Annie Pootoogook
Annie Pootoogook
1964 - 2016
Settlement: Kinngait (Cape Dorset)

Annie Pootoogook started drawing in 1997, recording events of her daily life both prosaic and horrific – shopping, hanging up a coat and watching television, to scenes of spousal abuse. She has grown up in a milieu in which artmaking was a daily activity first for her grandmother and then her mother and father. Pitseolak Ashoona and Napachie Pootoogook were both prolific graphic artists, and her father, Eegyvudluk, was a carver and one of the most experienced printers in the Cape Dorset stonecut studio. Since her first solo exhibition at Feheley Fine Arts, Moving Forward in 2003, Annie Pootoogook has rapidly achieved international success. In 2006 alone, she had a solo exhibition at the Power Plant in Toronto; she spent the summer in Scotland as the Glenfiddich Artist in residence; she was the subject of a television documentary by Marcia Connolly and Katherine Knight: and she won the $50,000 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s premier honour for an emerging artist. In 2007 she was one the Canadian artists at documenta XII in Kassel, Germany, the prestigious, cutting-edge, contemporary art exhibition held every five years. An exhibition of her work in 2009 was held in New York City by the National Museum of the American Indian. Annie Pootoogook lived for a time in Ottawa and Montreal, where she did work at Studio PM.
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Tea and Cookies by Annie Pootoogook sold for $13,750
Annie Pootoogook
Tea and Cookies
19 7/8 x 25 3/4 in, 50.5 x 65.4 cm
coloured pencil and ink on paper
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $13,750 CDN (premium included)
Inuit Modern | A Prominent Private Collection on Thursday, June 27, 2024
Untitled (Eating at the Table) by Annie Pootoogook sold for $10,000
Annie Pootoogook
Untitled (Eating at the Table)
17 7/8 x 19 3/4 in, 45.4 x 50.2 cm
2006
coloured pencil and ink on paper
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,000 CDN (premium included)
Inuit Modern | A Prominent Private Collection on Thursday, June 27, 2024
A Good Feeling from Heaven by Annie Pootoogook sold for $8,750
Annie Pootoogook
A Good Feeling from Heaven
22 1/4 x 30 in, 56.5 x 76.2 cm
ink and pencil crayon on paper
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $8,750 CDN (premium included)
Inuit Art on Thursday, February 29, 2024
Composition (Remembering Ancestors) by Annie Pootoogook sold for $8,125
Annie Pootoogook
Composition (Remembering Ancestors)
25 1/2 x 20 in, 64.8 x 50.8 cm
coloured pencil and ink on paper
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $8,125 CDN (premium included)
Figure & Form on Thursday, May 27, 2021
Crying by Annie Pootoogook sold for $7,500
Annie Pootoogook
Crying
20 x 26 in, 50.8 x 66 cm
coloured pencil and ink on paper
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,500 CDN (premium included)
First Nations & Inuit Art on Thursday, August 27, 2020
Blue Room by Annie Pootoogook sold for $6,875
Annie Pootoogook
Blue Room
20 x 26 in, 50.8 x 66 cm
2002
coloured pencil and ink on paper
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,875 CDN (premium included)
Inuit Modern | A Prominent Private Collection on Thursday, June 27, 2024
Family and Baby by Annie Pootoogook sold for $6,250
Annie Pootoogook
Family and Baby
20 x 26 in, 50.8 x 66 cm
coloured pencil and ink on paper
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,250 CDN (premium included)
First Nations & Inuit Art on Thursday, August 27, 2020
Interrupted by a Phone Call by Annie Pootoogook sold for $6,250
Annie Pootoogook
Interrupted by a Phone Call
10 x 13 in, 25.4 x 33 cm
2003
crayon and ink drawing
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,250 CDN (premium included)
Inuit Art on Thursday, August 31, 2023
Mom and Baby Playing by Annie Pootoogook sold for $5,000
Annie Pootoogook
Mom and Baby Playing
14 x 20 in, 35.6 x 50.8 cm
coloured pencil and ink on paper
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $5,000 CDN (premium included)
Figure | Fauna | Form on Thursday, November 26, 2020
Bell's & Mail by Annie Pootoogook sold for $5,000
Annie Pootoogook
Bell's & Mail
8 1/4 x 10 7/8 in, 21 x 27.6 cm
coloured pencil and ink on paper
Estimate: $3,500 - $5,000 CDN
Sold for: $5,000 CDN (premium included)
Figure | Fauna | Flora on Thursday, January 30, 2025