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Painter, b. 1912 - d. 2004

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      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (1922-2004) (Language group: Kukatja) Pundu 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 75 x 50cm
        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
      • JOHN JOHN TJAPANGATI BENNETT (c. 930-2002) "Travels of Tingari Men" Acrylic on Belgian linen
        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
      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (1922-2004) (Language group: Kukatja) Pundu 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 75 x 50cm
        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
      • JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (c.1920-2004) (Language group: Kukatja/Walmatjari) Storm Dreaming at Kurtal 1992 synthetic polymer paint...
        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
      • Johnny Mosquito Tjapangarti - Wati Kutjara Site, 1995
        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
      • Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1920-2004)
        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
      • Johnny Mosquito Tjapangarti - Wati Kutjara-Two Mens Dreaming, 1995
        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
      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI, UNTITLED, 1995
        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
      • John John Bennett Tjapangati (circa 1930-2002) Untitled (Tingari site of Kirriyultu), 1989
        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
      • Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1920-2004)
        Oct. 18, 2020

        Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1920-2004)

        Est: $2,000 - $3,000

        Yuramaal acrylic on canvas

        Shapiro Auctioneers
      • Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1922-2004)
        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
      • Johnny Mosquito Tjapangarti (1922-2004) Minchin, in the Great Sandy Desert
        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
      • Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1922-2004)
        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
      • Johnny Mosquito Tjapangati (1922-2004)
        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
      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI, (1922 – 2004), NALYANAABAR, 1996, synthetic polymer paint on linen
        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: artist’s 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 Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 131 (illus.) Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s 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
      • JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (1922-2004) Kamti -Bush Potatoes, 1998 acrylic on canvas
        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
      • JOHNNY MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (1922-2004) Untitled 1990 acrylic on canvas
        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
      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI, (1922 - 2004), UNTITLED, 1993, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
        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
      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (BORN 1944) Artist's Country (Walkalli, South of Balgo) 1991 acrylic on linen
        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
      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI (CIRCA 1920 - 1998) Wunarayi 1993 acrylic on canvas
        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
      • John Mosquito Tjapangati circa 1922-2004 WALKALLI (SOUTH OF BALGO) (1991) synthetic polymer paint on linen
        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
      • John Mosquito Tjapangarti circa 1922 -2004 LABU synthetic polymer paint on canvas
        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
      • John Mosquito Tjapangarti circa 1922 -2004 LABU, SOUTH OF YAGGA YAGGA synthetic polymer paint on canvas
        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
      • John Mosquito Tjapangarti circa 1922 -2004 PUNDU synthetic polymer paint on canvas
        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
      • John Mosquito Tjapangarti circa 1922 -2004 KURTAL synthetic polymer paint on canvas
        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
      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI , CIRCA 1922 -2004 TJINTJAMATJU Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
        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
      • TJAPANGJM JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGATI Balgo Hills WA
        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
      • JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (CIRCA 1922-2004)
        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
      • 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),
        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
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