Pitaloosie Saila: career timeline

Inuit · 1942–2021 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 31 lots (94% 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.

Pitaloosie Saila: 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	4	3	$390Sign up	Other
1970s	11	11	$221Sign up	Other
1980s	12	12	$278Sign up	Lithograph
1990s	2	2	$573Sign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $390Sign up
Average: $472Sign up
Typical size: 14 × 16.5 in (36 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

1970s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $221Sign up
Average: $491Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 18.5 in (34 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Other (7), Woodcut / linocut (3), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Birds (3), Figures & portraits (2)

1970 Young Girl and Birds #6/50$215Sign up
1970 Flower Woman #8/50$138Sign up
1971 Fisherman's Dream #10/50$432Sign up
1972 Bird of Sargo #3/50$1.4kSign up
1973 Igloo Dwellers #27/50$138Sign up
1973 Igloo Dwellers #21/50$126Sign up
1973 Blue Geese #5/50$101Sign up
1974 Untitled - Portrait of a Woman$2.1kSign up
1974 Taleelago #1/50$292Sign up
1974 Kigavik #4/50$232Sign up
1975 Proud Bird #6/50$221Sign up

1980s 12 works

Sold: 12 of 12
Median: $278Sign up
Average: $364Sign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 21.5 in (45 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (5), Print (other) (3), Other (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1981 The Young Owl #42/50$280Sign up
1983 Stepping Stones #12/50$169Sign up
1984 Grand Owl #17/50$552Sign up
1985 The Shaman's Dogs #12/50$122Sign up
1985 Sedna with Fish$127Sign up
c. 1985 Four works$330Sign up
1985 Ookpagaq #17/50$1.4kSign up
1985 Sedna with Fish #6/50$276Sign up
1986 Nested Owls #30/50$347Sign up
c. 1986 Five works$127Sign up
1988 Resting Woman #7/50$174Sign up
1988 Owl in Arctic Mist #39/50$479Sign up

1990s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $573Sign up
Average: $573Sign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 25 in (60 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1994 Loon at Sunrise #5/50$485Sign up
1998 Four Generations #25/50$661Sign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $100Sign up
Average: $100Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 24.5 in (36 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2015 Innukshuk Builders$100Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 22 × 30 in (56 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Great OwlResult not published

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 Pitaloosie Saila auction results →