Osuitok Ipeelee

Inuit (1923 - 2005)

Osuitok Ipeelee was an Inuit artist.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Osuitok Ipeelee's estimated art value is CAD $40,000 (*)

Osuitok Ipeelee's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of CAD $10,000 - $100,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a stone sculpture work attributed to Osuitok Ipeelee (1923-2005) was CAD $90,000 - paid for "Fisherwoman" at Waddington's in Toronto on Tue, May 28, 2019.
ArtValue.ca has 216 auction art sale records for their stone sculpture results, with prices in the range of CAD $10,000 - $100,000.

Notable Art Works

Fisherwoman
stone and antler
16.25 cms x 13 cms (6.4 ins x 5.12 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 28
Tue, May 28, 2019

Estimate CAD $30,000 - $45,000
Sold for CAD $90,000

Osuitok Ipeelee vies with Karoo Ashevak of Taloyoak (1940-1974) for the honour of being considered the most brilliant and imaginative Inuit sculptor of all time. His technical mastery of stone is legendary, and the scope of his visual imagination is impressive. Osuitok could be - and was - a carver of breathtaking naturalistic beauty one week, and a daring abstract sculptor the next.

(*) 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 Osuitok Ipeelee, 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.