Inuit and First Nations Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Inuit and First Nations Art which concluded on September 27, 2022. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
PATRICK AMOS
Killer Whale Mask with Hawk and Dorsal Fin
painted cedar bark and horse hair
signed and inscribed “Nu-Chah-Nulth Style Killer Whale with hawk, dorsil fin, cedar bark and horse hair, Maw-Ach-Aht Nation, July 25, 2000” on the reverse
30 x 15 x 8 ins ( 76.2 x 38.1 x 20.3 cms ) ( excluding hair )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
VINCE BOMBERRY
Running Figure (Iroquois Legend of the Little People)
moose antler and steatite
signed (incised) to the lower leg
11 x 8.5 x 4 ins ( 27.9 x 21.6 x 10.2 cms ) ( including base )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
CARL BEAM
“Gradual Progress, Growth”; “The Whale of Our Being”; “Anongonse Migwans Beam”
three mixed media works on paper
each signed lower right; each seal stamped “Carl Beam Original Work” lower left
“The Whale of Our Being” also inscribed “Pulp mill in Espanola, Ontario” with a “Neon Raven” stamp lower left
“Anonganse Migwans Beam” also inscribed “my daughter as a feather”;
each unframed
15.25 x 12 ins ( 38.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
PAUL JOHNNY
Mask with Large Ears
painted cedar wood and copper with horse hair
signed and artist’s stamp on the reverse
10.5 x 14 x 6.5 ins ( 26.7 x 35.6 x 16.5 cms ) ( excluding hair )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
HELEN KALVAK
Polar Bear Among Ice Floes
stencil
inscribed with artist’s name, titled, dated 1966, numbered 34/50 and inscribed “Cape Dorset” in the lower margin
17.25 x 20.75 ins ( 43.8 x 52.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $300.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
PITSEOLAK ASHOONA
Summer Migration
stonecut
inscribed with artist’s name, titled, dated 1970, numbered 14/50 and inscribed “Cape Dorset” in the lower margin
24.5 x 17 ins ( 62.2 x 43.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK
Kinglet Arctic Bird
pentel ink and crayon on paper
signed in syllabics lower right
19.75 x 25.5 ins ( 50.2 x 64.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
Previous Auctions
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- Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
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- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
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- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
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- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
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- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
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- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
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- 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
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- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
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- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
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- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
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- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
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- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
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- 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
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- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
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- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
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