Works by Inuit Artists Featured in The Art of Canada Auction

The Art of Canada Auction May 2016

Waddington’s is pleased to present our inaugural Art of Canada Auction. This important event combines the finest historical, modern and contemporary Canadian art with top works from Inuit and Northwest Coast artists.

From our Indigenous offering we are particularly excited to share with you eleven prints from the 1959 Cape Dorset Print Collection, including Tudlik’s Division of Meat and Josephie Pootoogook’s Joyfully I See Ten Caribou. Headlining our Northwest Coast offering this season is a stunning carved argillite box with inlaid abalone shell by Rufus Moody. The Art of Canada Auction also features classic period works from various Arctic Quebec settlements such as a miniature version of Joe Talirunili’s famous Migration sculpture.

The online session of our spring auction features our popular offering of Small Wonders, often imitated but never duplicated, they are a select group of miniature works that we sprinkled throughout the session for your viewing pleasure. We have fine sculpture by esteemed artists George Tataniq, Barnabus Arnasungaaq and Kaka Ashoona and early prints from the likes of Parr, Sakiassie and Kenojuak. Also on offer during this session is an exquisite collection of woven Salish baskets along with a rare sketchbook of drawings by Mary Ayaq.

We look forward to seeing you during one or more of the viewing times below.

Friday 27 May 2016
12 Noon to 5 pm

Saturday 28 May 2016
11 am to 5 pm

Sunday 29 May 2016
11 am to 5 pm

Monday 30 May 2016
10 am to 12 Noon

Auction Gallery