Helen Kalvak: career timeline

Canadian · 1901–1984 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 40 lots (75% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Helen Kalvak: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1960s	10	10	$152Sign up	Woodcut / linocut
1970s	13	13	$176Sign up	Other
1980s	7	7	$149Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $152Sign up
Average: $165Sign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 15 in (27 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (4), Other (4), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

1960 Untitled - Cariboo Study$156Sign up
1964 Apparition Dream #32/40$166Sign up
1966 Summer Camp #9/40$147Sign up
1966 Sealskins to Dry #10/30$166Sign up
1967 Nightmare #24/51$221Sign up
1968 Under the Stars #45/50$138Sign up
1968 Under the Stars #24/50$139Sign up
1968 Under the Stars #20/50$117Sign up
1968 Under the Stars #45/50$117Sign up
1969 Sea Monsters #2/50$288Sign up

1970s 13 works

Sold: 13 of 13
Median: $176Sign up
Average: $180Sign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 13 in (30 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Other (10), Print (other) (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

1970 Travellers in Sight #22/50$225Sign up
1970 Seagulls #39/50$265Sign up
1970 Travellers in Sight #36/50$265Sign up
1972 Nightmare #5/50$96Sign up
1972 Nightmare #36/50$194Sign up
1972 Nightmare #5/50$112Sign up
1972 Pulling Game #6/50$131Sign up
1973 Magic Power #24/50$194Sign up
1973 Magic Power #23/50$131Sign up
1973 Kidnapper #23/50$103Sign up
1975 Sea Goddess #15/50$138Sign up
1975 Solitude #43/50$176Sign up

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1975 Fishing #30/50$317Sign up

1980s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $149Sign up
Average: $201Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 17 in (34 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Other (6), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1980 Seal Hunting Tools #3/50$347Sign up
1980 Self Defense #3/50$149Sign up
1982 Making an Atigi #5/50$157Sign up
1983 Balancing Trick #49/50$351Sign up
1983 Angekok in the Tent #44/50$133Sign up
1984 The Old Woman's Helpers #32/45$131Sign up
1984 Dancers with Loon Hats #45/50$141Sign up

Creation date not recorded

10 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $119Sign up
Average: $136Sign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 9.5 in (16 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Other (10)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2011 Untitled - Play at Sea$180Sign up
sold 2011 Untitled - Owl and Friends$119Sign up
sold 2011 Untitled - A Celebration$119Sign up
sold 2011 Untitled - Horned Friends$180Sign up
sold 2011 Untitled - Watched Hunter$119Sign up
sold 2011 Untitled - A Gathering of Minds$167Sign up

Show 4 more (2010s)

sold 2011 Untitled - A Vivid Dream$119Sign up
sold 2011 Untitled - Fall Gathering$119Sign up
sold 2012 Untitled - Dancer$130Sign up
sold 2014 Centennial Year of the Northwest Territories$104Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Helen Kalvak auction results →