Ignatia Djanghara Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ignatia Djanghara Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 05, 2024
Ignatia Djanghara - Wandjina, c.1985
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
This bark painting is created by Ignatia Djanghara. Little if anything is known about Ignatiaâs childhood and youth. She was born around 1930 and was already in her mid 50s when she first became prominent at Kalumburu in the mid 1980s where she lived adjacent to the Benedictine mission (Est.1907). Both here and at Mowanjum (the site of a former Presbyterian mission), local authorities had exercised strong control over the Woonambal landowners who were taught that their tribal customs and beliefs were at odds with Christianity. Ignatia and her husband were responsible for maintaining the remnants of these spirit ancestors which are said to have lain down in caves and turned into paintings on the cave walls after their time on the earth. Images of the Wandjina were viewed by artists such as Ignatia as purely reproductions of the ârealâ Wandjinaâs adorning the cave walls at their most important Dreaming sites.
Cooee Art
Apr. 22, 2021
Ignatia Djanghara (circa 1930) Wandjina
Est: $200 - $300
Ignatia Djanghara (circa 1930) Wandjina natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 58.5 x 22.5cm (23 1/16 x 8 7/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 19, 2020
Ignatia Djanghara (c1930 - ) - Snakes 56.5 x 25cm (irregular)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Ignatia Djanghara (c1930 - ) Snakes natural pigments on bark 56.5 x 25cm (irregular) inscribed cat no. P5577-IRT verso
Lawsons
Mar. 19, 2020
Ignatia Djanghara (c1930 - ) (2 works) - Turtle and Dugong 43 x 25cm; 44.5 x 25.5cm (irregular)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Ignatia Djanghara (c1930 - ) (2 works) Turtle and Dugong natural pigments on bark (AF) 43 x 25cm; 44.5 x 25.5cm (irregular) inscribed cat nos. 5.5761, each; gallery label ''Aboriginal arts, 251 St. George''s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Lawsons
Nov. 16, 2017
Wandjina
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
The Wandjina, are exclusive to areas of the Kimberley in Western Australia and are said to exercise power over the rains. For custodians, such as members of the Djanghara and Karedada families, portable images of the Wandjina are viewed as purely reproductions of the ÔrealÕ spirits adorning the cave walls at their most important Dreaming sites. Wandjina images on bark, board, canvas, slate or paper were first produced for trade and exchange with missionaries travelling by lugger along the Kimberley coastline prior to mid 1970s. However the primary artistic inspiration and purpose in creating these works lay in the artist's responsibility for maintaining the ancestral sites, and repainting them to Ôkeep them strongÕ.
Cooee Art
Aug. 20, 2017
IGNATIA DJANGHARA - WANDJINA - Ochres on bark
Est: $600 - $900
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (B.1930) WANDJINA Ochres on bark 56 x 21cm $600/900
GFL Fine Art
Apr. 01, 2017
"Wanderer" in natural pigments on bark by acclaimed Aboriginal artist Ignatia Djanghara born circa 1930
Est: $1,250 - $1,500
Painted in the Kimberley Region circa 1980s
Smalls Auctions
Nov. 23, 2016
IGNATIA DJANGHARA - WANDJINA - Natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $900 - $1,200
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (B.1930) WANDJINA Aboriginal Arts Australia label dated 30/5/90 verso Natural earth pigments on bark 50 x 18cm $900/1,200
GFL Fine Art
Jun. 13, 2015
Ignatia - Wandjina Aboriginal Bark Painting
Est: $500 - $800
Ignatia - Wandjina Aboriginal Bark Painting. Ochre on bark. Measures 40 x 21 cm. In very good condition. Signed on the back "Ignatia" refering to Ignatia Djanghara who was a well-known Aboriginal female artist born near to 1930. She has since passed away. She was a Woonambool elder and was in her mid 50’s when she first began creating bark paintings related to the Wandjina. She and her husband Waigan were responsible for maintaining the remnants of these spirit ancestors which are said to have lain down in caves and turned into paintings on the cave walls after their time on the earth. Her primary artistic purpose lay in her responsibility to maintain these ancestral beings, by repainting them and ‘keeping them strong’. Ignatia’s images of Wandinas on bark are typically icon-like in shape, with rounded sides, narrower at the top than the base, as present in this example of her work. Information from AIAM.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Mar. 24, 2015
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (1930-dec.)
Est: $900 - $1,200
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (1930-dec.) Dugong 1950 natural earth pigments on bark PROVENANCE: Sandra Le Brun Holmes, Darwin Thence by descent 56 x 32cm
Leonard Joel
Mar. 24, 2015
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (1930 - dec.)
Est: $700 - $900
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (1930 - dec.) Snakes 1950 natural earth pigments on bark PROVENANCE: Sandra Le Brun Holmes, Darwin Thence by descent artist's name inscribed verso 33 x 19cm
Leonard Joel
Nov. 27, 2013
Ignatia Djanghara 1930, WANDJINA, natural earth pigments on bark
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Ignatia Djanghara 1930, WANDJINA, natural earth pigments on bark SIGNED: inscribed verso with artist's name and cat. PA715/WHHT DIMENSIONS: 58.0 x 26.0 cm (irregular) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Queensland
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 12, 2012
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (B. 1930), WANDJINA, Certificate
Est: $1,200 - $2,200
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (B. 1930), WANDJINA, Certificate verso, Natural earth pigments on bark, , 72 x 25cm (irregular)
GFL Fine Art
Jun. 05, 2012
Ignatia Djanghara born 1920s WANJINA (1970s) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Ignatia Djanghara born 1920s WANJINA (1970s) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 120 X 44CM PROVENANCE Painted in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia (1970s) Private Collection, Queensland PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, QUEENSLAND
Smith & Singer
Oct. 18, 2011
Ignatia Djanghara born circa 1930 UNTITLED (BARK CONTAINER) (CIRCA 1970) natural earth pigments, eucalyptus bark, bush string and sp...
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Ignatia Djanghara born circa 1930 UNTITLED (BARK CONTAINER) (CIRCA 1970) natural earth pigments, eucalyptus bark, bush string and spinifex resin 68CM LONG PROVENANCE Private Collection, Melbourne
Smith & Singer
Jul. 27, 2010
Ignatia Djanghara, born circa 1930, WANJINA
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Ignatia Djanghara, born circa 1930, WANJINA natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 27. 5 BY 19. 5CM Provenance: Painted in the Kimberley region circa 1980 Private collection
Smith & Singer
Jul. 24, 2007
IGNATIA DJANGHARA , THREE PAINTINGS OF WANJINA c.1986
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Quantity: 3
Sotheby's
Jul. 24, 2007
IGNATIA DJANGHARA , TWO WANJINA c.1985
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Sotheby's
Nov. 22, 2006
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (CIRCA 1930 - ) - Bark bucket, painted with Wandjina design, 1990
Est: $1,800 - $2,200
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (CIRCA 1930 - ) Bark bucket, painted with Wandjina design, 1990 natural earth pigments on bark height: 43 cm Provenance: Aboriginal Arts Australia, Perth Private Collection, WA
Lawsons
Nov. 22, 2006
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (CIRCA 1930 - ) - Wandjina, 1990
Est: $600 - $800
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (CIRCA 1930 - ) Wandjina, 1990 natural earth pigments on bark 58 x 20 cm Provenance: Aboriginal Arts Australia, Perth Private Collection, WA
Lawsons
Nov. 22, 2006
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (CIRCA 1930 - ) - Wandjina, circa 1978
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
IGNATIA DJANGHARA (CIRCA 1930 - ) Wandjina, circa 1978 natural earth pigments on bark 139 x 48 cm Provenance: Cooee Aboriginal Art Private Collection, NSW
Lawsons
Oct. 31, 2006
IGNATIA DJANGHARA
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
BORN 1920S TWO WANJINA 1980S TWO WANJINA 1980S 83.5 by 41.5 cm 76 by 29 cm ARTIST UNKNOWN WANJINA Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark PROVENANCE Gifted to the vendor's son in the late 1980s by an Aboriginal woman at Kalumburu while he was there with a team producing a documentary on the involvement of Aboriginal people from the 'top end' in the surveillance and reporting of the presence of the Japanese during World War II
Sotheby's