Wakartu Cory Surprise Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Wakartu Cory Surprise Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 12, 2024
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, UNTITLED, 2007
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE 1929-2011 UNTITLED, 2007 acrylic on linen 89.5 x 119.5 cm; 93.5 x 123 cm (framed) artwork cataloguing details verso PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, WA Cat No. 415/07 Raft Artspace, NT The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Qld Deutscher & Hackett, Works from the K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, 26 March 2014, Melbourne, Vic, Lot 46 Private Collection, WA EXHIBITED Dreamings. Aboriginal Australian art meets de Chirico, Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera di Villa Borghese, Roma, 4 July - 2 November 2014 Eaux Vivantes, Living Waters, Musée océanographique de Monaco, 23 March - 30 September 2016 ©Wakartu Cory Surprise / Copyright Agency, 2024 Cory Surprise was born at Tapu in the Great Sandy Desert, her father’s ancestral land. Orphaned as a baby, she remained with her extended family, learning the law and gaining an intimate knowledge of her country—its water sources, sacred sites, and natural resources. Eventually, she married Peter Skipper, a renowned artist and fence-building contractor. Together, they travelled the Kimberley, where Cory worked as a camp cook and goat herd, eventually settling at GoGo Station near Fitzroy Crossing for over two decades. Cory began painting in her 50s at the Karrayili Adult Education Centre. This work represents Jilji (sandhills) at her birthplace, capturing the deep connection she maintained with her land throughout her life. This piece is a fine example of an Australian Aboriginal artwork.
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art)
Sep. 12, 2024
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, UNTITLED 2003,
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, UNTITLED 2003, SYNTHETIC POLYMER PAINT ON CANVAS, INSCRIBED VERSO WITH ARTIST'S NAME AND MANGKAJA ARTS CAT. NO. PC054/03, 50.5 X 59CM PROVENANCE: MANGKAJA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Leonard Joel
Mar. 26, 2024
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, UNTITLED, 2010
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 - 2011) UNTITLED, 2010 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 117.0 x 117.0 cm bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 549/10 PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Private collection, Sydney This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing. © Wakartu Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 21, 2023
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929-2011) (Language group: Walmajarri) Pitil Jila 2009 synthetic polymer paint on linen 120 x 120cm
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929-2011) (Language group: Walmajarri) Pitil Jila 2009 synthetic polymer paint on linen 120 x 120cm PROVENANCE: The Artist Mangkaja Arts, Western Australia, cat. no. 422/09 (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity) Raft Artspace, Northern Territory The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above in 2009 EXHIBITIONS: Sitting Down with Jukuja and Wakartu, Raft Artspace, Alice Springs, 19 June - 11 July 2009 OTHER NOTES: "This biggest one jila (waterhole) out in my country. My place this one, he got pirnti (small claypan with clear water) and jila (permanent waterhole)." (The Artist) As stated on the Mangkaja Art certificate of authenticity © Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Sep. 05, 2023
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, MIMBI JILA, 2006
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 - 2011) MIMBI JILA, 2006 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 90.5 x 60.5 cm bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 542/06 PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Western Australia Private collection, Canberra Mossgreen, Melbourne, 6 June 2016, lot 112 Private collection, Melbourne © Wakartu Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 13, 2023
COREY SURPRISE WAKARTU - NGAPA JILJI - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Est: $1,800 - $2,500
COREY SURPRISE WAKARTU (1929-2011) NGAPA JILJI Inscribed with Mangkaja arts catalogue number 984/08 and Short Street Gallery catalogue number 26001 verso Acrylic on canvas 90 x 90cm Estimate $1,800/2,500 AUD
GFL Fine Art
Jun. 20, 2023
Cory Wakartu Surprise - Warla, 2008
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Cory Surprise was born at Tapu, her father's country, in the Great Sandy Desert. Though her parents both died there when she was still a baby, Cory stayed with her extended family until she walked out of the bush as a young woman having already been inducted into the law. As a result, she knew her country intimately, including all the places to find water, all the significant sites, and how to find food. In time, she met and married the well known artist Peter Skipper, who worked as a contractor building fences. They travelled together and she worked as a camp cook and goat herd. They worked on stations throughout the Kimberley region before settling at GoGo Station (near Fitzroy Crossing) for more than 20 years. Cory first started painting at Karrayili Adult Education Centre in the early 1980s when in her 50s. This work depicts jilji (sandhills) at her birthplace deep in the Great Sandy Desert.
Cooee Art
May. 23, 2023
COREY SURPRISE WAKARTU - KUTARMITI 2003 - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
COREY SURPRISE WAKARTU (1929-2011) KUTARMITI 2003 Mangkaja catalogue number pc 350/03 inscribed verso Acrylic on canvas 80 x 100cm Estimate $4,000/6,000 AUD
GFL Fine Art
Oct. 11, 2022
Cory Wakartu Surprise - Untitled, 2006
Est: $3,500 - $5,500
Cory Surprise was born at Tapu, her father's country, in the Great Sandy Desert. Though her parents both died there when she was still a baby, Cory stayed with her extended family until she walked out of the bush as a young woman having already been inducted into the law. As a result, she knew her country intimately, including all the places to find water, all the significant sites, and how to find food. In time, she met and married the well known artist Peter Skipper, who worked as a contractor building fences. They travelled together and she worked as a camp cook and goat herd. They worked on stations throughout the Kimberley region before settling at GoGo Station (near Fitzroy Crossing) for more than 20 years. Cory first started painting at Karrayili Adult Education Centre in the early 1980s when in her 50s. This work depicts Jilji (sandhills) at her birthplace deep in the Great Sandy Desert.
Cooee Art
Sep. 19, 2022
Cory Surprise Wakartu, The Great Sandy Desert (c.1929-2011), Untitled, Acrylic on Arches paper
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Cory Surprise Wakartu The Great Sandy Desert, (c.1929-2011) Untitled Acrylic on Arches paper
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Apr. 11, 2022
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929-2011) Mullawamullawa-Jumu 2006 synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929-2011) Mullawamullawa-Jumu 2006 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat. no. 584/06 45 x 60cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007
Leonard Joel
Mar. 08, 2022
Cory Wakartu Surprise - Jilji Country, c.2005
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
151 x 101 cm, 164 x 113 cm (framed) Cory Surprise was a highly regarded, award-winning contemporary artist from Fitzroy Crossing known for her uninhibited painting style. She was born at Tapu, her father's country, in the Great Sandy Desert. Her parents both died there when she was still a baby. Cory managed to escape the outside world by staying with her extended family until she walked out of the bush as a young woman having already been inducted into the law. As a result, she knew her country intimately, including all the places to find water, all the significant sites, and how to find food. In time she met and married the well known artist Peter Skipper, who worked as a contractor building fences. They travelled together and she worked as a camp cook and goat herd. They worked at Quanbun Downs, Jubilee Station, Yiyili, and Cherrabun Station, before settling at GoGo Station (near Fitzroy Crossing) for more than 20 years. Finally, they moved into the larger township at Fitzroy Crossing in the 1950s. Cory first started painting at Karrayili Adult Education Centre in the early 1980s when in her 50s. Her paintings are all about her country, including jilji (sand hills), jumu (soak water), jila (permanent waterholes), and jiwari (rock holes), pamarr (hills and rock country), mangarri (vegetable food) and kuyu (meat). This work depicts Jilji (sandhills) at her birthplace deep in the Great Sandy Desert.
Cooee Art
Mar. 25, 2021
Cory Surprise (1929 - 2011) Boolga Jila, 2007 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 cm (stretched and ready to hang) Mangkaja Arts Centre Certif...
Est: $800 - $1,200
Cory Surprise (1929 - 2011) Boolga Jila, 2007 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 cm (stretched and ready to hang) Mangkaja Arts Centre Certificate of Authenticity Ref No 702/07
Lawsons
Dec. 08, 2020
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, UNTITLED, 2007
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 – 2011) UNTITLED, 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 60.0 x 60.0 cm bears inscription verso artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat. 8355/07 PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Private collection, Sydney This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Wakartu Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 08, 2020
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, PITILL JILA, 2004
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 – 2011) PITILL JILA, 2004 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 121.0 x 180.0 cm bears inscription verso: Artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. PC479/04 PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Private collection, Adelaide Sotheby’s Australia, Melbourne, 5 November 2012, lot 100 Private collection, Queensland, acquired from the above in 2012 This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Wakartu Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 20, 2020
Cory Warkatu Surprise - Pitill Jila, 2007
Est: $2,500 - $4,500
Cory Surprise was a highly regarded, award-winning contemporary artist from Fitzroy Crossing known for her uninhibited painting style. She was born at Tapu, her father's country, in the Great Sandy Desert. Her parents both died there when she was still a baby. Cory managed to escape the outside world by staying with her extended family until she walked out of the bush as a young woman having already been inducted into the law. As a result, she knew her country intimately, including all the places to find water, all the significant sites, and how to find food. In time she met and married the well known artist Peter Skipper, who worked as a contractor building fences. They travelled together and she worked as a camp cook and goat herd. They worked at Quanbun Downs, Jubilee Station, Yiyili, and Cherrabun Station, before settling at GoGo Station (near Fitzroy Crossing) for more than 20 years. Finally, they moved into the larger township at Fitzroy Crossing in the 1950s. Cory first started painting at Karrayili Adult Education Centre in the early 1980s when in her 50s. Her paintings are all about her country, including jilji [sand hills], jumu [soak water], jila [permanent waterholes], and jiwari [rock holes], pamarr [hills and rock country], mangarri [vegetable food] and kuyu [meat]. This work depicts Jilji (sandhills) at her birthplace deep in the Great Sandy Desert.
Cooee Art
Oct. 18, 2020
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1929-2011)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Lulgah Jila acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Mangkaja Arts, Wakartu Cory Surprise, 13/07'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jun. 23, 2020
Cory Warkatu Surprise - Pitill Jila
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Cory Surprise was a highly regarded, award-winning contemporary artist from Fitzroy Crossing, known for her uninhibited painting style. She was born at Tapu, her father's country, in the Great Sandy Desert. Her parents both died there when she was still a baby. Cory managed to escape the outside world by staying with her extended family until she walked out of the bush as a young woman having already been inducted into the law. As a result, she knew her country intimately, including all the places to find water, all the significant sites, and how to find food. In time she met and married the well known artist Peter Skipper, who worked as a contractor building fences. They travelled together and she worked as a camp cook and goat herd. They worked at Quanbun Downs, Jubilee Station, Yiyili, and Cherrabun Station before settling at GoGo Station (near Fitzroy Crossing) for more than 20 years. Finally, they moved into the larger township at Fitzroy Crossing in the 1950s. Cory first started painting at Karrayili Adult Education Centre in the early 1980s when in her 50s. Her paintings are all about her country, including jilji [sand hills], jumu [soak water], jila [permanent waterholes], and jiwari [rock holes], pamarr [hills and rock country], mangarri [vegetable food] and kuyu [meat]. This work depicts Jilji (sandhills) at her birthplace deep in the Great Sandy Desert.
Cooee Art
May. 19, 2020
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, PALPALGARRA, 2007
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WORKS FROM THE MACLEAN COLLECTION WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 – 2011) PALPALGARRA, 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 168–07 120.0 x 90.0 cm PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Raft Artspace, Darwin Silvershot Gallery, Melbourne Maclean collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in October 2007 EXHIBITED New Works by Wakartu Cory Surprise, Mangkaja Arts & Raft Artspace at Silvershot, Melbourne, 9 – 21 October 2007, cat. 15 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, which states: ‘This warla (lake) is a big one. The biggest warla this one out in my country.’ This item is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Wakartu Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 19, 2020
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, JUMU (SOAKWATER), 2006
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
WORKS FROM THE MACLEAN COLLECTION WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 – 2011) JUMU (SOAKWATER), 2006 synthetic polymer paint on canvas bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 598/06 60.0 x 60.0 cm PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Raft Artspace, Darwin Maclean collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in in April 2007 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, which states: ‘Big jumu (soakwater) and little bit jila (waterhole or spring). This side of Tarpu, the red is jilji (sandhills).’ This item is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Wakartu Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 19, 2020
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, PITILL JILA, 2004
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 – 2011) PITILL JILA, 2004 synthetic polymer paint on canvas bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. PC479/04 121.0 x 180.0 cm PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Private collection, Adelaide Sotheby’s Australia, Melbourne Private collection, Queensland, acquired from the above in 2012 This item is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Wakartu Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 19, 2020
Cory Surprise (1929 - 2011) - Untitled, 2007 60 x 60cm (stretched and ready to hang)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Cory Surprise (1929 - 2011) Untitled, 2007 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm (stretched and ready to hang) Mangkaja Arts Centre Certificate of Authenticity Ref No 702/07
Lawsons
Mar. 18, 2020
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 – 2011), PITILL JILA, 2004, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 – 2011) PITILL JILA, 2004 synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: Artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. PC479/04 DIMENSIONS: 121.0 x 180.0 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Private collection, Adelaide Sotheby’s Australia, Melbourne Private collection, Queensland, acquired from the above in 2012
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 09, 2020
Cory Surprise Wakartu (b.c.1929) Wayampajarti Artlier artists acrylic on Arches Rives 250gsm
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Cory Surprise Wakartu (b.c.1929) Wayampajarti Artlier artists acrylic on Arches Rives 250gsm Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency Artists Certificate of Authenticity Cat. No. WP189/00 52 x 76 cm LITERATURE: Depicting this country called Wayampajarti (living waterhole).
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Feb. 18, 2020
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE‎, UNTITLED‎, ‎2004‎
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE‎ (‎c‎.‎1929 ‎- ‎2011‎)‎ UNTITLED‎, ‎2004‎ synthetic polymer paint on paper‎ SIGNED: bears inscription verso‎: ‎artist‎'‎s name and Mangkaja Arts cat‎. ‎WP‎173‎/‎04‎ DIMENSIONS: 76‎.‎0 ‎x ‎56‎.‎0 ‎cm‎ PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts‎, ‎Fitzroy Crossing‎, ‎Western Australia‎ Private collection‎, ‎Melbourne‎ This work is located in our Melbourne gallery.
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 29, 2019
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1925-2011)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Untitled, 2007 acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Cory Surprise, Mangkaja Arts, Cat No. 520/07'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2019
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1925-2011)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Untitled, 2004 acrylic on paper, inscribed verso 'Cory Surprise, Mangkaja Arts Cat No. WP 469/04'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 27, 2019
Cory Surprise Wakarta (1929-2011)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Jillijuwal Jumu acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Wakarta Cory Surprise, Mangkaja Arts 84/07'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jul. 18, 2019
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1929 - 2011) - Jilji 60 x 60cm (stretched and ready to hang)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1929 - 2011) Jilji acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm (stretched and ready to hang) Mangkaja Arts certificate, Pandanus Gallery cat no. PGMK007
Lawsons
Jun. 25, 2019
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, UNTITLED, 2004
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929 – 2011) UNTITLED, 2004 synthetic polymer paint on paper SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat. WP173/04 DIMENSIONS: 76.0 x 56.0 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 20, 2019
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (1929 - 2011) Pamarr acrylic on canvas
Est: $2,800 - $4,600
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (1929 - 2011) Pamarr acrylic on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat no. 603/70 86 x 116cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing (certificate of authenticity provided) Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Jun. 04, 2019
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (1929 - 2011) Pamarr acrylic on canvas
Est: $4,000 - $6,500
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (1929 - 2011) Pamarr acrylic on canvas inscribed verso with artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat no. 603/70 86 x 116cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing (certificate of authenticity provided) Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
May. 23, 2019
Cory Surprise (1929 - 2011) - Untitled, 2007 60 x 60cm (stretched and ready to hang)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Cory Surprise (1929 - 2011) Untitled, 2007 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm (stretched and ready to hang) Mangkaja Arts Centre Certificate of Authenticity Ref No 702/07
Lawsons
Feb. 24, 2019
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 – 2011), JILJI, 2006, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
© Wakartu Cory Surprise/Copyright Agency, 2019 WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 – 2011), JILJI, 2006, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat. 4/06 DIMENSIONS: 120.5 x 59.5 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing Short Street Gallery, Broome The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne 26 March 2014, lot 27 Private collection, Melbourne CONDITION REPORT: This work is in excellent, stable and original condition.
Deutscher and Hackett
Apr. 05, 2017
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 2011), WAYAMPAJARTI, 2007 , synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 2011), WAYAMPAJARTI, 2007 , synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artists name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 301/07 DIMENSIONS: 120.0 x 90.0 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing Raft Artspace, Darwin The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 2007 LITERATURE: Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australias Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, pp. 3 (illus.), 191 (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. 203 (illus.) ESSAY: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 19, 2016
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 2011), DUBBU, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 2011), DUBBU, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artists name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 392/08 DIMENSIONS: 120.0 x 120.0 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing AP Bond Gallery, Adelaide The Luczo Family Collection, USA ESSAY: This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts that states: Her dreaming (Dagu) her country. The waterhole is the place where she grew up.
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 19, 2016
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 2011), PAKARNU, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c.1929 2011), PAKARNU, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: bears inscription verso: artists name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 364/08 DIMENSIONS: 118.0 x 120.0 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing AP Bond Gallery, Adelaide The Luczo Family Collection, USA ESSAY: This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts that states: This is my country, my familys country, we bin walk everywhere here around. No trees here nothing this jila[living water] here he names Pakarnu.
Deutscher and Hackett
Sep. 20, 2016
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1929-2011)
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1929-2011) Untitled acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Cory Surprise Wakartu Mangkaja Arts cat no. 'PC268/05' 90 x 120 cm
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 20, 2016
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1929-2011)
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Cory Surprise Wakartu (1929-2011) Untitled acrylic on canvas, inscribed verso 'Cory Surprise Wakartu Mangkaja Arts cat no. 548/06' 90 x 120 cm
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 16, 2015
Wakartu Cory Surprise Untitled Acrylic on Canvas
Est: $200 - $300
Wakartu Cory Surprise Untitled Acrylic on Canvas Region: Fitzroy Crossing, WA Provenance: from the private collection of Chris Johnson, purchased 2014 50 x 60cm
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 08, 2015
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c1929 - 2011), JIWARI (ROCK HOLE) AND PAMARR (HILL), 2007, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c1929 - 2011), JIWARI (ROCK HOLE) AND PAMARR (HILL), 2007, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 390/07 DIMENSIONS: 120.0 x 60.0 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing Raft Artspace, Darwin The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in September 2007
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 08, 2015
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c1929 - 2011), UNTITLED, 2010, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE, (c1929 - 2011), UNTITLED, 2010, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 281/10 DIMENSIONS: 120.0 x 120.0 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing Raft Artspace, Alice Springs The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in August 2010
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 26, 2014
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE c1929 - 2011, UNTITLED, 2007, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c1929 - 2011), UNTITLED, 2007, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 415/07 DIMENSIONS: 90.0 x 119.0 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing Raft Artspace, Darwin, acquired 2007 The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 26, 2014
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE c1929 - 2011, JILJI, 2006, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c1929 - 2011), JILJI, 2006, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: inscribed verso: artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat. 4/06 DIMENSIONS: 120.5 x 59.5 cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing Short Street Gallery, Broome The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland ESSAY: The artist states of this work: 'Jilji (sandhills) "This my brother's country. long time ago we walk around everywhere, them Jilji very big, big ones we walk through in that middle bit - Jilji not so big. Long time ago waljirri (dreamtime) people walking here evrywhere. we bin living out here, make him camp out here when I was little." '
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 26, 2014
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE c1929 - 2011, KUTARMITI, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c1929 - 2011), KUTARMITI, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: inscribed verso: artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat. 578/08 DIMENSIONS: 180.0 x 240.0 cm EXHIBITED: Raft Artspace at Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, 30 July - 3 August 2008 PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing Raft Artspace, Darwin, acquired 2008 The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland ESSAY: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts which states: 'A jila (waterhole) to the east side of the Great Sandy Desert. A lot of jilji (sandhills).' Nobody taught me how to paint. I put down my own ideas. I saw these places myself; I went there with the old people. I paint jilji (sand hills), jumu (soak water), jiwari (rock hole), pamerr (hills and rock country). I think about mangarri (vegetable food) and kuyu (game) from my country and when I was there. When I paint I am thinking about law from a long time ago. I am thinking about the country, my country.'1 Wakartu Cory Surprise's paintings reflect robust mark making. The strength and confidence of her hand delivers almost muscular works. Epitomised by her joyous use of colour, mixed directly onto the canvas, where voluminous forms of reds, blues and yellows spread across the canvas, only contained by the surrounding white borders. Recording stories of her past and important sites from her cosmology, Wakartu likes to tell a story. This fondness for storytelling has been essential to Wakartu's painting, resulting in a body of work that is consistently epic in concept. The core themes and narratives are often repeated with only minor variation of the formal and symbolic. Monumental in size and impact, Kutarmiti, 2008 from the KDH Ainsworth collection recalls a waterhole (jila) to the east side of the Great Sandy Desert. The accompanying certificate from Mangkaja Arts notes that this is an area of many sandhills (Jili). Wakartu was born at Tapu. After the death of her parents she travelled with her brothers to Kaningarra and Wayampajirti where she grew up. As a married woman, she and her husband worked at Christmas Creek Station, becoming a cheap labour source for pastoral owners. Station life, however, didn't rule out the practice of ceremonial life, which was maintained at Go Go and Christmas Creek Stations. When the going got too hard, there was always the option of running away back to country, which Wakartu did several times. Wakartu raised seven children while working for the police, on stations, and collecting minerals for rations.2 Locating to the nearby town of Fitzroy Crossing, Wakartu first began producing drawings and painting as a way of recording bush trips and stories for country at the Karrayili Adult education centre in the 1980s. This eventually resulted in an exhibition of works by Fitzroy Crossing artists at Tandanya in Adelaide in 1991. With the establishment of Mangkaja Arts in 1993, Wakartu became one of the new centre's most enthusiastic artists, 'full of in-depth knowledge and not afraid to get in there and have a go'.3 Wakartu was the winner of the Telstra Work on Paper Award in the 14th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 1997, the Western Australian Premiers Indigenous Art Award in 2009 and The Western Australian Indigenous Art Award in 2010. 1. Catalogue from solo exhibition, Raft Artspace and Mangkaja Arts at Silvershot Gallery, Melbourne, 2006, translated by Paul Miller. 2. ibid. 3. ibid. CRISPIN GUTTERIDGE
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 24, 2013
Wakartu Cory Surprise (circa 1929-2011)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Tapu, 1992 bears artist's name, date '18/9/92', and Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency catalogue number WP631/92 on the reverse synthetic polymer paint on velin arches paper 76 x 105cm (29 15/16 x 41 5/16in).
Bonhams
Sep. 09, 2012
Cory Surprise WAKARTU Emblem synthetic polymer
Est: $800 - $1,200
Cory Surprise WAKARTU Emblem synthetic polymer paint on paper 38 x 56 cm
Mossgreen Auctions
Sep. 09, 2012
Cory Surprise WAKARTU Jilji Country, 2006
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Cory Surprise WAKARTU Jilji Country, 2006 synthetic polymer paint on paper 75 x 105 cm
Mossgreen Auctions