy, Aboriginal Art, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, p. 351
Smith & Singer
Mar. 19, 2011
Thancoupie, Gloria Fletcher (Australian (Aboriginal) b.1937)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Thancoupie, Gloria Fletcher (Australian (Aboriginal) b.1937). Large Stoneware Bowl Circa 1978-1980. Central carved and raised outline of Chivaree (the seagull man), with incised alternating fish around border, natural formed rim, barium blue over iron ox
Davidson Auctions
Oct. 14, 2009
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE Untitled hand-built
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE Untitled hand-built stoneware with incised designs decorated with slip and oxide 24.0 cm height
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 20, 2008
GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE , BORN 1937 AROUGH THE EMU AND KURIGAN THE BROLGA Ceramic mural
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Ceramic mural
Sotheby's
Oct. 31, 2006
THANCOUPIE
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
BORN 1937 UNTITLED (TOTEM POLE) UNTITLED (TOTEM POLE) height: 96 cm Earthenware PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist Private collection, Queensland
Sotheby's
Nov. 15, 2005
THANCOUPIE (GLORIA FLETCHER) BORN CIRCA 1937
Est: $400 - $600
UNTITLED C.1969 MEASUREMENTS 39.7 by 30cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark PROVENANCE Collected at Weipa, Cape York Peninsula Private collection, Queensland
Sotheby's
Jul. 26, 2004
THANCOUPIE BORN CIRCA 1937 GUIREE - THE FLYING FOXES 2000 height: 33 5 cm Raku clay stoneware pot, manganese and iron decoration Provenance: Executed in the artist's studio at Trinity Beach, Far North Queensland Exhibited: Thancoupie, Brisbane City
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
THANCOUPIE BORN CIRCA 1937 GUIREE - THE FLYING FOXES 2000 height: 33 5 cm Raku clay stoneware pot, manganese and iron decoration Provenance: Executed in the artist's studio at Trinity Beach, Far North Queensland Exhibited: Thancoupie, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, 2001 and Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns 2001 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, September 2001 Literature: Thancoupie, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane 2001, illus. p.1 According to accompanying documentation, 'The story concerns two boys who stole flying foxes from some hunters. The men slept while they cooked flying foxes in the ground oven. Flying fox meat is taboo for uninitiated youths. The sky suddenly filled with flying foxes as they carried the boys into the stars. Today they are the Gemini twins and remind the young people to respect the tribal laws and their elders'. An image of this work featured as the illustration on the banners that hung on the City Hall facade for the artist's survey retrospective at the Brisbane City Gallery and also on the invitation to her exhibition at William Mora Galleries.
Sotheby's
Jul. 29, 2003
Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled c.1993 Glazed earthenware plate Bears artist's mark on the reverse Length: 28cm Provenance Private collection, Perth
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled c.1993 Glazed earthenware plate Bears artist's mark on the reverse Length: 28cm Provenance Private collection, Perth
Sotheby's
Jul. 29, 2003
Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled 1982 Hand-built stoneware, incised designs decorated with slip and oxide Signed on the base Height: 30cm diameter: 30cm Provenance Purchased directly from the artist, circa 1982 Private collection, Sydney Cf. Morphy, H.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled 1982 Hand-built stoneware, incised designs decorated with slip and oxide Signed on the base Height: 30cm diameter: 30cm Provenance Purchased directly from the artist, circa 1982 Private collection, Sydney Cf. Morphy, H. Aboriginal Art, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1998, p. 351, plate 235, for a later example: Thancoupie comes from the hometown of Weipa, north of Aurukun... the circular forms of her pots are said to relate to the fire- hardened clay balls that were used to conserve and trade pigments for use in ritual. Her pots, with their deeply incised designs, draw on traditional mythological themes from her Thanaquith culture'; Kleinert, S. & M. Neale, Aboriginal Art and Culture, Oxford University Press, Newyork, 2000, p. 713
Sotheby's