Inuit & First Nations Art
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NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Peter and His Friends
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered “82/99” in the lower margin; unframed
22 x 30 ins ( 55.9 x 76.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $600.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
HELEN KALVAK
Untitled Wall Hanging
stonecut on burlap
signed lower right; inscribed “Designed and Printed by Eskimos Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada” on a label on the reverse; unframed
30 x 12 ins ( 76.2 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized: $480.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Five Indigenous Prints
five colour prints
- Nicholas de Grandmaison “Big Kidney (Omukoto'ki), Blackfoot, Gleichen, Alberta” signed lower left; 18 x 16.75 (sight);
- Charles William Jefferys “Iroquois” signed upper left; 15.5 x 11.5 ins (sight);
- Charles William Jefferys “Keewatin” signed upper left; 11.5 x 11.5 ins (sight);
- Adam Sherriff Scott, “Ojibwa” signed lower right; 11 x 8.5 ins. (sight);
- Adam Sherriff Scott, “Montagnais” signed lower left; 11 x 8.5 ins. (sight);
18 x 16.75 ins ( 45.7 x 42.5 cms ) ( largest )
This sale is now closed.
CARL BEAM
Untitled (Star)
mixed media on paper
signed lower right, artist’s stamp lower left
13.75 x 11 ins ( 34.9 x 27.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized: $330.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
BENJAMIN CHEE CHEE
Proud Male; Dancing Goose
two lithographs
- “Proud Male” signed and dated 1977 lower left; 18.5 x 18.5 ins. [sight];
- “Dancing Goose” signed and dated 1975 lower center; 16 x 22 ins. [sight]
16 x 22 ins ( 40.6 x 55.9 cms ) ( largest (sight) )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized: $2,040.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ADAMIE YUGALAK
Seals Dancing
stonecut
inscribed with the artist’s name, dated 1972 and numbered “9/15” lower center; unframed
14.25 x 18.75 ins ( 36.2 x 47.6 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
SIMEONIE OHAITUK
Hunter Attacking Polar Bear
stone
signed in syllabics and dated 1973 on the underside
15 x 27 x 9 ins ( 38.1 x 68.6 x 22.9 cms ) ( overall )
This sale is now closed.
DAPHNE ODJIG
Hide n’ Seek
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1981 and numbered “93/125” in the lower margin; unframed
25 x 22 ins ( 63.5 x 55.9 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
KALAI QUMALUK
Man Goes to a Seal Quietly
stonecut
inscribed with the artist’s name, dated 1972 and numbered “24/40” lower center; unframed
22 x 16 ins ( 55.9 x 40.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized: $120.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
CARL BEAM
Untitled (Wolf Robe / Ho'néhevotoomáhe)
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; stamped with the artist’s stamp lower left
14 x 11 ins ( 35.6 x 27.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized: $480.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Art of Norval Morrisseau: Collection of Five Prints in Original Portfolio
five colour serigraphs
a portfolio containing five serigraphs printed in colours (”The Dawn”, “Shaman Conjuring Speech”, “Composition with Loons”, “Young Gulls Watching” and “Shaman and Apprentice”), each signed in pencil, number 90 in an edition of 350, including an edition of publication “The Art of Norval Morrisseau” by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock (signed by Lister and Pollock and numbered 90/350 in the reverse), published by Methuen, Toronto/New York, 1979, contained in a wooden case with calfskin straps
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $2,880.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
PUDLO PUDLAT
Landscape with Caribou
colour lilthograph
inscribed with the artist’s name, title, dated 1977, numbered “50/50” and “Dorset” in the lower margin
22.25 x 25.5 ins ( 56.5 x 64.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $450.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
DAVID B. WILLIAMS
Bass, Dreamers, Paradise
acrylic on paper
signed, titled and dated 2000 in the lower margin; unframed
30.5 x 23 ins ( 77.5 x 58.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized: $480.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
THOMASSIE ECHALOOK
Canada Goose
stonecut
inscribed with artist’s name, titled, dated 1976 and numbered “6/40” lower center; unframed
13 x 17 ins ( 33 x 43.2 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK
Out From the Den
stonecut and stencil
inscribed with the artist’s name, title, dated 2005 and numbered “21/50” in the lower margin
19.25 x 23.5 ins ( 48.9 x 59.7 cms ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
THOMASSIE ECHALOOK
Canada Goose
stonecut
inscribed with the artist’s name, dated 1975, numbered “7/40” and inscribed “Inoucdjouac” lower center; unframed
17 x 19 ins ( 43.2 x 48.3 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized: $120.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ALLEN SAPP
Man with Child
oil on canvas
signed lower right; unframed
20 x 30 ins ( 50.8 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $2,880.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
DAVID MORRISSEAU
Otter Playing with Eel; Otter Twins Playing Under Water
two coloured pencils on paper
“Otter Playing with Eel” (signed in Roman and syllabics and dated 1997 lower right, 8 x 10.25 ins [sight]);
“Otter Twins Playing Under Water” (signed in Roman and syllabics lower right, 8 x 10.5 ins [sight])
8 x 10.5 ins ( 20.3 x 26.7 cms ) ( largest sight )
This sale is now closed.
JANE ASH POITRAS
Resurrection Eagle Spirit
mixed media on canvas
signed lower right; signed and dated 1991 twice on the reverse; titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,140.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
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