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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- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Picasso & His Contemporaries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Mousseau and Friends (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Works from the Estate of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Artwork for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- 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
- 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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