Online Auction of Indigenous & Inuit Artwork Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Online Auction of Indigenous & Inuit Artwork which concluded on March 30, 2021. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Wheel of Life
acrylic on board
signed in syllabics lower left; dated 1973 and inscribed “The Artist and his Environment” on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse of the frame
39.75 x 31.25 ins ( 101 x 79.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
BENJAMIN CHEE CHEE
Mother and Child; Proud Male
two silkscreens
-“Mother and Child” (signed and dated 1976 lower left - 15.5 x 21.5 inches [sight]);
-“Proud Male” (signed and dated 1977 lower left - 16.25 x 22.5 inches [sight])
16.25 x 22.5 ins ( 41.3 x 57.2 cms ) ( sight (largest) )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK
Owls in Evening Light
colour stonecut and stencil
inscribed with the artist’s name, titled, dated Dorset 1986 and numbered 2/50 in the lower margin
21.25 x 29.25 ins ( 54 x 74.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
SHEOKJUK OQUTAQ
Seated Woman
stone
4.5 x 5 x 3 ins ( 11.4 x 12.7 x 7.6 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
LAWRENCE PAUL YUXWELUPTUN
Standing Spirit
ink and watercolour on museum board
signed and dated 2018 lower right; unframed
5 x 3.25 ins ( 12.7 x 8.3 cms ) ( card )
Auction Estimate: $1,400.00 - $1,800.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
KUMUKULUK SAGGIAK
Mother and Children
stone
14.5 x 15 x 7 ins ( 36.8 x 38.1 x 17.8 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Kenojuak: Graphic Masterworks of the Inuit
book with hand-coloured etching
Jean Blodgett & Kenojuak Ashevak, “Kenojuak: Graphic Masterworks of the Inuit”; Mintmark Press, Toronto, Ottawa, 1981; signed and numbered “150/275” by the author and artist; sold within the original slipcase and box
sold with:
Kenojuak Ashevak, “Myself & I” (hand-coloured etching; inscribed with the artist’s name, title, dated Dorset 1981 and numbered 150/275 along the lower edge; 11.25 ins x 13 ins, unframed)
12.5 x 3.5 x 14 ins ( 31.8 x 8.9 x 35.6 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
BENJAMIN CHEE CHEE
Running Horses; Black Bear
two lithographs
each signed, titled, dated 1974 and numbered 92/150 in the lower margin; each unframed
18 x 15 ins ( 45.7 x 38.1 cms ) ( sheet (each) )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
ARCHIE ISHULUTAK
Throat Singers
stone with ivory inlay
incised with syllabics on the underside
6.75 x 4 x 2 ins ( 17.1 x 10.2 x 5.1 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
JOHNNY TUNNILLIE
Proud Bird
stone
incised signature on the underside
13.5 x 9.5 x 3.5 ins ( 34.3 x 24.1 x 8.9 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK
Timiatjuak
colour lithograph
inscribed with the artist’s name, title, dated Dorset 1987 and numbered 24/50 along the lower edge
19.5 x 25.25 ins ( 49.5 x 64.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
TOONOO SHARKY
Spirit Inukshuk
stone
incised with syllabics and dated 2006
9 x 6.5 x 2 ins ( 22.9 x 16.5 x 5.1 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
TOONOO SHARKY
Dancing Seal
stone
incised with syllabics and dated 2004 on the underside
9.25 x 7.5 x 2 ins ( 23.5 x 19.1 x 5.1 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
Previous Auctions
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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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- Artwork from an Important Private Collection (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
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Art of Quebec: La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints of Sampson Matthews (& Related Work) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Books & Reference (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- People & Places (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 9, 2021
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