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Friday, August 6 to Monday, August 9
Our Specialists Are Travelling
Complimentary Valuations & Seeking ConsignmentsSpecialists from First Arts will be travelling with our colleagues at A.H. Wilkens for appraisal and consignment events in Ottawa and Montreal. Meetings with our team are complimentary, confidential, and carry no further obligation.
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Seeking Consingments
Contacts:
Ingo Hessel
613-818-2100
647-286-5012
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Exceptional Results from our Inuit & First Nations Art Auction
Tuesday 13 July 2021 at 7:00 PMWE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR JULY 13TH LIVE AUCTION WAS AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS, SETTING SEVERAL NEW AUCTION SALES RECORDS.
VIEW RESULTS GALLERY
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Seeking Consignments
Following our July 13, 2021 sale of Inuit and First Nations Art, which realized 1.2 million dollars in sales and which set several world records, First Arts is now accepting consigments for our upcoming program of auctions and exhibtions. Interested parties should contact us to arrange for a complimentary and private valuation and to discuss the advantages of buying and selling with First Arts.
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Recent Acquisitions
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OVILOO TUNNILLIE (1949-2014) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)Self Portrait (Woman with Stone Block), 1998stone, 20.75 x 15 x 12.5 in (52.7 x 38.1 x 31.8 cm)
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UNIDENTIFIED MAKER, TlingitRattle Top Basketc. 1900
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KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK, R.C.A. (1935-2010) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)Assembly of Owls, 2001 #7$ 1,600.00
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PITSEOLAK ASHOONA, R.C.A., O.C., (1904-1983) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)Many New Birds, 1980 #L22$ 300.00
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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)Standing Hunter, c. 1950s$ 1,250.00
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AKEEAKTASHUK (1898-1954) m., INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)
Hunter with Spear and Knife, c. 1950
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ABRAHAM ETUNGAT, R.C.A. (1911-1999) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)Walrus, mid-late 1970s$ 3,250.00
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JOHNNYBOO ULLUAKULLUK (1923-D) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY) / KIMMIRUT (LAKE HARBOUR)Mother with Child in Her Amaut, 1975$ 400.00
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SEEKING CONSIGNMENTS
We are currently accepting consignments for our Spring 2021 program of auctions and exhibitions. For a free consultation or to book a consignment appointment please contact:
Ingo Hessel 613-818-2100 ingo@FirstArts.ca Nadine Di Monte 647-286-5012 info@FirstArts.ca
Pictured: AKEEAKTASHUK, Striding Hunter, c. 1951-53, stone, ivory, and inlay, 10 x 6.5 x 5.5 in (25.4 x 16.5 x 14 cm)
Estimate: $20,000 — $30,000
price realized: $52,800
A WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
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PAPER PUSHERS: DRAWINGS FROM QAMANI’TUAQ
Drawings from Qamani’tuaq Introduction Throughout the Canadian Arctic, drawing has remained an especially important medium for artists, who have pursued the genre regularly, and with ingenuity. This exhibition explores the transformation of the... View Available Works -
Results from Our June Online Auction
Thursday 3 June 2021 JuNE 3, 2021 AT 2:00 PM ET Prices include 23% buyer's premium View Results Gallery -
April Online Auction
Results from our april online auction Prices include 23% Buyer's Premium WORKS View Results -
Results from our Fall 2020 Sale
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STRANGE BEASTS: SURREALIST SCULPTURES BY ELI SALLUALU QINUAJUA
View Exhibition After complaints by carvers in Puvirnituq (Povungnituk) that their creativity was being hemmed in by the rather restrictive and tame tastes of their southern audience, the anthropologist Dr. Nelson Graburn... -
ETCHING & AQUATINT: FREE FLOWING EXPERIMENTATION
View Exhibition Paul Machnik and his world-renowned Montreal-based print atelier, Studio PM, began collaborating with the Kinngait Studios artists more than twenty-five years ago. The introduction of the etching and aquatint technique...
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![TIM PITSIULAK (1967-2016) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Tattooed Whale, 2016 (2017 #1 [Special Release])](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_2400,h_2400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/firstarts/images/view/f9e14440b8d46c26d242b88865042671j/firstarts.jpg)
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