Daphne Odjig Auction Prices and Value Guide

Daphne Odjig auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 276 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Daphne Odjig auction prices: quick answer

Daphne Odjig auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Daphne Odjig
Source records
276
Market update
2026-02-16

Daphne Odjig market snapshot

Daphne Odjig shows solid auction liquidity with 100 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $431. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-06.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (71.9% · 64 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (16.9% · 15 sales)
  • $10,000+ (11.2% · 10 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
1
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-06

Artist context

About Daphne Odjig

Daphne Odjig portrait
Misterlobat · Public domain · Source

Born

1919

Died

2016

Nationality

Canadian

Daphne Odjig (1919–2016) was a Canadian artist of Odawa, Potawatomi, and English heritage. Authority records identify her as an artist, painter, and serigrapher. Published biographical summaries commonly associate her paintings with Woodland Style and a pictographic visual language, placing her work within the broader history of modern Indigenous art in Canada. Her documented practice includes both painting and serigraphy, so collectors may encounter unique painted works as well as works produced through a printmaking process. The flowing, image-led qualities associated with her published classifications can help distinguish the relevant artistic context, but they should not be treated as proof of authorship on their own. Stable records from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the Library of Congress help connect variant catalog references to the same artist entity. The available source pack is strongest on identity and broad artistic classification and is more limited on individual works and chronology.

Woodland StylePictographic stylePaintingSerigraphy

Common works and media

Collectors may encounter Daphne Odjig's work as paintings or serigraphs. Her paintings are commonly discussed in relation to Woodland Style and a pictographic visual language. The source pack does not establish a reliable list of recurring subjects, named series, edition sizes, substrates, or production periods, so individual works should be described from direct inspection and supporting documentation rather than assumed from the artist's broader classification.

Market and appraisal context

Auction and appraisal research for Daphne Odjig may involve paintings and serigraphs, but the collected source pack does not provide inspectable lot-level results. A defensible assessment should first confirm that the artist attribution matches established authority records and identify the work's medium and technique. Public auction comparisons, when available, should be limited to genuinely comparable works and interpreted with their sale dates and realized prices. This research set does not establish condition, provenance, dimensions, edition information, rarity, or price trends, so it cannot support a value prediction for a specific object. Those work-specific facts require separate examination and documentary evidence.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Serigraphs

Value drivers

  1. Medium and technique, including whether a work is a painting or serigraph
  2. Secure matching of the artist's identity and attribution against established authority records
  3. Comparable public auction records, realized prices, and sale dates when lot-level records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected Appraisily page could not be inspected because the harness received a rate-limit response.
  • The source pack does not expose lot-level prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, edition information, or detailed sale results.
  • No price trend, scarcity conclusion, or value prediction can be supported from this source pack alone.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Daphne Odjig

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Daphne Odjig worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

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