First Nations & Inuit Art Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our First Nations & Inuit Art which concluded on June 25, 2024. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by Norval Morrisseau, Shaman in Repose, circa 1991-1992
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Shaman in Repose, circa 1991-1992

acrylic on canvas (diptych)
signed in syllabics lower left; titled and with Kinsman Robinson inventory number on the reverse
47.5 x 47.25 in ( 120.7 x 120 cm ) ( each canvas )

Auction Estimate: $80,000.00$70,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $43,200.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Allen Sapp, Playing Hockey
ALLEN SAPP
Playing Hockey

oil on canvas
signed lower right
24 x 30 in ( 61 x 76.2 cm )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $10,200.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Norval Morrisseau, Untitled (Owl)
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Untitled (Owl)

oil on paper
signed in syllabics lower right
20 x 14.5 in ( 50.8 x 36.8 cm ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $7,000.00$5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Allen Sapp, Allen Bringing Water Inside
ALLEN SAPP
Allen Bringing Water Inside

acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; titled to the stretcher; titled to two labels on the reverse
16 x 20 in ( 40.6 x 50.8 cm )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,720.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Clifford Maracle, Waiting on Waves
CLIFFORD MARACLE
Waiting on Waves

acrylic on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the reverse; unframed
40.25 x 30 in ( 102.2 x 76.2 cm )

Auction Estimate: $350.00$250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $2,166.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Unknown Artist, Haida Walrus Tusk Otter Pipe
UNKNOWN ARTIST
Haida Walrus Tusk Otter Pipe

walrus tusk; abalone
sold together with “The Raven Steals the Light: Native American Tales” by Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst, “Solitary Raven: Selected Writings of Bill Reid” by Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst, “Bill Reid” by Doris Shadbolt and “The Black Canoe: Bill Reid and the Spirit of of Haida Gwaii” by Robert Bringhurst
2.75 x 7.5 x 1.5 in ( 7 x 19.1 x 3.8 cm ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $4,000.00$2,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Kananginak Pootoogook, A Collection of Etchings: Portfolio IV
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK
A Collection of Etchings: Portfolio IV

portfolio of 6 etchings
each inscribed with artist name, title, dated "Dorset 1981" and numbered 24/25 in the lower margin
- “Snowy Owl” (12 x 13.5 ins. [plate size]);
- “Boats I Have Known” (10 x 12 ins. [plate size]);
- “Near My Father’s House” (12 x 13.75 ins. [plate size]);
- “My People’s World” (10 x 11.75 ins. [plate size]);
- “Geese in Spring” (10 x 11.75 ins. [plate size]);
- “Camp from my Past” (11.75 x 13.5 ins. [plate size]);
each unframed and housed in the original portfolio slip case
11.75 x 13.5 in ( 29.8 x 34.3 cm ) ( largest plate size )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Jane Ash Poitras, Untitled
JANE ASH POITRAS
Untitled

mixed media on paper
signed lower right
24.25 x 20 in ( 61.6 x 50.8 cm ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,140.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Various Artists, Six Mohawk Baskets
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Six Mohawk Baskets

sweetgrass and ash baskets; albumen prints; daguerreotype
- One large-lidded yarn holder with handles on either side and a handle on the lid. Early 20th Century Mohawk maker;
- One small-lidded trinket basket with decorative painting on the upper shoulder. Early 20th Century Mohawk maker;
- Four small-lidded trinket baskets made by Nancy Snow, St. Regis, Mohawk, ca. 1900-1920;

sold together with two albumen prints of Professor Herbert Strainge Long’s grandparents taken in 1863 and a daguerreotype of his grandfather.
9 x 7 x 6 in ( 22.9 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm ) ( overall (largest) )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$500.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Jane Ash Poitras, Untitled #3: Healing Stones
JANE ASH POITRAS
Untitled #3: Healing Stones

acrylic on panel
signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
9.5 x 7.5 in ( 24.1 x 19.1 cm )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Blair Debassige, Boy with the Rabbit-Skin Coat
BLAIR DEBASSIGE
Boy with the Rabbit-Skin Coat

acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1985 lower right; signed, titled and dated 1985 on the reverse; unframed
16 x 12 in ( 40.6 x 30.5 cm )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Artwork by Pudlo Pudlat, Gathering Moss for the Nest; Hunter with Heavy Load
PUDLO PUDLAT
Gathering Moss for the Nest; Hunter with Heavy Load

two colour stonecuts and stencils
- "Gathering Moss for the Nest", inscribed with artist name, titled, dated "Dorset 1984 "and numbered 16/50 in the lower margin, 23 x 24 ins [sight];
- "Hunter with Heavy Load", inscribed with artist name, titled, dated "Dorset 1984" and numbered 11/50 in the lower margin, 21 x 29 ins [sight]
23 x 24 in ( 58.4 x 61 cm ) ( largest sight )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $252.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024

Previous Auctions

Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.

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
( Download PDF )
 
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
( Download PDF )
 
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
 

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