George Mung Mung Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George Mung Mung Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 06, 2023
GEORGE MUNG MUNG, WUDALWUDAL (THE DREAMTIME WOMAN), 1990
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (c.1921 - 1991) WUDALWUDAL (THE DREAMTIME WOMAN), 1990 natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas 80.0 x 100.0 cm bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Waringarri Aborignal Arts cats. S-1340 and AP1603BJ PROVENANCE Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia Emerald Hill Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 15 – 16 November 2005, lot 96 Private collection, Indonesia © George Mung Mung/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery This work is in very good, stable and near original condition. There is a partial loss of white pigment to 15 dots to the extreme outside edge of the work and 3 dots to the outline of Wudalwudal figure. These are barely discernible, inherent to the nature of materials and not visually distracting. The work is housed in a Waringarri Arts dark timber edge frame.
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 16, 2022
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (LIRRMAYIRRINY) (1921-1991) Yaranggan Country at Chinaman's Garden 1990 natural ochres adhered with bush gum on canva
Est: $2,200 - $3,200
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (LIRRMAYIRRINY) (1921-1991) Yaranggan Country at Chinaman's Garden 1990 natural ochres adhered with bush gum on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. AP-3444 and unknown cat. no. S-3059 70 x 110cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America acquired 1992
Leonard Joel
Apr. 11, 2022
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (LIRRMAYIRRINY) (1921-1991) Yaranggan Country at Chinaman's Garden 1990 natural ochres adhered with bush gum on canva
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (LIRRMAYIRRINY) (1921-1991) Yaranggan Country at Chinaman's Garden 1990 natural ochres adhered with bush gum on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. AP-3444 and unknown cat. no. S-3059 70 x 110cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America acquired 1992
Leonard Joel
Mar. 22, 2022
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (1921-1991) Untitled 1988 natural earth pigments and binders on linen
Est: $4,500 - $6,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (1921-1991) Untitled 1988 natural earth pigments and binders on linen artist's name inscribed verso 61 x 76cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Western Australia Joel Smoker, Western Australia D'Lan Davidson, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: Please note that 5% of the sale price of this lot will be distributed directly to NEIVA (The National Endowment for Indigenous Visual Arts) to support this initiative. © George Mung Mung/Copyright Agency 2022
Leonard Joel
Nov. 23, 2021
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (1921-1991) Untitled 1988 natural earth pigments and binders on linen
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (1921-1991) Untitled 1988 natural earth pigments and binders on linen artist's name inscribed verso 61 x 76cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Western Australia Joel Smoker, Western Australia D'Lan Davidson, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © George Mung Mung / Copyright Agency, 2021 Please note that 5% of the sale price of this lot will be distributed directly to NEIVA (The National Endowment for Indigenous Visual Arts) to support this initiative.
Leonard Joel
May. 21, 2019
GEORGE MUNG MUNG, FROG HOLLOW NEAR TURKEY CREEK, c.1989
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG (c.1921 – 1991) FROG HOLLOW NEAR TURKEY CREEK, c.1989 natural earth pigments and natural binder on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cats. AP1388 and S-1279 DIMENSIONS: 100.5 x 80.5 cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia Private collection Sotheby’s, Sydney, 25 November 2007, lot 44 Company collection, Sydney RELATED WORK: Jirling the Hunter, 1989, in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, illus. in Ryan, J. and K. Akerman (eds.), Images of Power: Aboriginal art of the Kimberley, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, p.48, Binoowoon Country, 1990, in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Caruana, W., Aboriginal Art, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2003, pl. 157, p. 180, illus
Deutscher and Hackett
Feb. 24, 2019
GEORGE MUNG MUNG, (c.1921 – 1991), WUDALWUDAL (THE DREAMTIME WOMAN), 1990, natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
© George Mung Mung/Copyright Agency, 2019 GEORGE MUNG MUNG, (c.1921 – 1991), WUDALWUDAL (THE DREAMTIME WOMAN), 1990, natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cats. S-1340 and AP1603BJ DIMENSIONS: 80.0 x 100.0 cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra Emerald Hill Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne Sotheby's, Melbourne, 15 – 16 November 2005, lot 96 Private collection, Indonesia This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Emerald Hill Gallery that states: ‘This painting is about the story of Wudul Wudul, the Dreamtime woman.’
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 19, 2016
GEORGE MUNG MUNG, (c.1921 1991), LANKERRJI DEATH ADDER SNAKE, 1987, ochres and bush gum on canvas
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG, (c.1921 1991), LANKERRJI DEATH ADDER SNAKE, 1987, ochres and bush gum on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription on the surface of the painting: Lankerrji / Death Adder Snake bears inscription verso: No. 56 / A122 DIMENSIONS: 90.0 x 230.0 cm PROVENANCE: Painted at Warmun (Turkey Creek), Western Australia Lord McAlpine of West Green Sotheby's, Melbourne, 29 July 1990, lot 176 Private collection, Melbourne Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 120 The Luczo Family Collection, USA ESSAY: A prominent cultural leader and elder of the Gija people, George Mung Mung was one of the first artists at Warmun (Turkey Creek) to paint the boards carried in the GurirrGurirr (Krill Krill) ceremonies that described the destruction of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy, as revealed to Rover Thomas. Mung Mung was also among the first group of artists at Warmun to paint consistently for the public domain, developing a distinctive style of painting that incorporated both planar and profile views of the landscape as well as figurative imagery as seen in paintings such as Jirling the Hunter, 1989, in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, and Binoowoon country, 1990, in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.1 In other paintings, figures of ancestral beings merge into features of the landscape. Lankerrji Death Adder Snake, 1987 is, however, composed in a more overtly literal manner although the rhythmic form of the snake echoed in the profile of the hills in the background infers a type of metamorphosis. Mung Mung, along with a number of other prominent local artists including Rover Thomas and Rusty Peters (born 1935), painted works on board and canvas intended as learning aids for the Gija students at the school at Warmun. The inscription in this painting, in a hand that is not that of the artist, suggests that it was originally made for the school before it passed into the collection of the late Lord McAlpine, an avid collector of the art of the Kimberley. WALLY CARUANA 1. See Ryan, J. and K. Akerman, (eds.), Images of Power: Aboriginal Art of the Kimberley, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, p. 48, and Caruana, W., Aboriginal Art, World of Art Series, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2012, pl. 157, p. 180
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 25, 2016
GEORGE MUNG MUNG, (c.1921 1991), WUDALWUDAL (THE DREAMTIME WOMAN), 1990, natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG, (c.1921 1991), WUDALWUDAL (THE DREAMTIME WOMAN), 1990, natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cats. S-1340 and AP1603BJ DIMENSIONS: 80.0 x 100.0 cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra Emerald Hill Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne Sotheby's, Melbourne, 15 16 November 2005, lot 96 Private collection, Indonesia
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 29, 2010
George Mung Mung Untitled Acrylic on linen
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
George Mung Mung Untitled Acrylic on linen Provenance: Waringarri Aboriginal artists #S1897 1993 110 x 70 cm
Mossgreen Auctions
Oct. 14, 2009
GEORGE MUNG MUNG Wudal Wudal (The Dreamtime
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG Wudal Wudal (The Dreamtime Woman), 1990 natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas 80.0 x 100.0 cm
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 20, 2008
GEORGE MUNG MUNG , CIRCA 1921-1991 WUDAL WUDAL (THE DREAMTIME WOMAN) Natural earth pigments and syntehtic binder on canvas
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Bears artist's name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts catalogue numbers S-1341 and AP1603BJ on the reverse Natural earth pigments and syntehtic binder on canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 25, 2007
GEORGE MUNG MUNG , CIRCA 1921-1991 FROG HOLLOW NEAR TURKEY CREEK Natural and synthetic pigments and binders with pencil on canvas
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Bears artist's name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts catalogue numbers S-1279 and AP:1388 and the letters BDJ on the reverse Natural and synthetic pigments and binders with pencil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jul. 24, 2007
GEORGE MUNG MUNG , TICKELARA COUNTRY (JARLARLOON) 1990
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Bears artist's name, size, Waringarri Aboriginal Arts catalogue number AP3258 and the number S2652 on the reverse Natural earth pigments on canvas
Sotheby's
Jul. 24, 2007
GEORGE MUNG MUNG , LANKERRJI - DEATH ADDER SNAKE c.1987
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Inscribed, not in the artist?s hand, on the surface of the painting: ?Lankerrji?, ?Death Adder Snake? Bears catalogue numbers no.56 and A122 on stretcher on the reverse Natural earth pigments and natural binders on canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 22, 2006
GEORGE MUNG MUNG ( 1921 - 1991 ) - Ceremonial Fish, 1988
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
GEORGE MUNG MUNG ( 1921 - 1991 ) Ceremonial Fish, 1988 natural earth pigments on wood length: 55cm Provenance: Aboriginal Arts Australia Utopia Art, Sydney Private Collection, Qld
Lawsons
Nov. 15, 2005
GEORGE MUNG MUNG 1921-1991
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
WUDAL WADUL (THE DREAMTIME WOMAN) 1990 MEASUREMENTS 80 by 100 cm Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas Bears artist's name, size together with Waringarri and Aboriginal Arts catalogue numbers S-1341 & AP1603 on the reverse PROVENANCE Painted at Frog Hollow for Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Corporation, Kununurra Emerald Hill Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne This painting is sold with an accompanying certificate from Emerald Hill Gallery with an annotated diagram, together with the original cataloguing page from Waringarri Arts
Sotheby's
Nov. 15, 2005
GEORGE MUNG MUNG 1921-1991
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
NGARRGOOROON COUNTRY 1990 MEASUREMENTS 50 by 70 cm Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas Bears Artist's name, size and Waringarri Arts catalogue numbers S-2710 & AP3294 on the reverse PROVENANCE Painted at Frog Hollow for Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Corporation, Kununurra Emerald Hill Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne This painting is sold with an accompanying certificate from Emerald Hill Gallery with an annotated diagram
Sotheby's
Jul. 25, 2005
GEORGE MUNG MUNG 1921-1991 UNTITLED - CREATOR SNAKE 1986
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Natural earth pigments on carved wood Provenance
Sotheby's
Jul. 25, 2005
GEORGE MUNG MUNG 1921-1991 UNTITLED - CREATOR SNAKE 1990
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on carved wood Provenance
Sotheby's