Mark Totan

Inuit (1953)

Mark Totan is an Inuit artist.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Mark Totan's estimated art value is C$3,000 (*)

Mark Totan's work could be available for sale through Art Galleries or at public auction with prices in the range of C$2,500 - C$5,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a stone sculpture work attributed to Mark Totan (1953) was C$2,750 - paid for "Grizzly; 2006" at Hodgins in Calgary on Tue, Nov 24, 2015.
ArtValue.ca has 72 auction art sale records for their stone sculpture results, with prices in the range of C$2,500 to C$5,000.

Large Wet Bear Turning
serpentine stone sculpture
Dimensions - 20.32 cms x 43.18 cms x 20.32 cms (8 ins x 17 ins x 8 ins)

Lot for sale by Saskatchewan NAC Auction House, Regina
Lot# 80
Sun, Apr 23, 2023

Estimate $3,200 - $3,600
Sold for CAD $1,947

Saskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and Notes

Mark Totan was born in 1951 in Igloolik, Nunavut. He is a self taught artist, and for over forty years has been using traditional methods to carve soapstone and antler. Totan's carvings have been widely exhibited throughout Canada and in the US, and can be found in many permanent collections, including the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Prince Albert Grand Council and the Government of Alberta. Since 1993 Totan has lived in Edmonton, Alberta, and his sons Tony and Clivelon are also carvers.

(*) 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 Mark Totan, 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.