She holds the honor of having produced a 1960 print called the Enchanted Owl that recently sold for $58,000, the most ever paid for an Inuit print. The image also appeared on a Canadian 6-cent stamp.

At the height of the printmaking boom in the 1960s and ’70s, a half-dozen Inuit co-ops scattered across the Arctic released annual collections of prints by multiple artists.

As Ashevak told critic Peter Mellen in 1978 for his monumental Landmarks of Canadian Art, "I like to make people happy and everything happy. I am the light of happiness and I am a dancing owl." ...

"Just last year, one of her most recognizable pieces, Enchanted Owl, was sold at auction for $216,000. It is the highest price for a print in the history of secondary market in this country," he said.

Owl’s Bouquet, an image by Canadian Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak, is featured in the new banknote. The two-sided image is pictured above in the lower left hand corner.

Kenojuak Ashevak's The Enchanted Owl, created in 1960, was featured on a Canadian stamp and has permeated Canadian culture. A version of this print in blue ink fetched a record price at First Arts ...

Artist: Kenojuak Ashevak, Cape Dorset, Printmaker: Kananginak Pootoogook. Sentinal Owl, c.1970, stonecut on paper, 48/50, 60.4 x 85.7cm (Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery Gift of the Women ...

Kenojuak Ashevak's piece - called Sun Owl - is a 1963 stone-cut on paper image of an owl, on display by donation from Diane and David Bond. This showcase honours Ashevak - who passed away on Jan. 8 in ...

World-renowned Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak died this morning at home in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, at age 85. Ashevak is considered a pioneer of Inuit art. Her drawings, prints and sculptures have ...

René Balcer and Carolyn Hsu-Balcer Inuit Print Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With this gift of more than 500 prints by Inuit artists from Nunavut and Nunavik, collectors René ...