Indigenous and First Nations Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Indigenous and First Nations Art which concluded on January 23, 2024. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Untitled (Bird and Fish)
graphite on paper
signed in syllabics lower right
14.5 x 9.5 ins ( 36.8 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
SAUL WILLIAMS
Anishinaabe (Man Lowered From Sky)
acrylic on paper
signed and dated “07-91” lower left; titled on the reverse
29.25 x 21.5 ins ( 74.3 x 54.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
ROY THOMAS
Nesting Bird; Two Birds
two acrylics on paper
each signed and dated 1976 lower right
14 x 17 ins ( 35.6 x 43.2 cms ) ( sight (each) )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
PATRICK AMOS
Nuu-chah-nulth Hummingbird
painted wood with feathers and cedar bark
signed, titled, dated “February 8th, 2011” and inscribed “Mowachaht - Muchalaht First Nation” on the underside of the base
12 x 11 x 3 ins ( 30.5 x 27.9 x 7.6 cms ) ( overall (including base) )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
LLOYD KAKEPETUM
The Drummer
oil on canvas
signed and dated 2005 lower right
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
PATRICK AMOS AND RYLAN AMOS
Nuu-chah-nulth Style Lost Whaler Mask
painted wood with cedar bark and feathers
signed, titled, dated 1997 and inscribed “Pukmas Mowachaht Nation” on the reverse
13.5 x 9.5 x 9 ins ( 34.3 x 24.1 x 22.9 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
LELAND BELL
Four Women Helpers
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “August 12 1979” on the reverse; titled to two gallery labels on the reverse
36 x 32 ins ( 91.4 x 81.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $660.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
CARL BEAM
A Grizzly Bear Brave-Piegan; Humpback Whale
two mixed media
each signed lower right; each unframed
15.25 x 12 ins ( 38.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( sheet (each) )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $570.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
KINGMEATA ETIDLUI
Flower Bird
stonecut
inscribed with the artist’s name, title, dated 1970, numbered “40/50”and inscribed “Stone Cut” and “Dorset” lower center
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $510.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
LELAND BELL
Bebaminotmat
acrylic on canvas
signed and titled lower left; unframed
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Blessing
serigraph
signed, titled and numbered “44/82” lower right
46.5 x 24.5 ins ( 118.1 x 62.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
JOSIE PAMIUTU PAPIALUK
Man and Fish
stonecut
signed in syllabics, dated 1965 and numbered “13/30” in the lower margin
21.75 x 26.25 ins ( 55.2 x 66.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK
Bird Image
etching
inscribed with the artist name, title, dated 1968 and numbered “42/50” in the lower margin
13 x 15.5 ins ( 33 x 39.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $276.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
Previous Auctions
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- Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2025
- British & Continental Artworks (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- The Chaki Collection: A Collector’s Dialogue (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- 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
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- 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
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