Darby Jampijinpa Ross Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Darby Jampijinpa Ross Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 03, 2025
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS (1905-2005) (Language group: Warlpiri) Watiyawarnu Jukurrpa (Acacia Wattle Seed Dreaming) 1995 synthetic polym...
Est: $5,500 - $7,500
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS (1905-2005) (Language group: Warlpiri) Watiyawarnu Jukurrpa (Acacia Wattle Seed Dreaming) 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlukurlangu Artists cat. no. 66/95 78.5 x 185cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists at Yuendumu, Northern Territory (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity) Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: "This Dreaming story belongs to Jampijinpa/Jangala men and Namijinpa/Nangala women and depicts the ceremony associated with the inItiation of young men. The concentric circles, shown in the centre of the canvas depict the sites, all of which are water soakages and include Larrakilpardi, Yillirripardi, Jalirridi, Kalkardinlapa, Mungumanu, Marnakardinlapa, Munhumanu, Marnakarangingu, Watiyawarnukurlangu, Yarmilipardu, Kalkardingapa. The long pink wavering lines represent the Dreaming path of the Watiyawarnu. The young initiates sit behind the trees, observing and learning as the older men dance throughout the ceremonies. The Watiyawarnu seed is valued for its' nutritional and medicinal purposes. It is collected, ground into course flour then mixed with water and eaten as a paste. Unlike damper, the paste is not cooked." As stated on the Warlukurlangu Artists certificate of authenticity © Darby Jampijinpa Ross/Copyright Agency, 2025
Leonard Joel
Mar. 18, 2025
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS (1905-2005) (Language group: Warlpiri) Watiyawarnu Jukurrpa (Acacia Wattle Seed Dreaming) 1995 synthetic polym...
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS (1905-2005) (Language group: Warlpiri) Watiyawarnu Jukurrpa (Acacia Wattle Seed Dreaming) 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlukurlangu Artists cat. no. 66/95 78.5 x 185cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists at Yuendumu, Northern Territory (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity) Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: "This Dreaming story belongs to Jampijinpa/Jangala men and Namijinpa/Nangala women and depicts the ceremony associated with the inItiation of young men. The concentric circles, shown in the centre of the canvas depict the sites, all of which are water soakages and include Larrakilpardi, Yillirripardi, Jalirridi, Kalkardinlapa, Mungumanu, Marnakardinlapa, Munhumanu, Marnakarangingu, Watiyawarnukurlangu, Yarmilipardu, Kalkardingapa. The long pink wavering lines represent the Dreaming path of the Watiyawarnu. The young initiates sit behind the trees, observing and learning as the older men dance throughout the ceremonies. The Watiyawarnu seed is valued for its' nutritional and medicinal purposes. It is collected, ground into course flour then mixed with water and eaten as a paste. Unlike damper, the paste is not cooked." As stated on the Warlukurlangu Artists certificate of authenticity © Darby Jampijinpa Ross/Copyright Agency, 2025
Leonard Joel
Jun. 08, 2021
Darby Jampitjinpa Ross - Wattle Seed Dreaming, 1994
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Cooee Art Indigenous Fine Art Auction "Darby Jampijinpa Ross was born in the bush at Ngarliyikirlangu about 1910, before European colonisers were prevalent in central Australia. He grew up a traditional nomad, hunting with his family. He survived the Conniston massacre and travelled widely as a stockman. He was a much respected Warlpiri elder, a founding member of Warlukurlangu artists and, before his death in 2005, he was thought to be the oldest Warlpiri man alive. His country lay to the north of Yuendumu and his totems were the emu and bandicoot, yet he also painted Ngapa (water), Pamapardu (flying ant), and Wardilyka (bush turkey). In 1993 he also managed a huge Jardiwanpa canvas, commissioned for the inclusion in the travelling exhibition Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, mounted by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, D+APw-sseldorf, Germany. Darby began to paint with Warlukurlangu Artists in 1985 and regularly exhibited with them until he stopped painting in 2000. His canvases were significant for their bold gestural qualities and their intense vibrant colours. His work was included in major exhibitions including Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia, at the Asia Society in New York in 1989 and Mythscapes: Aboriginal Art of the Desert at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1989.+IB0 Contact Cooee Art for more information on this Aboriginal artwork.
Cooee Art
Nov. 25, 2020
Darby Jampijinpa Ross (circa 1905-2005) Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming), 1989
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Darby Jampijinpa Ross (circa 1905-2005) Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming), 1989 inscribed verso: 'Darby Ross Jampijinpa / Ngapa Jukurrpa 10/89 / Warlukurlangu Artists' synthetic polymer paint on linen 121.0 x 76.5cm (47 5/8 x 30 1/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 29, 2019
Darby Ross Tjampitjinpa (1905-2005)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Pamapardu Jukurrpa (Flying Ant Dreaming), 1996 acrylic on linen, inscribed verso 'Darby Jampijinpa Ross, Warlukurlangu Artists Cat No. 161/96'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jul. 30, 2018
DARBY TJAMPIJTINPA ROSS (1905-2005) Burrowing Skink Dreaming at Parrkilangu 1986 synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
DARBY TJAMPIJTINPA ROSS (1905-2005) Burrowing Skink Dreaming at Parrkilangu 1986 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 145 x 94.5cm
Leonard Joel
Sep. 05, 2017
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS (1905-2005) Burrowing Skink Dreaming at Parrkilangu 1986 synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS (1905-2005) Burrowing Skink Dreaming at Parrkilangu 1986 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 145 x 94.5cm
Leonard Joel
Jul. 27, 2010
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, WATIYAWARNU JUKURRPA (WATTLE SEED DREAMING)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, WATIYAWARNU JUKURRPA (WATTLE SEED DREAMING) synthetic polymer paint on linen bears artist's name and Warlukurlangu Artists catalogue number 253/95 on the reverse 183 BY 46CM Provenance: Painted in 1995 Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association, Yuendumu Private collection Exhibited: Darby Ross
Smith & Singer
Jul. 26, 2010
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, PAMAPARDU JUKURRPA (FLYING ANT DREAMING)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, PAMAPARDU JUKURRPA (FLYING ANT DREAMING) synthetic polymer paint on linen bears artist's name and Warlukurlangu Artists catalogue number 179/89 on the reverse 91 BY 183CM Provenance: Painted at Yuendumu in 1989 Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu Donald Kahn Collection Exhibited: Aborigina
Smith & Singer
Jul. 26, 2010
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, LIWIRRINGA JUKURRPA (BURROWING SKINK DREAMING)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, LIWIRRINGA JUKURRPA (BURROWING SKINK DREAMING) synthetic polymer paint on linen bears artist's name and Warlukurlangu Artists catalogue number 114/90 on the reverse 92 BY 184CM Provenance: Painted at Yuendumu in 1989 Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu Donald Kahn Collection Exhibited: Aborigina
Smith & Singer
Jul. 26, 2010
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, NGAPA JUKURRPA (WATER DREAMING)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, NGAPA JUKURRPA (WATER DREAMING) synthetic polymer paint on canvas bears artist's name, title and Warlukurlangu Artists catalogue number 10/89 on the reverse 76 BY 121CM Provenance: Painted at Yuendumu in 1989 Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu Donald Kahn Collection Exhibited: Abo
Smith & Singer
Jul. 26, 2010
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, PAMAPARDU JUKURRPA (FLYING ANT DREAMING)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Darby Jampijinpa Ross, 1905-2005, PAMAPARDU JUKURRPA (FLYING ANT DREAMING) synthetic polymer on linen bears artist's name and inscribed 'Warlukurlangu Artists' on the reverse 181. 5 BY 152CM Provenance: Painted at Yuendumu in 1991 Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu Private collection, France Private collection, UKIn his pu
Smith & Singer
Jul. 31, 2006
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS 1905-2005
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
LIWIRRINGKI JUKURRPA (BURROWING SKINK DREAMING) 1995 MEASUREMENTS 183 by 61 cm Bears artist's name and Warlukurlangu Artists catalogue number 10/95 on the reverse Synthetic polymer paint on linen PROVENANCE Painted in 1995 for Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu S.O.F.A., Chicago Private collection, USA EXHIBITED S.O.F.A (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art), Chicago, USA, November 1995 Cf. For a related painting in a similar style see 'Liwirringki Jukurrpa (Burrowing Skink Dreaming)', 1989, in Birnie Dankzer, J.A., Dreamings Tjukurrpa ? Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert: The Donald Kahn Collection, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, and Prestel-Verlag, New York, 1994, plate 25, illus.; for an earlier related painting see 'Burrowing Skink Dreaming at Parrikirlangu', 1986, in Sutton, P. (ed.), Dreamings. The Art of Aboriginal Australia, The Asia Society Galleries in association with George Braziller / Viking, New York, 1988, p.104, fig.144/cat.39, illus.; two other paintings by the artist in a similar style, 'Parmapardu Jukurrpa (Flying Ant Dreaming)', both from 1992, are in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia Darby Ross was one of the great elders of the Warlpiri community at Yuendumu. The Northern Territory government records show that he was born in 1905 and he passed away exactly 100 years later in Alice Springs; a century in which he witnessed the extraordinary changes wrought by the advent of Europeans to the western deserts, including the infamous Coniston massacre of 1928 which he survived. Ross was one of the main participants when Warlpiri men at Yuendumu started painting for the public domain in the mid-1980s. His work is in major public and private collections in Australia and overseas, including the new Musée du quai Branly in Paris This painting is sold with a certificate together with accompanying documentation from Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu.The certificate reads; 'Wilyangarni is a soakage at Yararlu. A fire was lit there to flush out Liwirringki. They all ran west through places shown here. There were so many they left streams of dust behind them (multiple vertical lines - single lines represent tail tracks). Men were waiting with clubs to kill Liwirringki for food. They were nearly all killed by the time they got to Mikanji (south of Pikilyi). This is where the last of them finished up. One Jampijinpa died at Kurrkaraparnta (this was his name also - Darby's warringiyi) he was from Warntungurru. There are two parrallel stories here. One belonging to Jampijinpa/Jangala men. The concentric circles represent the sites where Liwirrinki have been. (From top to bottom) They are Muliji (water soakage), Parnmaparnta (rockhole), Ngarlkirdiparnta (claypans), Yirdijirdiji (claypan), Ngalyipiparnta (water soakages), Warrulypartna (water soakages), Munjaparnta (rockhole), Ngarldindingki (cave), Parlpinparnta (water soakages) and Kurrkarparnta'
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