Sam Tjampitjin Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1930 - d. 2003

Sam Tjampitjin - Born: c.1930 deceased 2003 Location: Wilkinkarra near Lake Mackay Skin: Tjampitjin Language: Kukatja and Warlpiri

Mediums: acrylic paint on canvas and linen
Themes: Wati Kutjarra (two mythical goanna men); soakwaters, rainmaking; warran (claypan) and tali (parallel sand dunes); kurrawarri (sacred dreaming); lingka - snake; bush fires
Sam Tjampitjin

Sam was a senior law man in the Balgo community and his paintings were mainly concerned with the secret and sacred sites of men's ceremonial business. He spent most of his early life around Gulgunpa, near Lake Mackay and he became a senior custodian for large tracts of land in this area. When Sam was still a young man he walked into the original Balgo Mission, Tjumundu, with his father. Sam recalled tending to the goats and shearing the sheep at the mission. He told how they enjoyed the meat from the mission as against the game of the desert. Sam started painting with the arrival of the art coordinator Michael Rae at Warlayirti Artists. This was a time when many of the senior men of Balgo began to paint. Since that time Sam diligently painted his country and the sacred law associated with it. He was a natural brother of one of Balgo's greatest artists, Sunfly who is also deceased.

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  • SAM TJAMPITJIN, UNTITLED, 1995
    Mar. 22, 2023

    SAM TJAMPITJIN, UNTITLED, 1995

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930 - 2003) UNTITLED, 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 120.0 x 80.0 cm bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 110/95 PROVENANCE Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia Private collection, Victoria © Sam Tjampitjin/Copyright Agency 2023

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) (Kukatja Language Region) Balgudda Near Lake Mackay In The Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia 1997 s...
    Aug. 22, 2022

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) (Kukatja Language Region) Balgudda Near Lake Mackay In The Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia 1997 s...

    Est: $2,000 - $4,000

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) (Kukatja Language Region) Balgudda Near Lake Mackay In The Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia 1997 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlayirti Artists cat. no. 624/97 75.5 x 50cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Western Australia (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity) The National Australia Bank Art Collection OTHER NOTES: "Sam's painting depicts an area well known as a traditional meeting place for men's Law and ceremonies. We see a claypan (warran) with surrounding sandhills. Water flows around and through these in the wet season making a lake. This country is connected with the Marlu (Kangaroo) dreaming." As stated on the Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation certificate of authenticity.

    Leonard Joel
  • Sam Tjampitjin (b. c. 1930-2004)
    Oct. 18, 2020

    Sam Tjampitjin (b. c. 1930-2004)

    Est: $1,800 - $2,600

    Untitled acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Warlayirti Arts, Muntja, 175/00'

    Shapiro Auctioneers
  • Sam Tjampitjin (1930-2004) Country - Great Sandy Desert
    Dec. 03, 2019

    Sam Tjampitjin (1930-2004) Country - Great Sandy Desert

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    Sam Tjampitjin was an incredibly gifted artist and one of Balgo’s finest male painters. While his works may not have been mythic in their cartographic complexity like those of Wimmitji or Donkeyman Lee, they conveyed, as with those of his elder brother Sunfly Tjampitjin, the inherent power located within specific sites. All his works communicate something of the artist's sense of power of the land. This painting depicts many parallel sand dunes (tali) and the underground water that links two rockholes deep in the Great Sandy Desert. These rockholes were formed by the activities of powerful Tingari beings. These beings have left powers in the land that are told of in Men's Law. Sam Tjampitjin’s legacy, as part of the first generation of Balgo Artists, is as profound as the deep wellsprings of his knowledge, and his standing as a senior custodian and participant in sacred Men’s Law.

    Cooee Art
  • SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Balgo Hills 1994 acrylic on canvas
    Jun. 20, 2019

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Balgo Hills 1994 acrylic on canvas

    Est: $2,800 - $3,800

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Balgo Hills 1994 acrylic on canvas inscribed verso with Warlayirti Arts cat. no. 483/94 120 x 80cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne

    Leonard Joel
  • SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Balgo Hills 1994 acrylic on canvas
    Jun. 04, 2019

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Balgo Hills 1994 acrylic on canvas

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Balgo Hills 1994 acrylic on canvas inscribed verso with Warlayirti Arts cat. no. 483/94 120 x 80cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne

    Leonard Joel
  • Sam Tjampitjin (c1930 - 2004) - Untitled, 1996 acrylic on canvas
    Apr. 04, 2019

    Sam Tjampitjin (c1930 - 2004) - Untitled, 1996 acrylic on canvas

    Est: $500 - $700

    Sam Tjampitjin (c1930 - 2004) Untitled, 1996 acrylic on canvas 75 x 50cm Palya cat no. PALYA-2567HR Warlayirti Artists, centre cat no. 481/96 Area: Balgo Hills

    Lawsons
  • SAM TJAMPITJIN, (c.1930 – 2003), UNTITLED, 2001, synthetic polymer paint on linen
    Feb. 24, 2019

    SAM TJAMPITJIN, (c.1930 – 2003), UNTITLED, 2001, synthetic polymer paint on linen

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    © Sam Tjampitjin/Copyright Agency, 2019 AM TJAMPITJIN, (c.1930 – 2003), UNTITLED, 2001, synthetic polymer paint on linen SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 945/01 DIMENSIONS: 80.0 x 29.5 cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills Private collection, New South Wales This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists that states: ‘Sam has painted the dominant aspect of the landscape of his country. Sam’s country is south of Balgo around Wilkinkarra, or Lake Mackay. Tali, or sand dunes are the major feature of the landscape around Wilkinkarra.’ CONDITION REPORT: This work is in excellent, stable and original condition.

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Claypan 1998 acrylic on linen
    Mar. 20, 2018

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Claypan 1998 acrylic on linen

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    SAM TJAMPITJIN (c.1930-2007) Claypan 1998 acrylic on linen inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlayirti Artists cat no.525/98 91 x 61cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Art, Western Australia (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)

    Leonard Joel
  • FRED TJAKAMARRA, SAM TJAMPITJIN, TJUMPO TJAPANANGKA, (c.1925 – 2006), (c.1930 – 2003), (c.1929 – 2007), NUNJUN, 1996, synthetic polymer paint on linen
    Apr. 05, 2017

    FRED TJAKAMARRA, SAM TJAMPITJIN, TJUMPO TJAPANANGKA, (c.1925 – 2006), (c.1930 – 2003), (c.1929 – 2007), NUNJUN, 1996, synthetic polymer paint on linen

    Est: $6,000 - $8,000

    FRED TJAKAMARRA, SAM TJAMPITJIN, TJUMPO TJAPANANGKA, (c.1925 – 2006), (c.1930 – 2003), (c.1929 – 2007), NUNJUN, 1996, synthetic polymer paint on linen SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artist’s names, Warlayirti Artists cat. 754/96, P/5, P/4, P/8 DIMENSIONS: 119.5 x 180.0 cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in January 1997 LITERATURE: Cowan, J., Balgo, New Directions, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1999, p. 135 (illus.) ESSAY: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sam Tjampitjin (c. 1930-2007) - Tjappangarti Wanu, 1999
    Feb. 28, 2017

    Sam Tjampitjin (c. 1930-2007) - Tjappangarti Wanu, 1999

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Warlayirti Artists, Sam Tjampitjin, 163/99'

    Shapiro Auctioneers
  • SAM TJAMPITJIN, (c.1930 – 2007), TJANGALA MEN AT WITJINBI, 1993, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
    May. 25, 2016

    SAM TJAMPITJIN, (c.1930 – 2007), TJANGALA MEN AT WITJINBI, 1993, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    SAM TJAMPITJIN, (c.1930 – 2007), TJANGALA MEN AT WITJINBI, 1993, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 560/92 DIMENSIONS: 99.0 x 49.5 cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills Robin Beesey, Victoria

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sam Tjampitjin (1930 - ) - Untitled 75 x 50cm
    Jun. 19, 2014

    Sam Tjampitjin (1930 - ) - Untitled 75 x 50cm

    Est: $600 - $800

    Sam Tjampitjin (1930 - ) Untitled acrylic on canvas 75 x 50cm Warlayirti Artists no.116/99

    Lawsons
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