Alex Simeon Janvier

Inuit (1935)

Alex Simeon Janvier is an Inuit painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Alex Simeon Janvier's estimated art value is C$30,000 (*)

Alex Simeon Janvier's work could be available for sale through Art Galleries or at public auction with prices in the range of C$25,000 - C$50,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an acrylic painting work attributed to Alex Simeon Janvier (1935) was C$31,200 - paid for "Shoreline Existence" at Cowley Abbott in Toronto on Thu, Dec 3, 2020.
ArtValue.ca has 161 auction art sale records for their acrylic painting results, with prices in the range of C$25,000 to C$50,000.

Untitled
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions - 40.6 cms x 30.5 cms (16 ins x 12 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 10
Mon, May 29, 2017

Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for CAD $6,250

Waddington's Auction House Biography and Notes

1973, the year this work was painted, was also the year the idea of PNIAI (Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporated) was developed although the group would not be incorporated until 1974. Alex Janvier (b.1935) was pivotal in this initiative which would become known colloquially as "the Indian Group of Seven." Lee-Ann Martin notes that Janvier's work is "a combination of both indigenous and Western methods firmly rooted in the cultural soil of Canada and is not seen anywhere else in the world." Indeed, the visual language used by Janvier reflects his heritage with abstract designs drawn from beadwork, textiles and other indigenous sources, interpreted in liquid lines and primary colours.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top acrylic painting sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
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