John Mosquito Tjapangati Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John Mosquito Tjapangati Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 21, 2025
JOHN JOHN TJAPANGATI BENNETT, (C.1930-2002), "Travels of Tingari Men", Acrylic on belgian linen., 92cm x 153cm
Est: -
JOHN JOHN TJAPANGATI BENNETT (C.1930-2002) "Travels of Tingari Men" Acrylic on belgian linen. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. Artwork is stretched and ready to hang.
Ozbid Auctions
Feb. 08, 2024
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (1922-2004) (Language group: Kukatja) Pundu 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 75 x 50cm
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (1922-2004) (Language group: Kukatja) Pundu 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 75 x 50cm PROVENANCE: The Artist Painted at Wirrimanu, Western Australia, 1995 Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, cat. no. 238/95 (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity) Sotheby's, Melbourne, The Thompson Marecaux Collection of Balgo Paintings, 20 June 2009, lot 46 The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above LITERATURE: Cowan, J., Balgo: New Directions, Sydney: Craftsman House, 1999, (illus. detail on the front cover) OTHER NOTES: "John has painted a picture of the sacred Tingarri initiation journey of the young men" As stated on the Warlayirti Artists certificate of authenticity © John Mosquito/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Dec. 03, 2023
JOHN JOHN TJAPANGATI BENNETT (c. 930-2002) "Travels of Tingari Men" Acrylic on Belgian linen
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
JOHN JOHN TJAPANGATI BENNETT (c. 930-2002) "Travels of Tingari Men" Acrylic on Belgian linen Painted in 2007 Comes with Certificate of Authenticity Artwork is stretched and ready to hang 124cm x 173cm
Ozbid Auctions
Nov. 21, 2023
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (1922-2004) (Language group: Kukatja) Pundu 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 75 x 50cm
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (1922-2004) (Language group: Kukatja) Pundu 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 75 x 50cm PROVENANCE: The Artist Painted at Wirrimanu, Western Australia, 1995 Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, cat. no. 238/95 (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity) Sotheby's, Melbourne, The Thompson Marecaux Collection of Balgo Paintings, 20 June 2009, lot 46 The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above LITERATURE: Cowan, J., Balgo: New Directions, Sydney: Craftsman House, 1999, (illus. detail on the front cover) OTHER NOTES: "John has painted a picture of the sacred Tingarri initiation journey of the young men" As stated on the Warlayirti Artists certificate of authenticity © John Mosquito/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Aug. 28, 2023
JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (c.1920-2004) (Language group: Kukatja/Walmatjari) Storm Dreaming at Kurtal 1992 synthetic polymer paint...
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (c.1920-2004) (Language group: Kukatja/Walmatjari) Storm Dreaming at Kurtal 1992 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlayirti Artists cat. no. 554/92 120.5 x 61cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia (accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity) The Kelton Collection, United States of America OTHER NOTES: "John is a senior rain man and the senior custodian for the law ceremony for this area. Prior to contact he lived here with his family in the traditional hunter gatherer lifestyle. This painting depicts the small spirit men called "Yardungul" bringing rain to the desert. These beings are said to live in the clouds and can be persuaded to bring rain after certain ceremonies are conducted." As stated on the Warlayirti Artists certificate of authenticity © Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Oct. 11, 2022
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangarti - Wati Kutjara Site, 1995
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Johnny Mosquito was born in the Great Sandy Desert circa 1920, and walked into the old Balgo mission in his 20s. During his lifetime he became the most senior ‘rainmaker’ in the Balgo Hills community and was responsible for all of the Dreamings associated with rain including rainbows, thunder, clouds, and lightning. In this arid landscape, there is a particular gravitas attached to stories concerning permanent water sources, referred to by the inhabitants with whispered reverence as ‘living water’. These precious watercourses, rockholes, and clay pans of Johnny Mosquito’s country were the dominant motifs in his art. Often employing brilliant shades of blue to depict water, he also used red and occasionally yellow, separated solely by minimal white linear dots to delineate blocks of flat colour in emphasising the most important features. This contrast between his use of flat colour and vibratory dots is superb, and reaches its zenith in Johnny Mosquito’s 1993-1996 paintings. Johnny Mosquito is revered as having been one of the first generation of Balgo painters. Every canvas he created, even those painted at the very end of his life, reveals an interior landscape redolent with meaning and charged with energy. His longing for the distant sites visited by the great creation ancestors and sung throughout the millennia found its ultimate expression in his art.
Cooee Art
Aug. 25, 2021
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1920-2004)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Rurdu In The Great Sandy Desert, W.A acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Johnny Mosquito, Warlayirti Artists Cat. No. 831/95'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jun. 08, 2021
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangarti - Wati Kutjara-Two Mens Dreaming, 1995
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Cooee Art Indigenous Fine Art Auction "Johnny Mosquito was born in the Great Sandy Desert and walked into the old Balgo mission in 1946 when he was in his twenties. During his lifetime he became the most senior rainmaker in the Balgo Hills community, responsible for all Dreamings associated with rain, including rainbows, thunder, clouds and lightning. In this arid, dry landscape, there is a particular gravitas attached to stories concerning permanent water sources, referred to by the inhabitants with whispered reverence as +IBg-living water+IBk. These precious watercourses, rockholes, and claypans of Johnny Mosquito+IBk-s country were the dominant motifs in his art. Often employing brilliant shades of blue to depict water, he also used red and occasionally yellow, separated solely by minimal white linear dots to delineate blocks of flat colour in emphasising the most important features. This contrast between his use of flat colour and vibratory dots is superb and reaches its zenith in Johnny Mosquito+IBk-s 1993-1996 paintings. Johnny Mosquito is revered as having been one of the first generation of Balgo painters. Every canvas he created, even those painted at the very end of his life, reveal an interior landscape redolent with meaning and charged with energy. His longing for the distant sites visited by the great creation ancestors and sung throughout the millennia found its ultimate expression in his art. " Contact Cooee Art for more information on this Aboriginal artwork.
Cooee Art
Dec. 08, 2020
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI, UNTITLED, 1995
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (1922 – 2004) UNTITLED, 1995 synthetic polymer paint on linen 76.0 x 61.0 cm inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 421/95 PROVENANCE Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia Songlines Gallery, San Francisco, USA Private collection, Netherlands Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, 22 November 2006, lot 263 Private collection, Sydney This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © John Mosquito Tjapangati/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 25, 2020
John John Bennett Tjapangati (circa 1930-2002) Untitled (Tingari site of Kirriyultu), 1989
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
John John Bennett Tjapangati (circa 1930-2002) Untitled (Tingari site of Kirriyultu), 1989 inscribed verso: 'JJ890236' and 'JOHN JOHN BENNETT' synthetic polymer paint on linen 121.5 x 120.5cm (47 13/16 x 47 7/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 18, 2020
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1920-2004)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Yuramaal acrylic on canvas
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 26, 2020
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1922-2004)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Kurtal, in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia, 1996 acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'John Mosquito, Warlayirti Artists, 508/98
Shapiro Auctioneers
Dec. 03, 2019
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangarti (1922-2004) Minchin, in the Great Sandy Desert
Est: $2,800 - $3,800
Johnny Mosquito was born in the Great Sandy Desert c.1920 and walked into the old Balgo mission in his twenties. During his lifetime he became the most senior ‘rainmaker’ in the Balgo Hills community and was responsible for all of the Dreamings associated with rain including rainbows, thunder, clouds and lightning. In this arid, dry landscape, there is a particular gravitas attached to stories concerning permanent water sources, referred to by the inhabitants with whispered reverence as ‘living water’. These precious watercourses, rock-holes, and clay pans of Johnny Mosquito’s country were the dominant motifs in his art. Often employing brilliant shades of blue to depict water, he also used red and occasionally yellow, separated solely by minimal white linear dots to delineate blocks of flat colour in emphasising the most important features. This contrast between his use of flat colour and vibratory dots is superb and reaches its zenith in Johnny Mosquito’s 1993-1996 paintings. Johnny Mosquito is revered as having been one of the first generation of Balgo painters. Every canvas he created, even those painted at the very end of his life, reveal an interior landscape redolent with meaning and charged with energy. His longing for the distant sites visited by the great creation ancestors and sung throughout the millennia found its ultimate expression in his art.
Cooee Art
Oct. 29, 2019
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1922-2004)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Mundjukoo, in the Great Sandy Desert, W.A., 1996 acrylic on linen, inscribed verso 'Property of Warlaytiri Artists, John Mosquito, Cat No. 247/96'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2019
Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1922-2004)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Wanmarri, in the Great Sandy Desert, W.A., 1996 acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Property of Warlayirti Artists, John Mosquito, Cat No. 635/96 '
Shapiro Auctioneers
Apr. 05, 2017
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI, (1922 2004), NALYANAABAR, 1996, synthetic polymer paint on linen
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI, (1922 2004), NALYANAABAR, 1996, synthetic polymer paint on linen SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artists name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 391/96 DIMENSIONS: 75.5 x 50.0 cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs (stamped verso, cat. 2009) The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in October 1996 EXHIBITED: Paintings from Remote Communities: Indigenous Australian Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, 15 December 2007 24 February 2008; then touring to: Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 5 July 31 August 2008 LITERATURE: Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australias Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 131 (illus.) Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australias Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 141 (illus.) ESSAY: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
Deutscher and Hackett
Feb. 26, 2017
JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (1922-2004) Kamti -Bush Potatoes, 1998 acrylic on canvas
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (1922-2004) Kamti -Bush Potatoes, 1998 acrylic on canvas inscribed verso with artist''s name and Warlayirti Artists cat. no. 76/98 74 x 50cm
Leonard Joel
Feb. 26, 2017
JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (1922-2004) Untitled 1990 acrylic on canvas
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (1922-2004) Untitled 1990 acrylic on canvas inscribed verso with Warlayirti Artists cat. no. 255/90 121.5 x 85cm
Leonard Joel
Mar. 08, 2015
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI, (1922 - 2004), UNTITLED, 1993, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI, (1922 - 2004), UNTITLED, 1993, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 415/93 DIMENSIONS: 121.0 x 85.0 cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills Private collection Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, lot 150 The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 10, 2013
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (BORN 1944) Artist's Country (Walkalli, South of Balgo) 1991 acrylic on linen
Est: $2,500 - $4,500
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (BORN 1944) Artist's Country (Walkalli, South of Balgo) 1991 acrylic on linen inscribed with Warlayirti Art cat. no. '413/91' verso 100 x 50cm OTHER NOTES: Accompanied by a photocopied certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists, WA
Leonard Joel
Oct. 10, 2013
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (CIRCA 1920 - 1998) Wunarayi 1993 acrylic on canvas
Est: $900 - $1,200
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (CIRCA 1920 - 1998) Wunarayi 1993 acrylic on canvas inscribed with artist's name, title and Warlayirti Artists' cat. no. '417/93' verso 91 x 60cm EXHIBITIONS: 'Recent Aboriginal Art', Australian Exhibition Centre, Chicago, USA, 13 - 29 April 1995, (invitation illus.)
Leonard Joel
Oct. 15, 2012
John Mosquito Tjapangati circa 1922-2004 WALKALLI (SOUTH OF BALGO) (1991) synthetic polymer paint on linen
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
John Mosquito Tjapangati circa 1922-2004 WALKALLI (SOUTH OF BALGO) (1991) synthetic polymer paint on linen 100 X 50CM PROVENANCE Painted at Wirrimanu, Balgo Hills Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia (stock 413/91) Private Collection, Queensland This painting is sold with a Warlayirti Artists certificate
Smith & Singer
Jul. 20, 2009
John Mosquito Tjapangarti circa 1922 -2004 LABU synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
bears artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists 227/95 on the reverse synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Sotheby's
Jul. 20, 2009
John Mosquito Tjapangarti circa 1922 -2004 LABU, SOUTH OF YAGGA YAGGA synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
bears artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 207/95 on the reverse synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Sotheby's
Jul. 20, 2009
John Mosquito Tjapangarti circa 1922 -2004 PUNDU synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
bears artists name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 238/95 on the reverse synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Sotheby's
Jul. 20, 2009
John Mosquito Tjapangarti circa 1922 -2004 KURTAL synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
bears artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 274/95 on the reverse synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Sotheby's
Oct. 20, 2008
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI , CIRCA 1922 -2004 TJINTJAMATJU Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Bear's artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 605/91 on the reverse Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Sotheby's
Jul. 21, 2008
TJAPANGJM JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI Balgo Hills WA
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
TJAPANGJM JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI Balgo Hills WA (born c. 1920 - 2004) Untitled - Kultard Rock Hole 1995 acrylic on canvas artist's name inscribed verso bears catalogue number 22/95 120 x 80 cm Provenance: Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation WA. Coo-ee Aboriginal Art NSW. Private collection. Certificate supplied.
Leonard Joel
Oct. 12, 2004
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (CIRCA 1922-2004)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Wati Kutjarru (Two Men Dreaming) with Warlayirti Artists number 173/91 (on the reverse) synthetic polymer paint on linen 100 x 75 cm This painting is to be sold with an accompanying certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia
Christie's
Jul. 26, 2004
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI CIRCA 1922-2004 TJINTJAMATJU 1991 100 by 50 cm Synthetic polymer paint on canvas Bears artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 605/91 on the reverse Provenance: Painted in 1991 at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills),
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI CIRCA 1922-2004 TJINTJAMATJU 1991 100 by 50 cm Synthetic polymer paint on canvas Bears artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 605/91 on the reverse Provenance: Painted in 1991 at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills), for Warlayirti Artists Hogarth Galleries, Sydney The Sam Barry Collection Exhibited: Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, 1991 This painting is sold with an accompanying certificate from Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills that reads in part: 'Artist's Country. Local myths tell of how in the time of the Dreaming fire- lights fell out of the sky and started a big bush-fire here. Eventually all the country was burned up and nothing could grow Today this is marked by a large, salty claypan. Three old men were here to witness these events and where they died there are now three rocks. Big Law is associated with these matters and the artist is chief custodian for this Law.'
Sotheby's