# Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:31:12.637Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Movements: Western Desert art
- Common media: Painting

## About Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri was an Australian artist associated with Western Desert painting. Public authority records consistently place his death in 1998, although they differ on whether he was born in 1926 or approximately 1927. VIAF connects his identity with works titled around Dreaming narratives, animals, caves, rockholes, sandhills, and named Western Desert locations. Those records point to a practice grounded in place and culturally specific subjects, while the available source pack does not provide enough institutional detail for a fuller chronology. Collectors encounter his name through paintings and public auction records, as well as through bibliographic references to individual works and a publication devoted to the artist. Because catalogues may invert or vary personal names, the authority form “Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Mick” can help distinguish relevant records during provenance and catalogue research.

## Common works and media

Painting is the best-supported core medium in the collected sources. VIAF-linked titles refer to Dreaming subjects, bandicoot and goanna imagery, caves, rockholes, sandhills, concentric-circle compositions, and named places including Mintjarrpi, Kutju, Marnpi, and Mount Liebig. Appraisily's auction taxonomy also includes works on paper and prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions, but those broader classifications have not been independently confirmed by a museum or artist foundation in this source pack. Each object should therefore be assessed from its catalogue description, materials, dimensions, inscriptions, provenance, and attribution rather than from category labels alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public auction index places Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri primarily within fine art and painting while also assigning some records to broader categories such as works on paper, prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions. These labels should be verified against each lot rather than treated as definitive descriptions. A useful appraisal comparison considers medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, inscriptions, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Comparable sales are most informative when the works share these characteristics and similar subject matter. Public results remain incomplete evidence: private transactions may be absent, auction feeds can omit records, and reported totals may use different treatments of buyer premiums and fees.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6838362
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/295300198/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/237126044
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Namarari_Tjapaltjarri
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/mick-namarari-tjapaltjarri/