May Auction of Canadian Artwork including Inuit Art (Online Second Session to Live Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our May Auction of Canadian Artwork including Inuit Art (Online Second Session to Live Auction) which concluded on June 5, 2019. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
ELIYAHKOTA SAMUALIE
Composition
stonecut
inscribed with artist’s name, titled, dated 1972, numbered 29/50 and inscribed “Dorset” in the lower margin
21.5 x 22 ins ( 54.6 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
PITALOOSIE SAILA
Proud Bird
stonecut
21.5 x 30.25 ins ( 54.6 x 76.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
LIPA PITSIULAK AND SOLOMON KARPIK
Trying to Fly
stonecut
inscribed with artist names, titled, dated 1978, numbered 19/50 and inscribed “Pangnirtung”
18 x 19 ins ( 45.7 x 48.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
G. BLAIR LAING
Memoirs of an Art Dealer, Volumes 1 & 2
two books and a drawing by Homer Watson
(McLelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1979); “Volume 1” (signed by Blair Laing and numbered 27/105; suede covers and within the original slipcover; accompanied by an original drawing by Homer Watson, sheet size 9.25 x 6.5 ins, certified on the reverse by the Watson’s niece, Olive Pretty); “Volume 2” (within the original slipcover)
10.75 x 7.5 x 3.5 ins ( 27.3 x 19.1 x 8.9 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Village in Winter
charcoal drawing
signed lower right
17.75 x 22.75 ins ( 45.1 x 57.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
TUKIKI MANOMIE
Three Figures
stone; wood
10.75 x 9.25 x 8.5 ins ( 27.3 x 23.5 x 21.6 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
HAROLD TOWN AND DAVID P. SILCOX
Tom Thomson: The Silence and The Storm (Limited Edition)
book & lithograph
McClelland and Stewart, Toronto/England, 1977, signed by Harold Town & David Silcox and numbered 12/135; a lithograph of Tom Thomson by Harold Town within the book (signed, dated 1977 and numbered 12/135)
15 x 18.25 x 2.75 ins ( 38.1 x 46.4 x 7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST
Owl Transformation (Human Face with Wings)
stone
inscribed with syllabics indistinctly on the underside
4.25 x 9.5 x 1.75 ins ( 10.8 x 24.1 x 4.4 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
KAKAGAYUK
Hunter with Catch
stone
signed in Roman and inscribed “4336” & “POV” on underside
6 x 4.75 x 3.5 ins ( 15.2 x 12.1 x 8.9 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST
Alert Bird
stone
6.5 x 7.75 x 2.75 ins ( 16.5 x 19.7 x 7 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- 20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- Bidding in a Winter Wonderland (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Toronto: Represented and Abstracted (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- The Art of Europe (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auctions)
- Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
- Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
- Canada & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- Canadian Winter (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- Books & Reference (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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- Canadian Group of Painters (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- La belle province (Art of Quebec) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- The Art of Barbara Mercer (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Cities & Towns (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
- From the Estate of Robert Markle (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 15, 2022
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- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- Inuit and First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
- Canada & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Post War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Canadian Winter (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Works on Paper, Books & Tapestries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Auction to Benefit the Art Gallery of Alberta (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2021
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- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
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