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Judy Watson Napangardi Values and Auction results

Works Offered at Auction: 271
Sale Rate: 57%
Highest Sale: $180,000 AUD
Median Sale Price: $3,400 AUD

Judy Napangardi Watson paintings vary considerably in value, with the strongest prices generally achieved by large, well-provenanced works depicting Mina Mina and associated women’s Dreaming subjects. Her most desirable paintings combine substantial scale, strong provenance and the energetic linear style for which she became recognised.

Major works have sold for tens of thousands of dollars, while smaller paintings and later works can sell for only a few thousand dollars. Particularly important examples from her strongest periods, especially large Mina Mina, Hairstring and Snake Vine paintings, can command significantly higher prices.

The value of a Judy Napangardi Watson painting depends heavily on size, date, subject, visual quality and provenance. Works documented by Warlukurlangu Artists and other established Aboriginal art centres or galleries generally have greater market confidence than paintings with limited documentation.

Below are auction examples showing the range of prices achieved for Judy Napangardi Watson paintings and how her market has developed over time.

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Judy Watson Napangardi Values 1989-1994

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Karnta Jukurrpa (Women’s Dreaming), 1989, with red linear pathways, circular forms and U-shaped figures over densely dotted fields of black, brown, purple and ochre.

Karnta Jukurrpa (Women’s Dreaming), 1989

Size
61 × 77 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction – The Rod Menzies Estate, Indigenous Art Collection Part II, Sydney, 5 March 2024, Lot 62

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, NT, Cat. No. 122/89; Austral Gallery, USA; Private Collection, USA; Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, November 2007, Lot 292; Menzies Estate Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$3,200 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Dreaming, 1994, with black and white wavy lines, circular motifs and U-shaped forms over densely dotted fields of orange, brown, purple, grey and ochre.

Mina Mina Dreaming, 1994

Size
111.5 × 75 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, The Alan Boxer Collection of Australian Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 17 March 2015, Lot 123

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Northern Territory; Chapman Gallery, Canberra; The Alan Boxer Collection.

Exhibited
Crossing Cultures: Art From the Boxer Collection

Price Realised
$3,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi Values 1995-1999

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Women’s Dreaming, 1995, with large sinuous black-outlined forms, concentric circles and repeated linear motifs across a wide field of ochre, yellow, green, grey and purple.

Women’s Dreaming, 1995

Size
193 × 367 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction – The Rod Menzies Estate, Indigenous Art Collection Part II, Sydney, 5 March 2024, Lot 35

Provenance
Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art, Victoria, Cat. No. KA 883/97; Private Collection, Victoria; Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, November 2006, Lot 155; Menzies Estate Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$180,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2009, with three long interwoven bands of oval forms in pink, yellow, green and purple, surrounded by repeated lines and U-shaped motifs.

Snake Vine, 1995

Size
213 × 119 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Modern, Contemporary Australian and Important Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 19 March 2008, Lot 244

Provenance
Kimberley Art, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$25,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Snake Vine Dreaming, 1998, with large undulating green and yellow forms, a central chain of concentric oval shapes and dense multicoloured contour lines.

Snake Vine Dreaming, 1998

Size
121.5 × 92 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, The Thomas Vroom Collection, Melbourne, 26 February 2017, Lot 389

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Northern Territory. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$2,600 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina, Snake Vine, 1999, with large undulating forms, interlocking oval motifs and dense parallel lines in orange, yellow, ochre, green and white.<br />

Snake Vine Dreaming, 2004

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Fine Art, Sydney, 23 May 2007, Lot 141

Provenance
Private Collection, Victoria. Sold with original documentation.

Price Realised
$6,500 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting from 1999 with a large undulating ochre form surrounded by parallel lines, elongated horizontal motifs and U-shaped forms in yellow, white, black, green and purple.

Untitled, 1999

Size
106 × 61 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Art Leven, First Nations & Australian Fine Art Auction – Featuring the Collection of Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO & Sir Nicholas Shehadie, Sydney, 19 May 2026, Lot 10

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Northern Territory, Cat. No. 3/99; 

Price Realised
$2,400 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting with large sinuous ochre forms, red lizard-like figures, circular and U-shaped motifs, and dense flowing lines in ochre, red, pink, blue and white.

Ngalyipi Manu Warrama Jukurrpa (Snake Vine and Desert Skink Dreaming), 1999

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, Aboriginal Art – Timed Online Auction, Sydney, 25 August 2021, Lot 42

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Northern Territory; The Collection of Penny Coleing, NSW. Accompanied by a Warlukurlangu Artists Certificate of Authenticity.

Price Realised
$2,400 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi Values 2000-2003

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Hairstring Dreaming, 2000, with broad fields of closely spaced rippling lines in yellow, green, orange, red, blue, grey and white divided by dark curving bands.

Hairstring Dreaming, 2000

Size
122 × 140 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Fine Art, Sydney, 9 November 2005, Lot 42

Provenance
Kimberley Art Gallery, Melbourne, Cat. No. KA0030; Private Collection, Melbourne. Sold with original documentation and images of the artist with the work.

Price Realised
$9,500 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting from 2000 with a large central undulating ochre form, long red bars and U-shaped motifs surrounded by dense lines of yellow, green, blue, red and white.

Untitled, 2000

Size
122 × 76.5 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Gibson’s, Australian & International Art, Melbourne, 27 October 2024, Lot 160

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, via Alice Springs.

Price Realised
$4,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Snake Vine (Ngalyipi) Dreaming, 2001, with a central green sinuous form, long horizontal bands and U-shaped motifs surrounded by flowing lines of yellow, orange, purple, blue and green.

Snake Vine (Ngalyipi) Dreaming, 2001

Size
122 × 153 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 246

Provenance
Private Collection, Victoria. Sold with a series of photographs of the artist creating the work.

Price Realised
$9,500 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Snake Vine (Ngalyipi) Dreaming, 2001, with a large green sinuous central form, long horizontal bands and U-shaped motifs surrounded by bright yellow, orange, purple, red and green lines.

Snake Vine (Ngalyipi) Dreaming, 2001

Size
152.5 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Colonial to Contemporary, including Important Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 16 December 2009, Lot 129

Provenance
Private Collection, Victoria; Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 246; Private Collection, Melbourne. Accompanied by photographs of the artist with the work.

Price Realised
$9,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2001, with large yellow and purple sinuous forms, striped U-shaped motifs and dense flowing lines in red, blue, yellow, black and white.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming), 2001

Size
107 × 76 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Davidson Auctions, Aboriginal Art & Artefacts, Sydney, 17 May 2025, Lot 1101

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Northern Territory, Cat. No. 5/01; Private Collection, NSW. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$1,600 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina, 2003, with numerous concentric circular forms and broad undulating bands surrounded by dense flowing lines in pink, orange, yellow, purple, green and white.

Snake Vine Dreaming, 2005

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 140

Provenance
Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi Values 2004-2005

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Wititji – Hairstring Dreaming, 2004, with dense vertical bands of orange, yellow, blue, purple, pink and green crossed by a long red horizontal line connecting forms at either side

Wititji – Hairstring Dreaming, 2004

Size
214 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 22 November 2006, Lot 16

Provenance
Ngintaka Arts; Flinders Lane Gallery, Cat. No. FG04409.JW; Private Collection, Victoria. Sold with original gallery documentation.

Price Realised
$48,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina, Hair String Story, 2004, with dense rippling black and white vertical lines crossed by a single red horizontal line connecting forms at either side.

Mina Mina, Hair String Story, 2004

Size
187 × 154 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30 May 2006, Lot 9

Provenance
Kimberley Art Gallery; Private Collection, Melbourne. Sold with original documentation.

Price Realised
$28,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2004, with two large undulating central forms, elongated striped motifs and U-shaped forms surrounded by flowing lines of pink, yellow, green, blue and orange.

Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snake Vine Dreaming), 2008

Size
122 × 183 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Menzies, Australian & International Fine Art, Sydney, 25 September 2008, Lot 243

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu; Private Collection, NSW.

Price Realised
$7,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2004, with a large central undulating form, circular and U-shaped motifs, and dense contour lines in pink, orange, yellow, blue and green.

Ngalyipi Jukurrpa, 2006

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 137

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu; Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$6,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2004, with concentric circular and oval forms surrounded by dense flowing lines in orange, yellow, pink, purple, blue and green.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2004

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, Fine Art, Melbourne, 2 June 2020, Lot 149

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Alice Springs; Private Collection, Perth. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$3,800 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2004, with large flowing forms, circular motifs and U-shaped figures surrounded by bright blue, yellow, orange, pink, black and white lines.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa – Women’s Dreaming, 2004

Size
61.5 × 46 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, The Thomas Vroom Collection, Melbourne, 26 February 2017, Lot 143

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Northern Territory, Cat. No. 24/04. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$450 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Hairstring, 2005, with dense vertical bands of pink, yellow, blue, green and orange crossed by a thin black line connecting two large circular forms.

Mina Mina Hairstring, 2005

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 133

Provenance
Ngintaka Arts; Private Collection, Victoria. Sold with a photograph of the artist with the work.

Price Realised
$19,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina, 2005, with dense vertical bands of flowing multicoloured lines and repeated U-shaped and oval forms in pink, yellow, blue, green, orange, black and white.

Mina Mina, 2005

Size
122 × 107 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 22 November 2006, Lot 124

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, Cat. No. 1130/05; Private Collection, UK. Sold with original Warlukurlangu Artists documentation.

Price Realised
$15,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2005, with concentric oval forms, U-shaped motifs and flowing lines in pink, blue, orange, yellow, red and white.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming), 2005

Size
152 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, The Elizabeth Jones Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 14 August 2007, Lot 7

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Northern Territory, Cat. No. 340/05; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Stock No. AK11812. Accompanied by a certificate of authentication.

Price Realised
$9,500 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2005, with two large undulating central forms, concentric circles and striped U-shaped motifs surrounded by flowing lines of pink, orange, yellow, blue and green.

Mina Mina, 2006

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 136

Provenance
Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$6,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Majardi Hair String, 2005, with hundreds of fine black vertical lines crossed by a single horizontal line connecting two large rounded forms at either side.

Majardi Hair String, 2005

Size
149 × 95 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 21 July 2008, Lot 15

Provenance
Corroboree Exports SA; Private Collection. Certificate supplied.

Price Realised
$3,300 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi Values 2006-2007

Judy Watson Napangardi painting Dreaming at Mina Mina, 2006, composed of dense black and white parallel lines that ripple, bend and converge across the canvas.

Dreaming at Mina Mina, 2006

Size
123 × 183 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 111

Provenance
Gundooee Aboriginal Art, Cat. No. GUN606184; Private Collection, NSW. Sold with original source documentation and a photograph of the artist with the work.

Price Realised
$15,000 AUD

Black-and-white Judy Watson Napangardi painting with hundreds of fine vertical rippling lines divided by a strong horizontal black line connecting large concentric forms at either side.

Yilpinji Dreaming at Mina Mina, Hairstring Story, 2006

Size
141.5 × 181 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Major Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 23 September 2009, Lot 102

Provenance
Painted at Yuendumu in 2006; Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney; Private Collection, Melbourne. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Gundooee Aboriginal Art and a photograph of the artist with the work.

Price Realised
$13,000 AUD

Colourful Judy Watson Napangardi painting with dense vertical bands of yellow, blue, pink, orange, purple and red crossed by a black line connecting two large semicircular forms.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2008

Size
122 × 183 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Menzies, Australian & International Fine Art, Melbourne, 25 September 2008, Lot 242

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu; Private Collection, NSW.

Price Realised
$6,000 AUD

Large colourful Judy Watson Napangardi painting filled with flowing bands, concentric circles, leaf-like forms and repeated motifs in pink, red, yellow, green, blue and white.

My Dreaming, 2007

Size
180 × 297 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Menzies, Australian & International Fine Art, Sydney, 23 June 2016, Lot 24

Provenance
Acquired from the artist; Aboriginal Art World, Sydney; Company Collection, Sydney; Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 25 September 2008, Lot 245; Company Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$34,000 AUD

Colourful Judy Watson Napangardi painting with dense vertical bands of red, yellow, blue, green, pink and white divided by a black horizontal line connecting large semicircular forms on either side.

Kurrkara Jukurrpa at Mina Mina, 2007

Size
183 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Inaugural Aboriginal Art Auction, Melbourne, 25 March 2009, Lot 53

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu; Gallery Gondwana, Sydney; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$18,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting with rows of flowing parallel lines, circular forms and long branching motifs arranged horizontally in cream, orange, purple, green and ochre.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2006

Size
152 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Lawson~Menzies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14 November 2007, Lot 134

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu; Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$7,500 AUD

Colourful Judy Watson Napangardi painting with concentric circles, oval forms, flowing bands and repeated U-shaped motifs in yellow, pink, orange, green, blue, purple and white.

Mina Mina Dreaming, 2007

Size
121 × 90 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction – The Rod Menzies Estate, Indigenous Art Collection Part II, Sydney, 5 March 2024, Lot 61

Provenance
Galleries Direct, NSW; Private Collection, NSW; Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, February 2011, Lot 159; Menzies Estate Collection, Victoria. Accompanied by a Galleries Direct certificate of authenticity and 29 working photographs.

Price Realised
$4,000 AUD

Colourful Judy Watson Napangardi painting filled with flowing horizontal bands, linked circular forms and repeated U-shaped motifs in green, orange, purple, blue, yellow and white.

Mina Mina, 2007

Size
123 × 91 cm

Medium
Acrylic on Belgian linen

Auction
Scammell Auctions, Contemporary and Fine Art Auction, Adelaide, 31 August 2020, Lot 37

Provenance
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$1,500 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi painting with hundreds of vertical lines in orange, red, yellow, blue, purple and white crossed by a dark red horizontal line connecting large semicircular forms at either side.

Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snake Vine Dreaming), 2007

Size
122 × 183 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Melbourne, 18 May 2011, Lot 151

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu; Private Collection, Melbourne.

Price Realised
$8,000 AUD

Colourful Judy Watson Napangardi painting filled with circular forms and flowing interlocking bands in purple, pink, yellow, blue, green, orange and white.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2007

Size
122 × 152 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Menzies, Australian & International Fine Art, Sydney, 25 September 2008, Lot 241

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu; Private Collection, NSW.

Price Realised
$5,000 AUD

Judy Watson Napangardi Values 2008-2015

Long horizontal Judy Watson Napangardi painting with parallel bands and interlocking oval, circular and sinuous forms in ochre, pink, green, blue, cream and orange, outlined with dark lines.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming) – Ngalyipi, 2009

Size
241 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Leonard Joel, The Le Pley Collection of Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 21 November 2023, Lot 47

Provenance
The Artist; Warlukurlangu Artists, Northern Territory, Cat. No. 2242/08

Price Realised
$19,000 AUD

Colourful Judy Watson Napangardi painting with flowing bands, linked oval and circular forms, repeated U-shaped motifs and fine parallel lines in yellow, orange, blue, green, red and white.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2009

Size
90 × 180.5 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), First Nations Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 12 November 2024, Lot 87

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, NT, Cat. No. 3449/09; Private Collection, Victoria. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlukurlangu Artists.

Price Realised
$8,000 AUD

Colourful Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson with flowing bands of white, black, yellow, pink, red, blue and purple surrounding circular, oval and elongated forms.

Mina Mina Dreaming, 2009

Size
90 × 90 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Gibson’s, Australian & International Art, Melbourne, 29 October 2023, Lot 252

Provenance
Mandel Aboriginal Art Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne. Certificate of authenticity accompanies the work.

Price Realised
$3,400 AUD

Colourful Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson filled with horizontal bands of rounded forms, circles, leaf-like motifs and winding lines outlined in black and white, in red, green, yellow, blue and pink.

Mina Mina, c.2009

Size
200 × 135 cm

Medium
Acrylic on linen

Auction
Lawsons, Aboriginal Art & Artefacts, Sydney, 31 May 2018, Lot 555

Provenance
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity including photographs of the artist holding the work.

Price Realised
$2,200 AUD

Colourful Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson with long vertical bands rising between rounded forms, surrounded by concentric circles, leaf-like shapes and flowing lines in orange, yellow, green, blue, pink and white.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2010

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Mossgreen Auctions, The Estate of Ann Lewis, AO (Art lots only), Sydney, 7 November 2011, Lot 168

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Certificate of Authenticity and original invoice.

Price Realised
$8,500 AUD

Colourful Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson filled with interlocking oval and leaf-like forms, branching lines, circles and flowing bands in pink, green, red, orange, blue and white.

Mina Mina Dreaming, 2010

Size
174 × 124 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Shapiro Auctioneers, Australian and International Art, Sydney, 20 November 2023, Lot 67

Provenance
Australian Aboriginal Art; Private Collection, Sydney. Accompanied by an Australian Aboriginal Art Certificate of Authenticity.

Price Realised
$6,500 AUD

Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson with dense vertical bands of yellow, orange, turquoise, pink, blue and green crossed by a thin horizontal line connecting two large semicircular forms at either side.

Kurrkara Jukurrpa (Desert Oak Dreaming) at Mina Mina, 2011

Size
183 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, D+H ONLINE: Fine Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 28 May 2024, Lot 16

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, Cat. No. 47/11; Gallery Gondwana, Sydney; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2011.

Price Realised
$14,000 AUD

olourful Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson with large concentric oval and circular forms surrounded by sweeping, rippling bands of red, green, yellow, pink, blue and white.

Mina Mina, 2011

Size
180.5 × 123 × 3 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas, ready to hang

Auction
Lawsons, Australian Indigenous Art, Sydney, 24 November 2025, Lot 5025

Provenance
Cat. No. JW110614/1. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and photographs of the artist holding the work.

Price Realised
$5,500 AUD

Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson filled with brightly coloured interconnected oval, circular and elongated forms, wavy bands and linear motifs outlined in black and white against a pale blue ground.

Mina Mina Dreaming, c.2013

Size
151 × 93 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Gibson’s, Spring Art Online, Melbourne, 26 November 2024, Lot 89

Provenance
Saltbush Gallery, Alice Springs. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$2,800 AUD

Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson with dense vertical bands of yellow, orange, pink, green and blue crossed by a strong black horizontal line connecting large semicircular forms filled with concentric geometric designs.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa – Janyinki, 2013

Size
122 × 122 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Aboriginal Works of Art, Sydney, 27 November 2018, Lot 71

Provenance
Not stated in the supplied record.

Price Realised
$8,500 AUD

Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson filled with densely interlocking elongated forms, circles, leaf-like motifs and flowing lines in vivid red, orange, pink, purple, blue, green and yellow.

Mina Mina, 2014

Size
201 × 300 cm

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Auction
Lawsons, Australian Indigenous Art, Sydney, 2 March 2026, Lot 5039

Provenance
Certificate of authenticity including 54 progress photographs.

Price Realised
$15,500 AUD

Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson featuring dense vertical bands of orange, yellow, pink, blue, green and purple crossed by a dark horizontal line connecting large semicircular forms filled with concentric geometric designs.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa – Janyinki, 2015

Size
152 × 75.5 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Auction
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 8 June 2021, Lot 12

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Arts, Yuendumu, NT, Cat. No. 4451/15; Private Collection, Victoria.

Price Realised
$8,500 AUD

Aboriginal painting by Judy Napangardi Watson with long vertical bands of red, turquoise, yellow and green rising between circular forms, surrounded by concentric circles, U-shaped motifs and brightly coloured geometric designs.

Mina Mina Jukurrpa, 2015

Size
122 × 121 cm

Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Auction
Deutscher and Hackett, D+H ONLINE: Australian Indigenous Art, featuring works from the collection of James Smeaton, Melbourne, 6 June 2023, Lot 17

Provenance
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, Northern Territory; Private Collection, Melbourne. Accompanied by a Warlukurlangu Artists certificate of authenticity.

Price Realised
$4,000 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.

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