# Kenojuak Ashevak artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1927-10-03
- Death date: 2013-01-08
- Nationality: Canadian
- Movements: Modern Inuit art
- Common media: Drawing, Printmaking, Engraving, Sculpture, Textiles, Stained glass

## Portrait

![Kenojuak Ashevak](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Kenojuak_Ashevak_1_1997-05-09_cropped.jpg)
Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kenojuak_Ashevak_1_1997-05-09_cropped.jpg

## About Kenojuak Ashevak

Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013) was a Canadian Inuk artist closely associated with modern Inuit art. Authority records identify her principally as a draftsperson and printmaker, while broader biographical sources describe a practice that also encompassed graphic art, sculpture, engraving, textiles, and stained glass. Born at Camp Kerrasak on southern Baffin Island, she later lived in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Her drawings and printed works form the clearest documented center of her practice, although collectors may also encounter objects attributed to her in other media. Getty ULAN and VIAF preserve numerous spelling and name variants, which makes careful entity matching important when reviewing catalog entries, signatures, collection records, and auction results. Her prominence within accounts of modern Inuit art and the breadth of media attached to her name explain why her work appears across museum, library-authority, auction, and appraisal contexts.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter drawings, works on paper, prints, and other graphic works, reflecting Ashevak's identification as a draftsperson, printmaker, and graphic artist. Sculpture and engraving are also documented parts of her practice. Textiles and stained glass belong to the broader range of media associated with her, but their presence in her biography should not by itself establish the authorship or classification of a particular object.

## Market and appraisal context

Market review should begin by matching an object to Ashevak's documented practices and separating drawings from prints, engravings, sculpture, textiles, or stained glass. Useful public comparisons should concern the same medium and work type rather than the artist's market in general. Appraisily maintains an auction-price page for the artist, but this collected source pack supplies no lot-level descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, edition information, condition reports, or provenance. It therefore supports identity and category matching, not a price prediction, scarcity claim, market trend, or record-price statement. A defensible appraisal requires examination of the specific object and appropriately comparable auction records.

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## Sources

- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500126356
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/367149106268568492260/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122347
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/ashevak-kenojuak-19272013
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenojuak_Ashevak
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenojuak_Ashevak
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/kenojuak-ashevak/