Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona

Inuit (1933 - 2014)

Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona was an Inuit artist.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona's estimated art value is C$6,000 (*)

Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$2,500 - C$10,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a stone sculpture work attributed to Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona (1933-2014) was C$9,600 - paid for "Bird Spirits" at Waddington's in Toronto on Mon, Apr 14, 2008.
ArtValue.ca has 132 auction art sale records for their stone sculpture results, with prices in the range of C$2,500 to C$10,000.

Bird Spirits (1993)
stone
Dimensions - 43.2 cms x 61 cms x 27.89 cms (17.01 ins x 24.02 ins x 17.01 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 96
Mon, Apr 14, 2008

Estimate $6,000 - $9,000
Sold for CAD $9,600

Hawk and Fox (1960)
stonecut on paper
Dimensions - 22.2 cms x 16.5 cms (8.75 ins x 6.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Heffel Auction House, Vancouver
Lot# 007
Thu, Feb 24, 2022

Estimate $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for CAD $3,125

Heffel Auction House Biography and Notes

Kiawak Ashoona includes words in his print written in syllabics. Here, the fox says to the hawk "I will grab you…will I not eat again?"

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top stone sculpture sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
This information is not intended to substitute professional advice.
To estimate the value of a specific artwork created by Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona, follow some of the advice from our Valuating art page, or contact an art specialist if our automated estimate value is greater than C$2,500.