# George Arluk artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-arluk/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:24:29.073Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Canadian
- Common media: Sculpture, Carving, Mixed media

## About George Arluk

George Arluk (1949–2023) was a Canadian Inuit carver and sculptor associated with Arviat, Nunavut. Library and artist authority records also identify him as George Arlook, an alternate spelling that collectors and researchers may encounter in catalogues, collection records, and auction listings. His documented artistic identity centers on carving and sculpture; the available source pack does not establish a named movement, recurring subject, or formal series. Arluk's presence in Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, Library of Congress, ISNI, and German National Library authority systems helps distinguish his work from similarly named artists and reconcile variant catalogue entries. Collectors principally encounter his name through carved or sculptural objects offered on the secondary market. Because the present sources provide limited biographical and material detail, individual works should be assessed through their physical characteristics, inscriptions, provenance, condition, and documented attribution rather than through broad assumptions about his complete practice.

## Common works and media

Authority records identify George Arluk primarily as an Inuit carver and sculptor, and Appraisily's auction index places matched works within sculpture and mixed-media contexts. The collected sources do not securely identify characteristic materials, subjects, editions, or named series, so those details should be determined from the object and its documentation rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's artist market index reports 167 matched auction records, including 129 priced records, across sales dated from 1995 through 2025. The page shows an observed range of $80 to $4,250 and a median realized result around $360, but these figures should not be treated as a prediction for an individual work. A useful comparison should match the object's medium, dimensions, date, condition, subject, inscriptions, provenance, and attribution confidence as closely as possible. Reporting practices for premiums and fees can differ, while private transactions, missing feeds, restorations, and later attribution changes may not appear in the public record.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity and authority records with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public results support comparison but do not replace object-specific inspection, attribution, provenance, and condition analysis.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55218141
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500126346
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/4607811/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002105608
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/123332532
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000114590513
- Wikipedia: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Arluk
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-arluk/