John Kipara Tjakamarra Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John Kipara Tjakamarra Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 11, 2022
John Kipara Tjakamarra - Tingari, 1982
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
John Kipara was born and grew up near Kulkuta, north of the present-day community of Kiwirrkurra. He spent his youth in salt lake country, south-west of Lake Macdonald, before his family became one of the first groups to be re-settled at Papunya in the early 1960s. Shortly thereafter, he joined Anatjari Tjakamarra, Yala Yala Gibbs and Freddy West as a farm labourer and later became a founding member of the artist group that coalesced around Geoff Bardon in 1971. Embracing the stories and designs of the Tingari ceremony and ancestors from the outset he became one of the mainstays amongst the Pintupi artists who produced this ‘classic’ iconography. His works of art were always simple yet powerful in their composition and executed in earthy ochre tones. In this typical work by the artist roundels are linked by an intricate network of travelling lines reflecting the multiplicity of relationships between the land, the people, and their spiritual ancestors. In 1981, John Kipara joined the group of 300 men, women, and children who moved back to his Pintupi homelands to establish the community of Kintore. With the proceeds from his art sales, he lived and worked at Walungurru, though by the mid 1980s he had lost interest in painting altogether. John Tjakamarra’s legacy lies in the classic Pintupi Tingari paintings he produced over a period of 25 years. Having grown to adulthood prior to contact and enduring only a short period of resettlement, John Kipara Tjakamarra spent the remainder of his life at his small outstation where he died in 2002 at 72 of age, in the company of his immediate family.
Cooee Art
Oct. 20, 2020
John Kipara Tjakamarra - Tingari, 1982
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
John Kipara was born and grew up near Kulkuta, north of the present-day community of Kiwirrkurra. He spent his youth in salt lake country, south-west of Lake Macdonald. His family had been one of the first groups to be re-settled at Papunya in the early 1960s. Shortly after arriving, he joined Anatjari Tjakamarra, Yala Yala Gibbs and Freddy West as a farm labourer and later became a founding member of the artist group that coalesced around Geoff Bardon in 1971. From the outset, John embraced the stories and designs of the Tingari ceremony and ancestors, becoming one of the mainstays amongst the Pintupi artists who produced this âclassicâ iconography. His works of art were always simple yet powerful in their composition and executed in earthy ochre tones. The five-circle grids were linked by travelling lines from concentric circle to circle, reflecting the multiplicity of relationships between the land, the people and their spiritual ancestors. In 1981, John Kipara joined the group of 300 men, women, and children who moved back to his Pintupi homelands to establish the community of Kintore. With the proceeds from his art sales, he lived and worked at Walungurru, though by the mid 1980 he had lost interest in painting altogether. John Tjakamarraâs legacy lies in the classic Pintupi Tingari paintings he produced over a period of 25 years. Having grown to adulthood prior to contact and enduring only a short period of resettlement, John Kipara Tjakamarra spent the remainder of his life at his small outstation where he died in 2002 at seventy-two years of age, in the company of his immediate family.
Cooee Art
Jun. 06, 2015
John Tjakamarra (c. 1930 - 2002) Tingari, 1981 Acrylique sur toi
Est: €600 - €800
John Tjakamarra (c. 1930 - 2002) Tingari, 1981 Acrylique sur toile - 120 x 76 cm Groupe Pintupi – Désert Occidental Provenance : Collection particulière, Australie
Millon & Associes
Nov. 29, 2014
John Tjakamarra (c. 1930 - 2002) Tingari, 1981
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
John Tjakamarra (c. 1930 - 2002) Tingari, 1981 Acrylique sur toile - 120 x 76 cm Groupe Pintupi - Désert Occidental Provenance : Collection particulière, Australie
Millon & Associes
Jul. 21, 2013
TJAKAMARRA JOHN (PINTUPI).Circa 1937-2002
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
TJAKAMARRA JOHN (PINTUPI).Circa 1937-2002 Kaakaratinja (Lac MacDonald WA) 1987 Né près de Kulkurta dans l'ouest australien, John dans sa jeunesse a beaucoup voyagé dans la région des lacs salés MacDonald. Suite à la rencontre avec la patrouille Jermey en 1963 il marcha à travers le désert de Gibson pour rejoindre Papunya. Il y resta quelques temps avant de continuer plus loin à l'ouest pour s'établir aux confins de l'ouest australien, sa région d'origine. Il fut l'un des premiers peintres fondateurs du mouvement de la peinture acrylique de Papunya .Tula. Il peignait dans la pure tradition les motifs liés aux cycles Tingari des Pintupi La peinture représente les voyages d'une bande de grands ancêtres Tingari dans la région des lacs MacDonald. D'importants détails sacrés sont peints mais ne sont communicables qu'aux initiés de la tribu. Elle porte le numéro de référence au dos JT870969 Un certificat de la communauté de Papunya Tula Artist sera fourni avec l'aeuvre. Acrylique sur toile (belgian linen) 122 x 122 cm Provenance: Vente Deutscher et Hackett 2009
Besch Cannes Auction
May. 28, 2013
John Kiparra Tjakamarra circa 1931-2003 CORROBOREE MAN SITTING IN CAVE (1971) synthetic polymer paint on composition board
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
John Kiparra Tjakamarra circa 1931-2003 CORROBOREE MAN SITTING IN CAVE (1971) synthetic polymer paint on composition board 75.4 X 29.1CM PROVENANCE Painted at Papyuna, Northern Territory Stuart Art Centre, Alice Springs (stock 9008) The Anne Chase Collection, United States of America EXHIBITED Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art The Ian Potter Centre: NGV at Federation Square, 30 September 2011 - 12 February 2012; Musée du quai Branly, Paris, 9 October 2012 - 20 January 2013 LITERATURE Judith Ryan and Philip Batty, Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2011, p. 86 (illustrated) Judith Ryan and Philip Batty, Aux Sources de la Peinture: Aborigène, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, 2012
Smith & Singer
May. 09, 2013
JOHN (KIPARA) TJAKAMARRA, (c1932-2002), Claypans
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
JOHN (KIPARA) TJAKAMARRA, (c1932-2002), Claypans at Paratjakultjini, 1973, synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 57.0 x 43.0 cm, (c) Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd (Sydney)/VISCOPY Australia
Lawson~Menzies
Oct. 15, 2012
John Kipara Tjakamarra circa 1931-2003 TINGARI CYCLE (KIRRITJI) (1986) synthetic polymer paint on linen
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
John Kipara Tjakamarra circa 1931-2003 TINGARI CYCLE (KIRRITJI) (1986) synthetic polymer paint on linen 152 X 183CM PROVENANCE Painted at Papunya, Northern Territory Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (stock JT860928) Private Collection, Melbourne This painting is sold with a Papunya Tula Artists certificate PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
Smith & Singer
Jun. 06, 2012
John Kipara Tjakamarra Big Pintupi Dreaming, 1971
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
John Kipara Tjakamarra Big Pintupi Dreaming, 1971 * synthetic polymer paint on board 60.5 x 30.5 cm
Mossgreen Auctions
May. 27, 2012
John Tjakamarra (circa 1931-2003) Barratjakuti 1979 acrylic on canvas board
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
John Tjakamarra (circa 1931-2003) Barratjakuti 1979 acrylic on canvas board Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (stock JL 790724) Private Collection, USA 74.5 x 54cm
Bay East Auctions
Mar. 18, 2012
JOHN TJAKAMARRA MEN'S CEREMONY 2001 synthetic
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
JOHN TJAKAMARRA MEN'S CEREMONY 2001 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 121X90CM M provenance: AGOD# 12518 documentation
Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings
Mar. 18, 2012
JOHN TJAKAMARRA TINGARI 1982 synthetic polymer
Est: $5,500 - $7,500
JOHN TJAKAMARRA TINGARI 1982 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 121.5X90.5CM M provenance: AGOD# 7115 documentation
Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings
Jul. 21, 2010
JOHN LEE TJAKAMARRA Wilgingarra, Marruwa and
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
JOHN LEE TJAKAMARRA Wilgingarra, Marruwa and Bibbar, 1999 synthetic polymer paint on linen 120.5 x 80.5 cm
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 14, 2009
JOHN TJAKAMARRA Kaakaratintja (Lake Macdonald),
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
JOHN TJAKAMARRA Kaakaratintja (Lake Macdonald), 1987 synthetic polymer paint on linen 122.0 x 121.0 cm
Deutscher and Hackett
Jul. 20, 2009
John Kiparra Tjakamarra circa 1931-2003 UNTITLED synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
bears artist's name John Jagamara [ sic ] on the reverse synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Sotheby's
Jul. 20, 2009
John Kipara Tjakamarra 1931-2003 OLD MAN'S STORY synthetic polymer paint on composition board
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
bears faint Stuart Art Centre catalogue number 19246 and Aboriginal Arts and Crafts serial number 1001267 on the reverse synthetic polymer paint on composition board
Sotheby's
Jul. 21, 2008
TJAKAMAR J JOHN TJAKAMARRA Papunya NT (1935/40 -
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
TJAKAMAR J JOHN TJAKAMARRA Papunya NT (1935/40 - 2002) Untitled - Tingari acrylic on canvas bears catalogue number JT880450 and 122/01 verso 90. 5 x 60 cm Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists NT. Private collection. Certificate supplied.
Leonard Joel
Jul. 21, 2008
TJAKAMAR J JOHN WANYIMA KIPARA TJAKAMARRA Papunya
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
TJAKAMAR J JOHN WANYIMA KIPARA TJAKAMARRA Papunya NT (1935/40 - 2002) Tingari Cycle 1983 acrylic on linen 122 x 79 cm Provenance: Courbally Stourton Contemporary Art collection. Illustrated: Corbally Stourton P 1996 Songlines and Dreamings Lund Humphries Publishers London p. 83 pl. 76.
Leonard Joel
Jul. 24, 2007
JOHN KIPARRA TJAKAMARRA , MAN'S CORROBOREE 1971
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Poster paint and synthetic binder on composition board
Sotheby's
Jul. 31, 2006
JOHN KIPARRA TJAKAMARRA 1931-2003
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
UNTITLED 1972 MEASUREMENTS 54 by 55 cm (irregular) Bears Stuart Art Centre consignment number 19247 on the reverse Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Sotheby's Important Aboriginal Art, 30 June 1997, lot 187 Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITED Papunya Tula, Twenty One Years, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, October 1992 Cf. For two stylistically related paintings from the same period see Sotheby's Aboriginal Art, 26-27 July 2004, lots 98 and 99; see also 'Travels of the Tingari Ancestors' 1972, and 'Men and Women' 1972, in Perkins, H. and H. Fink, Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales in association with Papunya Tula Artists, Sydney, 2000, pp.36-37, illus.; Bardon, G., Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert, Rigby, Adelaide, 1979; for a number of examples of the artist's early work see Bardon, G. and J. Bardon, Papunya, A Place Made After the Story:The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004 This painting belonged to Papunya Tula Artists for 25 years before the company decided to sell the work in 1997. Although the description of the related narrative has been lost, the designs indicate a major ceremonial scene with four people around a ritual camp or sand painting, with other ground painting designs in each of the quadrants of the board. The work bears the staccato stippling that is a hallmark of the early style of the artist
Sotheby's
Jul. 26, 2004
JOHN KIPARRA TJAKAMARRA CIRCA 1931-2003 UNTITLED C.1972 64 by 54.5 cm Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board Provenance: Painted at Papunya in late 1972 Private collection, Queensland Reference: Bardon, G., of the Western Desert, Rigby,
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
JOHN KIPARRA TJAKAMARRA CIRCA 1931-2003 UNTITLED C.1972 64 by 54.5 cm Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board Provenance: Painted at Papunya in late 1972 Private collection, Queensland Reference: Bardon, G., of the Western Desert, Rigby, Adelaide, 1979 A very similar painting dated 1971 by the artist is reproduced in Bardon 1979:61 which the author describes as a Men's Corroboree where the men (the U-shapes) sit around fires (the concentric circles) in a hierarchical fashion, according to their ritual standing. The ritual is related to increase in natural resources such as game animals and plant foods.
Sotheby's
Jul. 26, 2004
JOHN KIPARRA TJAKAMARRA CIRCA 1931-2003 UNTITLED 1972 61 by 56 cm Synthetic polymer paint on composition board Bears No. 2 on the reverse Provenance: Painted at Papunya in 1972. The painting was acquired by the Adminsitrative Officer at Papunya
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
JOHN KIPARRA TJAKAMARRA CIRCA 1931-2003 UNTITLED 1972 61 by 56 cm Synthetic polymer paint on composition board Bears No. 2 on the reverse Provenance: Painted at Papunya in 1972. The painting was acquired by the Adminsitrative Officer at Papunya through Peter Fannin. Private Collection, Canberra Cf. Travels of the Tingari Ancestors, 1972, and Men and Women, 1972, illustrated in Perkins, H. and H. Fink, Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, pp.36-37 A painting associated with the esoteric Tingari Beings around the artist's country at Kulkuta and Nimangka in the western desert, a favourite theme of Pintupi painters The artist first went to Papunya in 1964 and painted with Freddy West Tjakamarra and Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi at the beginning of the Papunya painting movement in 1971.
Sotheby's