Joe Talirunili (1893-1976) - art auction sale records

Migration Boat (1970)
stone, skin, wood, thread
Sold in 2019
Estimate C$150,000 - C$250,000
Sold for C$408,000

Migration Boat, early-mid 1970s
stone, wood, hide and thread
Sold in 2016

Migration Boat (1969)
stone, ivory, bone, sinew, pressed fibre...
Sold in 2022

Migration Boat
stone, skin, wood, thread
Sold in 2020

Puvirnituq
grey stone
Sold in 2014

The Migration (1970)
stone, hide, wood, thread
Sold in 2012

The Migration (1975)
stone, wood, hide, thread
Sold in 2014

Migration
stone, hide, wood and thread sculpture
Sold in 2020

PUVIRNITUQ
stone and ivory
Sold in 2018

Migration Boat
grey soapstone and wood sculpture
Sold in 2008
Estimate C$100,000 - C$150,000
Sold for C$35,100

The Migration
stone, wood
Sold in 2008

Joe’S Escape (1970)
stone, wood
Sold in 2015

Hunter With Harpoon, Bow And Arrow (1960)
stone, antler, wood, sinew thread
Sold in 2019

Hunter And Caribou
stone, sinew, wood, antler
Sold in 2008

Joe's Escape, Circa 1976 (1976)
stone, wood, hide, sinew
Sold in 2023

Migration (1970)
stone, ivory, hide, string
Sold in 2016

Hunter Harpooning Walrus (1962)
stone
Sold in 2018

Hunter And Walrus Scene (1962)
stone
Sold in 2018

Caribou
soapstone, caribou antler
Sold in 2007

Hunter with Harpoon, Bow, Rifle and Knife
grey soapstone, bone and wood sculpture
Sold in 2008

Puvirnituq, Woman Playing a Fiddle, c. early 1970s
grey stone, wood, antler and twine
Sold in 2015

Hunter Carrying a Seal with Harpoon, Bow and Rifle
grey soapstone, bone and wood sculpture
Sold in 2008

Hunter With Harpoon
stone
Sold in 2021

Hunter Returning With Catch (1960)
stone
Sold in 2020

Puvirnituq, Hunter, mid-late 1960s
grey stone, wood, plastic and thread
Sold in 2015

Puvirnituq, Owl and Arctic Hare, c. late 1960s
stone
Sold in 2016

Hunter
stone, wood, sinew
Sold in 2019

Hunter
stone, wood, plastic, string
Sold in 2008

Seated Mother And Child Holding A Dog And Vessel (1965)
stone
Sold in 2020

Untitled
graphite and coloured pencil drawing
Sold in 2020

Woman Holding Char
stone, string
Sold in 2020

Family Of Owls
stone
Sold in 2023

Woman With Pail And Ulu (1960)
stone, wood and thread
Sold in 2019

Hunter With Weapons
stone, wood, string
Sold in 2011

Archer (1970)
stone, antler, wood, sinew
Sold in 2016

Standing Woman
stone, antler
Sold in 2010

Seated Inuit Woman (1965)
stone
Sold in 2013

Woman With Bucket
stone
Sold in 2021

Woman
stone
Sold in 2019

Hunter
stone, wood
Sold in 2015

Hunter In A Kayak
stone, wood, string
Sold in 2020

Owl (1968)
stone
Sold in 2019

Puvirnituq
a grey stone carving of an owl
Sold in 2016

Woman Carrying Pail And Qulliq (1964)
stone
Sold in 2015

Walrus (1960)
stone, ivory
Sold in 2019

Early-mid 1960s
grey stone
For Sale in 2016 (did not sell)

Otter With Fish (1965)
stone
Sold in 2015

Seated Mother And Child Holding A Dog And Vessel (1965)
stone
Sold in 2015

Standing Hunter
stone, wood, string
Sold in 2009

Hunter Carrying Harpoon And Rifle (1972)
stone, wood, thread
Sold in 2016

Inuit Woman
stone
Sold in 2012

Hunter Carrying Kayak
stone, ivory, wood, string
Sold in 2020

PUVIRNITUQ, Owl, mid 1960s
stone
Sold in 2017

Puvirnituq, Woman Ice Fishing, Early 1970s
grey stone, wood, sinew, metal
Sold in 2016

Hunter Carrying His Weapons
stone, plastic, thread
Sold in 2016

Puvirnituq, Hunter and Captured Seal, late 1950s or early 1960s
dark grey stone and antler
For Sale in 2014 (did not sell)

Hunter With Seal
stone, wood, string
Sold in 2021

Puvirnituq, Standing Owl, ca. 1970, Grey stone
grey stone
Sold in 2013

Owl (1960)
stone
Sold in 2020

Puvirnituq, Hunter with Harpoon, c. mid 1960s, stone
wood and embroidery floss
Sold in 2017

Polar Bear Eating Seal On Base
stone, wood
Sold in 2010

Hunter Carrying His Weapons
stone, wood, thread
Sold in 2017

Hunter
stone, wood, string
Sold in 2010

Owl
stone
Sold in 2009

Hunter Carrying Pack, Bow And Gun (1960)
stone, ivory, thread, plastic
Sold in 2016

Owl And Small Animal
stone
Sold in 2009

Hunter
stone, wood, string
Sold in 2020

Standing Hunter
stone, wood, thread, antler, skin
Sold in 2015

Hunter
stone, wood, thread
Sold in 2011

Hunter
stone, wood, string
Sold in 2021

Walrus
stone, ivory
Sold in 2014

Owl Caught A Hare (1965)
stone
Sold in 2015

Owl
stone
Sold in 2020

Horned Owl (1970)
stone
Sold in 2019

Snowy Owl, Ca. 1970 (1970)
stone
Sold in 2024

Family Of Owls
stone
Sold in 2007

Inuit Hunter
stone, wood, sinew
Sold in 2012

Woman With Child Holding Her Dog (1965)
stone
Sold in 2015

The Owl And Lemming (1965)
stone
Sold in 2015

HUNTER, CA. 1965 (1965)
stone, wood, string
Sold in 2022

PUVIRNITUQ
stone
For Sale in 2018 (did not sell)

Puvirnituq, Owl and Lemming
dark grey stone
Sold in 2015

PUVIRNITUQ
stone and antler
Sold in 2018

Puvirnituq, Resting Caribou, mid-late 1960s
stone and antler
Sold in 2016

Puvirnituq, Standing Owl, ca. 1965, Grey stone
grey stone
Sold in 2013

Pruzansky Collection; Galerie Elca London; Waddingtons Spring 1997
stone
For Sale in 2017 (did not sell)

Owl
stone
Sold in 2019

Otter Eating Fish
stone
Sold in 2010

Emphatic Man (1960)
stone, beads
Sold in 2012

Man And Dog
stone
Sold in 2010

Caribou
stone, antler
Sold in 2013

Hunter (1960)
stone, ivory
Sold in 2007

Polar Bear Eating Seal
stone, wood
Sold in 2011

Owl
stone
Sold in 2021

Horned Owl
stone
Sold in 2019

Woman With Braided Hair And Char, Ca. 1965 (1965)
stone, string
Sold in 2022

Owl
stone
Sold in 2021

Owl With Spread Wings
stone
Sold in 2021

Bird (1960)
stone
Sold in 2020

PUVIRNITUQ, Hunter with Harpoon and Knife, c. 1968-70, stone, wood
ivory and yarn
Sold in 2017

PUVIRNITUQ
stone and ivory
Sold in 2018

HUNTER, CA. 1970 (1970)
stone, wood, plastic coffee canister lid...
Sold in 2023

Horned Owl
stone
Sold in 2019

Kneeling Woman With Ulu And Qudliq Holding Child In Amautiq
stone, ivory, string
Sold in 2020

Old Tools Used To Survive A Long Time Ago, 1975 (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2022

PUVIRNITUQ, Man Carrying a Stone, c. 1959-60
stone
For Sale in 2017 (did not sell)

Unititled (Inuit Activities) (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Owl (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2009

Standing Hunter Carrying A Seal (1965)
stone
Sold in 2016

Caribou
stone, ivory
Sold in 2012

Bear Hunters
felt-tip and graphite drawing
Sold in 2023

Journey (1968)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Owl
soapstone
Sold in 2007

Brown-grey stone
brown-grey stone
Sold in 2012

Grey stone
grey stone
Sold in 2012

Puvirnituq, Owl
grey stone
Sold in 2015

Long Eared Owl, c.1965 (1965)
stone
Sold in 2019

Owl
stone
Sold in 2020

Untitled - Boat with Owl #32/50 (1975)
stonecut on paper
Sold in 2021

Horned Owl (1970)
stone
Sold in 2016

PUVIRNITUQ
stone
Sold in 2018

A grace beyond the reach of art, (FCNQ, 1977, pp. 73). This work was created with two separate stone blocks; it seems as if they might have been originally conceived as two separate works of art
printer: aisara nuvalinga nunga (1923-d)...
Sold in 2012

Standing Owl, c. 1968, grey stone, 4.25 x 2.25 x 2.25 in
grey stone
Sold in 2012

Loon (1967)
stone
Sold in 2015

Hunting Owls (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Owl
stone
Sold in 2013

Untitled
graphite and coloured pencil drawing
Sold in 2020

Boat With Owl (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Hare
stone
Sold in 2021

Owl
stone
Sold in 2017

Homecoming (1968)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Hunting Whales By Kayak (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2009

Horned Owl
stone
Sold in 2017

Puvirnituq
stonecut
For Sale in 2015 (did not sell)

Owl (1970)
stone
Sold in 2016

Men Going Hunting (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2009

Horned Owl
stone
Sold in 2016

Hunters Who Went Adrift (1964)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Owl
stone
Sold in 2015

Hunting With Bow
stonecut
Sold in 2020

Walrus Hunting From Kayak (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Puvirnituq, Loon, c. 1970
stone
For Sale in 2017 (did not sell)

Untitled (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Horned Owl (1970)
stone
Sold in 2016

Inuit Family A Long Time Ago (1975)
stonecut and stencil
Sold in 2010

Walrus (1960)
stone, ivory
Sold in 2021

Story About Hunters Lost In Icebergs While Hunting Seals
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Puvirnituq
stonecut
For Sale in 2012 (did not sell)

Inuit Family Of A Long Time Ago (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Polar Bear
stone
Sold in 2013

Walrus
stone, wood
Sold in 2011

Owl
stone
Sold in 2012

Caribou (1965)
stone
Sold in 2015

Crouching Hare
stone
Sold in 2019

Spring Camp (1962)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Inuit Family Of A Long Time Ago
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Man Holding A Net
stone
Sold in 2019

Puvirnituq, Owl, late 1960s
stone
Sold in 2017

Otter With Sea Bird
stone
Sold in 2023

Hunters Lost In Icebergs While Hunting Seals (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2022

Puvirnituq
printer: lucy amarualik (1934-2005)
Sold in 2016

Puvirnituq
stonecut
Sold in 2015

Owl (1963)
Sold in 2012

Moving To Hunting Ground
stonecut
Sold in 2020

Puvirnituq
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Inuit Family Of A Long Time Ago
stonecut
Sold in 2020

Old Tools Used To Survive A Long Time Ago (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2014

Owl
stone
Sold in 2013

Small Homes, Vast Spaces (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Hunting Seals (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Two Perched Owls
graphite and coloured pencil drawing
Sold in 2022

Owl
stone
Sold in 2021

Puvirnituq
stonecut
Sold in 2014

Nomads (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Horned Owl
felt-tip drawing
Sold in 2017

Owl
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Hunting Whales (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Owls Hunting Lemmings (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Hunting Of Yesteryears (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

The Old Way Of Living (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Two Men Hunting A Bear (1962)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Inuit Family Of A Long Time Ago, 1975 (1975)
stonecut print on paper
Sold in 2023

Hunting Of Yesteryears
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Old Way Of Living (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2014

Hunting Of Yesteryears (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2022

Owl (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2009

Small Homes -Vast Spaces (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Owls Hunting Lemmings (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

White Owl And Lemming (1962)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Hunting (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Caribou Hunt (1968)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Untitled (Inuit Hunter With Two Seals, Polar Bear And Wolf) (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Clawing Its Prey (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2022

Camp (1964)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Hunting Whales By Kayak (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Hunting (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2009

Puvirnituq
stonecut
Sold in 2015

an Ottawa private collection
stonecut
Sold in 2017

Clawing Its Prey, 1965 (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2023

Caribou, Ca. 1965 (1965)
stone, bone
Sold in 2023

Long Time Floating On Ice Field
sontecut
Sold in 2018

Hunting A Bear
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Whaling
stonecut
Sold in 2020

The Caribou Hunt
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Puvirnituq
stonecut
Sold in 2014

Hunting a Bear (1963)
stonecut on paper
Sold in 2021

Hunting in a Canoe (1975)
stonecut print
Sold in 2019

Story About Hunters Lost In Icebergs While Hunting Seals (1975)
Sold in 2020

Walrus Hunting From Kayak
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Their Boat Is Of Sealskin
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Owl
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Hunting By Qamutik
stonecut
Sold in 2021

Puvirnituq
stonecut
Sold in 2013

Family
stonecut
Sold in 2013

The Old Way Of Living (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Pootoogook Harpooning A Bear (1964)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Bear Hunting Scene (1964)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Untitled (Hunting By Dogteam, Hunting By Kayak) (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2014

Hunting Whales by Kayak
stonecut
For Sale in 2013 (did not sell)

Pootoogook Harpooning The Bear (1964)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

To Show The Old Ways Of The People In Their Land (1976)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Hunting Owls (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2009

Pootoogook Harpooning The Bear (1964)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

They Arrived At Their Summer Camp (1976)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Hunting Of Yesteryears (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Leaving From The Hunt By Dog Team (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Hunting Whales By Kayak (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

They Arrived At Their Summer Camp (1976)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Family Of A Long Time Ago (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Untitled (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Untitled (Three Owls And Prey) (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Untitled (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

The Hunters Capture Whales With Their Harpoons And Sealskin Floats
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Pootoogook Harpooning A Bear
stonecut
Sold in 2018

To Show The Old Ways Of The People In Their Land
stonecut
Sold in 2021

Wagonfeld Collection; Waddingtons Nov. 1999
stonecut
Sold in 2017

Family (1963)
stonecut on paper
Sold in 2022

WALRUS, CA. 1970 (1970)
stone
Sold in 2024

Hunters In Kayak
engraving
Sold in 2018

Old Way Of Living
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Old Way Of Living
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Family And Dogs/Wolves (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2013

Pulling Like A Dog (1962)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Ready For The Hunt (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Return Of The Survivors From The Floating Ice (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Caribou Hunt
stonecut
Sold in 2017

The Caribou Hunt
stonecut
Sold in 2017

Ready For The Hunt (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Men Going Hunting (1962)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Walrus Hunting From Kayak (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Ready For The Hunt (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Leaving For The Hunt By Dog Team (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

The Ancient Way Of Hunting
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Ready For The Hunt (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2013

To Show The Old Ways Of The People In Their Land (1976)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Hunters In Kayak (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2014

Men Going Hunting
stonecut
Sold in 2021

The Ancient Way Of Hunting
stonecut
Sold in 2009

Unknown (Hunting On Land And By Water) (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

To Show The Old Ways Of The People In Their Land (1976)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

The Ancient Way Of Hunting
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Hunters In Kayak (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Owl
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Pulling Like A Dog (1962)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Whale Hunting
stonecut
Sold in 2017

Inuit Family Of A Long Time Ago
stonecut
Sold in 2021

Their Boat Is Of Sealskin
stonecut
Sold in 2020

Whale Hunting (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2012

Puvirnituq
stonecut
Sold in 2015

Camp
stonecut
Sold in 2013

an Ontario private collection
stonecut
Sold in 2017

They Arrived At Their Summer Camp
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Wagonfeld Collection
stonecut
Sold in 2017

They Arrived At Their Summer Camp
stonecut
Sold in 2021

Untitled (Owl With Lemmings)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Owl (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2011

Hunting (1964)
stonecut
Sold in 2007

Untitled
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Their Boat Is Of Sealskin (1976)
stonecut
Sold in 2014

Eskimo Camping Ground (1968)
stonecut
Sold in 2009

Design No. 102
stonecut
Sold in 2013

Owl (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

They Arrived At Their Summer Camp (1975)
stonecut
Sold in 2013

Ready for the Hunt #27/45 (1972)
colour stonecut on paper
Sold in 2021

Hunting Whales by Kayak #9/30 (1963)
colour stonecut on paper
Sold in 2021

They Arrived At Their Summer Camp
stonecut
Sold in 2020

Wagonfeld Collection; Waddingtons Nov. 1999
printer: isarah novalinga (1923-d) m.
Sold in 2017

Untitled
Sold in 2009

Two Joes Going Whale Hunting
stonecut
Sold in 2020

Owls and Rabbits
Sold in 2013

Kayak (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Hunting Whales (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

“Uumajuniatu” (Unidentified) (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Walrus Hunting From Kayak (1962)
stonecut
Sold in 2016

Ready For The Hunt, 1972 (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2023

Two Works, Untitled
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Whale Hunting, 1964 (1964)
stonecut
Sold in 2023

[hunting Seals] (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2022

Hunters In Kayak
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Two Joes Going Whale Hunting (1972)
stonecut
Sold in 2010

Inuit Family Of A Long Time Ago; 1975
stonecut and stencil on paper; ed. #8/50
Sold in 2012

Clawing Its Prey, 1965 (1965)
stonecut
Sold in 2023

Untitled
3 stonecut fragments
Sold in 2018

They Arrived At Their Summer Camp
stonecut
Sold in 2018

Untitled (Large Owl On A Branch, Rabbit & Lemming)
stonecut and stencil
Sold in 2010

Their Boat Is Of Sealskin, 1976 (1976)
stonecut
Sold in 2024

Puvirnituq
stonecut
Sold in 2015

Owl
stonecut
Sold in 2020

Inuit Scenes; 1965
colour stonecut on paper; ed. #27/30
Sold in 2014

Inuit Family of a Long Time Ago; 1975; ed. #8/50
stonecut & stencil on paper
Sold in 2022

Untitled
stonecut
Sold in 2019

Hunters in Kayak #5/35 (1972)
stonecut on paper
Sold in 2022

Untitled
stonecut
Sold in 2017

Pootoogook Harpooning A Bear
stonecut
Sold in 2017

Leaving For The Hunt By Dogteam, 1975
stonecut fragment
Sold in 2012

Fisherman And Animals Of The Sea; 1963
colour stonecut on paper; ed. #15/30
Sold in 2013

Inuit Family Of A Long Time Ago, 1975 (1975)
stonecut on paper
Sold in 2024

Hunter and Seal
Sold in 2013

Kayak, 1963 (1963)
stonecut
Sold in 2020