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Hector Jandany Value Artworks and Auction results

Works Offered at Auction: 149
Sale Rate: 53%
Highest Sale: $140,000 AUD
Median Sale Price: $2,200 AUD

This is a support page for the main Hector Jandany biography and painting style page. It focuses specifically on the value of Hector Jandany paintings, using selected auction results to show how subject, size, date, provenance and painting style have influenced prices.

Jandany’s market is relatively modest compared with better-known Warmun artists such as Rover Thomas and Queenie McKenzie, despite his importance as one of the pioneering figures of East Kimberley art. His most valuable works tend to be larger, distinctive paintings with strong subjects and good provenance. Ceremonial works, particularly his Krill Krill paintings, major depictions of Country, celestial subjects and his unusual paintings combining Gija and Christian spirituality have generally attracted the greatest collector interest.

The auction records below also demonstrate the extraordinary variety of Jandany’s work. They range from sparse ochre landscapes and irregular hill formations to ancestral beings, animals, stars, comets, Christian subjects and paintings of Ngarrgooroon and Texas Downs Country.

I am also an active buyer of Aboriginal art. If you have a Hector Jandany painting you are considering selling, please send clear photographs of the front and back, its dimensions and any available provenance or documentation. I buy artworks valued at under $5,000 outright and sell more valuable artworks on commission..

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Hector Jandany Value 1987-1992

Hector Jandany ochre painting with six rounded red-brown hill forms outlined in white dots against a black ground, five patterned with bands of white and dark dots.

Untitled 1987

Size

56 x 66.5 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and natural binder (bush gum) on canvas

Auction

Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 25 July 2005, Lot No. 195

Provenance

Gifted to the vendor at Warmun (Turkey Creek), Western Australia. Private collection, New South Wales

Price Realised

$4,800 AUD

Hector Jandany ochre painting with clustered red-brown hills outlined and patterned with white dots, surrounding a pale winding watercourse beneath a yellow ochre sky.

Untitled 1989

Size

61 x 76 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and bush gum on canvas, bears artist’s name on the reverse

Auction

Sotheby’s, Fine Aboriginl and Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 17 June 1996, Lot No. 151

Provenance

Painted at Warmun, Turkey Creek

Price Realised

$750 AUD

Hector Jandany ochre painting with three large rounded red-brown hills outlined in black, patterned with wavy ochre bands and white dots, surrounding a central white figure-like form.

Untitled 1992

Size

70 x 110 cm

Medium

Earth pigments on canvas, inscribed verso, ‘Hector Jandany’

Auction

Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29 June 1999, Lot No. 45

Provenance

—

Price Realised

$6,500 AUD

Hector Jandany ochre painting with seven rounded hill-like forms filled with wavy bands of red, yellow, white and black, each outlined with white dots on a red-brown ground.

Untitled 1992

Size

70 x 110 cm

Medium

Earth pigments on canvas, inscribed verso, ‘Hector Jandany’

Auction

Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29 June 1999, Lot No. 119

Price Realised

$4,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Value 1993-1994

Hector Jandany’s Ascension showing a large red ochre hill beneath a black sky, with five figures below and smoke rising from the hill toward Jesus above.

Ascension 1993

Size

186 x 190 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and natural binders on cotton duck

Auction

Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 25 July 2005, Lot No. 43

Provenance

Painted for Easter ceremonies at Warmun (Turkey Creek), Western Australia. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. Private collection, Sydney

Price Realised

$31,000 AUD

Two carved wooden figures by Hector Jandany representing Mary and Joseph, painted with black, white, yellow, red and brown earth pigments.

Mary 1993; Joseph 1993

Size

56 cm height

Medium

Earth pigments on wood

Auction

Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art and a Collection of New Ireland Malagan Sculptures, Melbourne, 27 June 2000, Lot No. 281

Provenance

—

Price Realised

$5,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting on a tall plywood board, depicting a black, white and brown bird-like ancestral figure beneath a curved dotted form.

Krill Krill Ceremony 1994

Size

120 x 59 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on plywood

Auction

Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, Lot No. 33

Provenance

—

Price Realised

$18,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing a large yellow star-like form at the centre of a black ground, surrounded by four winding red and yellow paths edged with white dots.

Where the Star Fell Down in The Dreamtime

Size

80 x 100 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas, with Waringarri Arts Corporation Arts number AP0655 on the reverse

Auction

Christies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 30 August 2005, Lot No. 35

Provenance

Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Corporation, Western Australia. Outback Alive, Sydney. Private collection, Canberra

Price Realised

$6,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting on a tall plywood board, showing a rounded red ancestral owl with large black eyes and white body markings beneath dotted ceremonial forms.

Krill Krill Ceremony Painting (Owl) 1994

Size

120 x 61 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and acrylic fixative on plywood

Auction

Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29 June 1998, Lot No. 107

Provenance

—

Price Realised

$9,500 AUD

Hector Jandany Value 1995-1996

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing three large rounded hills against a black ground, patterned with white and black dots, with a long pale range of hills above.

Nargoon (1995)

Size

101.5 x 71 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binders on linen, bears Ochre Gallery cat. no. A365 and cat. no. 19873/4 verso

Auction

Mossgreen Auctions, The Peter Elliott Collection, Day 2., Sydney, 31 August 2015, Lot No. 301

Provenance

Ochre Gallery, Western Australia

Price Realised

$4,400 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing layered brown and black hills, their undulating outlines marked by widely spaced white dots against a red ochre sky.

Oombalunj, 1995

Size

70 x 50 cm

Medium

Ochre on canvas

Auction

Colville Auctions Pty. Ltd., Australian and International Fine Art, Hobart, 13 November 2023, Lot No. 32

Provenance

Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art, Victoria, 1995 (KA.HJ.03/95); Private Collection, Hobart

Price Realised

$700 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing layered black and brown hills outlined with white dots between two large pale boab trees on an ochre ground.

‘Warrawurrinji Hills,’ 1995

Size

51 x 71 cm

Medium

Earth pigment on Belgian linen, inscribed ‘HJ0595.’

Auction

Davidson Auctions, Australian & International Art, Sydney, 5 December 2021, Lot No. 335

Provenance

The artist, Turkey Creek, 1995. Kimberley Art Gallery, Melbourne. Lawson-Menzies 25th April 2004 (lot 2). Private Collection, Sydney

Price Realised

$650 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting with two large black oval forms bordered by curved yellow and red bands, and five black triangular shapes running vertically through the centre, all outlined in white dots.

Gowaring (Hill and Warterholes-Hunting Place)

Size

107 x 107 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on Belgian linen

Auction

Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Aboriginal Fine Art, Sydney, 9 November 2005, Lot No. 241

Provenance

Kimberley Art Gallery, Melbourne. Catalogue No. A 62. Private Collection, Melbourne

Price Realised

$4,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing two steep rounded hills filled with repeated wavy bands of white and yellow ochre against a deep red ground.

Two Sharp Hills in Nargun 1996

Size

61 x 91.5 cm

Medium

Earth pigments on canvas

Auction

Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art and a Collection of New Ireland Malagan Sculptures, Melbourne, 27 June 2000, Lot No. 343

Provenance

—

Price Realised

$3,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing two golden bottle trees beneath a white crescent moon and two stars, with a striped central hill and rounded hills across the foreground.

Jomallawary (Two Bottle Trees), 1996

Size

60 x 90 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas, signed verso: Hector, inscribed verso: artist’s name, date, title, size and Warmun Traditional Artists cat. HC0024

Auction

Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, 8 March 2015, Lot No. 44

Provenance

Warmun Traditional Artists, Turkey Creek.. The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in January 1997

Price Realised

$2,400 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting with sweeping yellow forms edged in white dots, black curved shapes and a central triangular field of white dots on a red-brown ground.

Kangamul, 1996

Size

50.5 x 61 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction

Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Fine Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 31 May 2005, Lot No. 149

Provenance

Warmun Traditional Artists, WA. Kimberley Art, Catalogue Number KAHC 0007. Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers, 2nd May 1999, Lot 178

Price Realised

$1,800 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing layered red-brown hills with five rounded black peaks patterned with horizontal bands and dots, surrounding a central oval form.

Kurrawarrine -Scorpion Dreaming 1996

Size

91.5 x 121.5 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas, inscribed verso with artist’s name, date and Warmun Artists cat no. HC0003

Auction

Leonard Joel, The Thomas Vroom Collection, Melbourne, 26 February 2017, Lot No. 214

Provenance

Warmun Artists, WA (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)

Price Realised

$1,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Value 1997-1998

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting of Spear Hill, with stacked irregular hills and rock formations in black, grey, brown and pale ochres, enclosed by a white dotted border.

Kalumba ‘Spear Hill’

Size

200 x 99.5 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas, with Kimberley Art number KAHC0049 and Warmun Art Centre number HC0049 on the reverse

Auction

Christies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 30 August 2005, Lot No. 36

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Western Australia. Kimberley Art, Melbourne. Private collection, Melbourne

Price Realised

$25,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing a crescent moon, stars and a long-tailed comet in a black night sky above two rows of rounded pink, red and black hills.

Tjewiball (Long Tail Comet) 1997

Size

150 x 120 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigment on canvas

Auction

Mossgreen Auctions, Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 8 April 2008, Lot No. 116

Provenance

Warmum Traditional Artists. Kimberley Art Melbourne. Private collection Melbourne. Cat. No: 0078

Price Realised

$19,500 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing a tall red and yellow hill beneath a black night sky containing a crescent moon, three large stars and the Milky Way.

Darrowing Hill

Size

120.4 x 120.4 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on linen, bears artist’s name, size, title, date and catalogue number KA.HC.0036/97 on the reverse

Auction

Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26 July 2010, Lot No. 92

Provenance

Painted at Warmun, (Turkey Creek) in 1997 Warmun Traditional Artists, Turkey Creek Kimberley Art, Melbourne. Private collection

Price Realised

$8,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing an ancestral owl above two rounded hills containing trees, with four tall striped hill forms below against a black ground.

Kawun (Ashes-Ashes), 1997

Size

120 x 150 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigment on polyester canvas

Auction

Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Aboriginal Works of Art, Sydney, 3 December 2019, Lot No. 68

Provenance

Narrangunny Art Traders, WA Cat No. N0178HC. Kimberley Art, Vic. Private Collection, Qld

Price Realised

$6,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing a dark ancestral owl-like figure between four rounded hills, all outlined with white dots against a brown ochre ground.

Bunnangine, 1997

Size

60.5 x 90.5 cm

Medium

Ochre on linen, signed verso ‘Hector’; bears inscription verso: Bunnangine, 90 x 60, 13.5.97, HC0059

Auction

Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), First Nations & Australian Fine Art Auction-

Provenance

Warmun Traditional Artists, Western Australia, Cat No. HC0059

Price Realised

$2,200 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing twenty simplified brown frog-like forms arranged in five rows across alternating yellow and grey-green bands, with white markings on each figure.

Woogoon-Frogs 1997

Size

91 x 61 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas

Auction

Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30 May 2006, Lot No. 291

Provenance

Narrangunny Art Traders, catalogue Number: NAT-0186. Private Collection, Perth

Price Realised

$2,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing three horizontal ranges of irregular black hills outlined with white dots, interspersed with pink, red and yellow rock forms against dark green ground.

Untitled, 1998

Size

122 x 135 cm

Medium

Ochres on canvas, inscribed verso ‘Hector, Jirrawun Arts Cat No. H.C.798.4’

Auction

Shapiro Auctioneers, The Laverty Collection: Contemporary Australian Art, Sydney, 29 October 2019, Lot No. 30

Provenance

Jirrawun Arts, Crocodile Hole, W.A., The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 1998

Price Realised

$4,200 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting with a tall branching yellow form bordered by black bands and white dots, rising between two small striped hills on a brown ground.

Kulan 1998

Size

123 x 135 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on linen, inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Arts cat. no. H.J29801, title and date inscribed on stretcher bar verso

Auction

Leonard Joel, Fine Art, Melbourne, 19 March 2024, Lot No. 41

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Western Australia. The Collection of William Mora Galleries, Melbourne

Price Realised

$1,200 AUD

Hector Jandany Value 1999-2000

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing three layered groups of black hills outlined with white dots and crossed by red dotted tracks, set within broad fields of yellow, red and olive ochre.

Ngirriny-Ngirrinyi Country (Ngarrooroon), 1999

Size

135 x 122 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas, inscribed verso: artist’s name, title and Jirrawun Arts cat. HC599.23

Auction

Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, 8 March 2015, Lot No. 46

Provenance

Jirrawun Arts, Kununurra.. Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney. The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in September 1999

Price Realised

$8,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting of Big Bull Goanna Dreaming, with a central black and red form surrounded by sweeping concentric bands and dense white dotting on a yellow ochre ground.

Big Bull Goanna 1999

Size

122 x 135 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed, dated, titled and cat no. verso: Hector / “Big Bull Goanna” 1999 / Dreamtime For Hectors / Country – Texas Downs / (Nagun) / Hector Jandany / HC599.21

Auction

Gibson’s, Autumn Art Online, Melbourne, 18 March 2025, Lot No. 169

Provenance

William Mora Galleries, Melbourne

Price Realised

$1,300 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing successive groups of rounded black and brown hills patterned with white dots, with a pale blue waterhole near the top.

Gayirriwariny, 2000

Size

121 x 90.5 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on linen

Auction

Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Aboriginal Fine Art, Sydney, 23 May 2007, Lot No. 115

Provenance

Original and Authentic Aboriginal Art. Private Collection, NSW

Price Realised

$8,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing a broad dark winding form bordered by red ochre and white dots, surrounded by six red circular forms on a yellow ground.

Ngarrgooroon Country 2000

Size

140 x 100 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas

Auction

Lawson~Menzies 14 November 2007, Lot No. 290

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre: Cat. no. WAC 618/00. Private Collection, NSW

Price Realised

$6,500 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing two dark rounded hills rising through layered bands of brown, pink and green earth colours, with white dotted edges and striped markings.

Untitled, 2000

Size

70 x 45 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas

Auction

Davidson Auctions, Australian & International Art, Sydney, 5 December 2021, Lot No. 333

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre (cat #WAC519/00). Private Collection, Sydney

Price Realised

$1,800 AUD

Hector Jandany Value 2001-2002

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting of Texas Downs Country, showing rows of rounded pink and yellow hills crossed by red bands and white dots above larger foreground rock formations.

Top Country (Texas Downs)

Size

121 x 90 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on linen canvas, signed ‘Hector’ and bears title, size, date (2001) together with catalogue number N-1386-HC on the reverse

Auction

Sotheby’s, Aboriginal Art, Australian Photography & Digital Art, Melbourne, 5 October 2004, Lot No. 4

Provenance

—

Price Realised

$3,800 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing a large pink rounded hill outlined with white dots beneath dark green and red-brown ranges on a yellow ochre ground.

Ngarrgooroon Country, 2001

Size

45 x 70 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas

Auction

Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 22 November 2006, Lot No. 183

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre: Cat. no. WAC758/01. Japingka Gallery. Private Collection, Perth

Price Realised

$2,400 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing layered pink and black hills outlined with white dots, with three tall hills above and a dark rounded form below on a muted green ground.

Ngarrgooroon Country 2001

Size

80 x 60 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and pigments on canvas, bears artist name, title, date, size, Warmun Art Centre catalogue # WAC 996/01 on the reverse

Auction

Mossgreen Auctions, The Ian & Sue Bernadt Collection, Sydney, 30 August 2010, Lot No. 66

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Western Australia Artplace, Perth

Price Realised

$2,100 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing overlapping rows of rounded brown and yellow hills outlined with white dots, separated by a broad green ridge beneath a pale sky.

Ngarrgooroon Country 2001

Size

60 x 80 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas

Auction

Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30 May 2006, Lot No. 19

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre. Catalogue Number: WAc. 1031/01. Private Collection, Sydney

Price Realised

$1,700 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing rows of rounded orange and brown hills outlined with white dots and horizontal bands, separated by a broad dark ridge.

Ngarrgooroon Country, 2001

Size

60.5 x 80 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas, inscribed verso, artist’s name, size, Warmun Art Centre cat. WAC1030/01

Auction

Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 6 October 2010, Lot No. 128

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Turkey Creek. Private collection, Sydney

Price Realised

$1,500 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing four overlapping rounded forms in red, cream and black, filled and outlined with white dots across broad horizontal bands of earth colour.

Ngarrgooroon Country, 2001

Size

45 x 45 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas, inscribed verso, artist’s name, size, Warmun Art Centre cat. WAC935/01

Auction

Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 6 October 2010, Lot No. 127

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Turkey Creek. Private collection, Sydney

Price Realised

$1,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing a large central rounded form filled with dots and geometric shapes, flanked by two trees and layered hills in pink, grey and red earth colours.

Murrung Murrung 2002

Size

100 x 80 cm

Medium

Natural ochre and pigments on canvas, inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Arts Centre cat. no. WAC943/02

Auction

Leonard Joel, A Private Collection of Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 28 August 2026, Lot No. 63

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Warmun, Western Australia (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity). Private collection, Adelaide

Price Realised

$3,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Value 2003-2005

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing three layers of red-brown hills and rock formations separated by broad fields of cream, pale blue and white, with sparse dotted markings.

Murrung Murrung 2002

Size

100 x 80 cm

Medium

Natural ochre and pigments on canvas, inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Arts Centre cat. no. WAC943/02

Auction

Leonard Joel, A Private Collection of Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 28 August 2026, Lot No. 63

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Warmun, Western Australia (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity). Private collection, Adelaide

Price Realised

$3,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing layered groups of rounded hills in black, red, cream, grey and pink, patterned with white dots and horizontal bands.

Ngarrgoorroon Area 2003

Size

100 x 80 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas

Auction

Mossgreen Auctions, The Sydney Sale; Various Estates, Sydney, 30 August 2009, Lot No. 124

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre Cat. No: WAC 168/03; Accompanying Certificate of Authenticity

Price Realised

$3,000 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing layered red-brown hills and grey rock forms outlined with white dots, with two small trees on a distant ridge.

Goonyurrlbun Hill 2003

Size

70 x 45 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments and pigments on canvas, bears artist name, size, Warmun Art Centre catalogue # WAC 550/03 on the reverse

Auction

Mossgreen Auctions, The Ian & Sue Bernadt Collection, Sydney, 30 August 2010, Lot No. 67

Provenance

Warmun Art Centre, Western Australia

Price Realised

$1,050 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing a dark rounded grass hut in the foreground beneath layered red, grey and pale hills, with three tall rock formations in the distance.

Grass Hut – Ngarrgooroon Country, 2003

Size

70 x 45 cm

Medium

Ochre and pigments on canvas, inscribed verso ‘Warmun Art Centre, Hector Jandany, Cat No. WAC 220/03’

Auction

Shapiro Auctioneers, The Laverty Collection: Contemporary Australian Art, Sydney, 29 October 2019, Lot No. 70

Provenance

Raft Artspace, Darwin, N.T., The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in April 2004

Price Realised

$700 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing layered irregular hills and rock formations in brown, red and black, outlined with white dots beneath a narrow grey sky.

Untitled

Size

80 x 60 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas, bears artist’s name, dimensions and Warmun Art Centre catalogue number 643/04 on the reverse

Auction

Bonhams, Aboriginal Art; Aboriginal Art from The Superannuation Fund of William Nuttall and Annette Reeves, Sydney, 28 May 2012, Lot No. 37

Provenance

Painted in 2004. Warmun Art Centre, Turkey Creek, Western Australia. Raft Artspace, Alice Springs. Superannuation Fund of William Nuttall and Annette Reeves

Price Realised

$800 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting showing two large yellow and red-brown hills outlined with white dots beneath a grey field containing six pale irregular rock-like forms.

Ngarrgooroon, 2004

Size

60 x 80 cm

Medium

Natural ochre and pigments on canvas, inscribed verso ‘Warnum Art Centre Cat No. WAC 635/04, Hector Jandany’

Auction

Shapiro Auctioneers, The Laverty Collection: Contemporary Australian Art, Sydney, 29 October 2019, Lot No. 1

Provenance

Raft Artspace, Darwin, N.T., The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 2006

Price Realised

$750 AUD

Hector Jandany Aboriginal ochre painting of Warily Country, with two prominent hills, winding tracks and rockholes outlined in white dots.

Warily Country, 2005

Size

80 x 60 cm

Medium

Natural earth pigments on canvas

Auction

Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Aboriginal & Oceanic Works of Art, Sydney, 16 November 2017, Lot No. 62

Provenance

Warman Art Centre, WA. The Jacquie McPhee Collection, WA

Price Realised

$3,000 AUD

Ngarrgooroon, 2004

Size

60 x 80 cm

Medium

Natural ochre and pigments on canvas, inscribed verso ‘Warnum Art Centre Cat No. WAC 635/04, Hector Jandany’

Auction

Shapiro Auctioneers, The Laverty Collection: Contemporary Australian Art, Sydney, 29 October 2019, Lot No. 1

Provenance

Raft Artspace, Darwin, N.T., The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 2006

Price Realised

$750 AUD

About This Artist Value Page

The headline auction statistics at the top of this page — including the number of works offered, sale rate, highest recorded sale and median sale price — are calculated from the auction records reviewed for this artist.

Everything below those figures should be regarded as a curated and subjective selection rather than a complete record of the artist’s auction history.

This is not a database of works sold. For comprehensive Australian art auction records and market data, I recommend the Australian Art sales Digest

I select works primarily to show the variety, development and quality of an artist’s work. I favour works with good-quality images over those represented by small or poor auction photographs, and I naturally include paintings that I find particularly interesting or useful in understanding the artist. Although I try to choose representative examples from different periods, subjects, sizes and price levels, these choices inevitably introduce bias.

The highest auction results also require caution. An artist’s three, four or five strongest results may be for exceptional works that entered Australian or international public collections or attracted unusually strong institutional and collector competition. Such prices should not automatically be regarded as representative of the broader market for that artist.

These pages are part of my continuing education in Aboriginal art and are intended primarily for people who enjoy the art and want to explore the variety and evolution of an artist’s work. Apart from the headline auction statistics, the selection, commentary and interpretation on this page are subjective and should not be relied upon for valuation, investment, insurance, taxation or other commercial purposes.

Hector Jandany Value Artworks and Auction results

Hector Jandany Value 1987-1992

Hector Jandany Value 1993-1994

Hector Jandany Value 1995-1996

Hector Jandany Value 1997-1998

Hector Jandany Value 1999-2000

Hector Jandany Value 2001-2002

Hector Jandany Value 2003-2005

About This Artist Value Page

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