Kenojuak Ashevak: career timeline

1927–2013 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 38 of 43 lots (88% 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.

Kenojuak Ashevak: 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	12	11	$462Sign up	Etching
1970s	9	9	$610Sign up	Woodcut / linocut
1980s	2	2	$471Sign up	Lithograph
1990s	11	11	$969Sign up	Lithograph
2000s	4	4	$326Sign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $462Sign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 11.5 in (23 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Etching (8), Other (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

1960 Seal Spirit$1.3kSign up
1962 Untitled - Owl with Fish #30/50$218Sign up
1962 Birdspirits #30/50Unsold
1966 Dream Image #24/50$368Sign up
1966 Owls and Images #33/50$597Sign up
1967 Bear and Bird #5/50$231Sign up
1967 Mask #1/50$299Sign up
1967 Centennial Portfolio #45/50$3.3kSign up
1968 Triumvirate #14/50$1.9kSign up
1968 Animals in Camp #45/50$462Sign up
1969 Animal Spirits #15/50$306Sign up
1969 Firebird #16/50$2.6kSign up

1970s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $610Sign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 22 in (41 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (3), Etching (2), Other (2)
Subjects: Birds (2), Sea & coast (1)

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $471Sign up
Average: $471Sign up
Typical size: 17 × 23.5 in (43 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1), Birds (1)

1980 Days On The Coast #15/50$458Sign up
1983 A Bird in Danger #6/50$485Sign up

1990s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $969Sign up
Average: $989Sign up
Typical size: 17 × 23.5 in (43 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Print (other) (2), Etching (2)
Subjects: Birds (1)

1991 Loons Feeding #20/50$776Sign up
1992 Custodians of Ancestral Lore #30/75$1.2kSign up
1993 New Plumage #21/50$969Sign up
1994 Untitled$600Sign up
1995 Ravens Gather #10/50$1.5kSign up
1995 Birds Singing #5/100$532Sign up
1996 Arctic Assembly #7/50$1kSign up
1996 Riding on Mother Owl #18/50$1.5kSign up
1998 Raven Silhouette II #14/50$345Sign up
1999 Silver Owl #29/50$744Sign up
1999 Reminiscence #9/40$1.7kSign up

2000s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $326Sign up
Average: $523Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 18 in (38 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Print (other) (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

2002 Splash #40/50$284Sign up
2002 Sunburst Owl #5/50$1.2kSign up
2002 Guardian of the Nest #26/50$259Sign up
2006 Gold Fish #22/50$368Sign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $862Sign up
Average: $862Sign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 24 in (48 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2010 Ice Fishing at the Spring Camp$805Sign up
sold 2010 Spirit of the Birds$919Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24.5 in (45 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2021 Untitled - Flying Bird$1.6kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled - Stacked Owls$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$1.4kSign 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 Kenojuak Ashevak auction results →