21 April 2025
Arctic Impressions: Greenlandic art at auction

Narwhale tusk -monodon monoceros. Weight 6200 g. L. 240 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 40,000–50,000 DKK

  Next bid: 36,000 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: An umiak and kayak in the fiord at Angmagssalik, East Greenland. Signed. Oil on canvas. 90 x 130 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000–30,000 DKK

  Next bid: 20,000 DKK

Aron Kleist: A large soapstone figure in the shape of a sitting Inuit. Signed AK. H. 46 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000–30,000 DKK

  Next bid: 20,000 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: "Nordlys", landscape from northern Upernivik. Signed. Oil on canvas. 70 x 100 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000 DKK

  Next bid: 22,000 DKK   Your bid: 21,000 DKK

Narwhale tusk. Monodon monoceros. Weight app. 3630 g. L. 206 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 40,000 DKK

  Next bid: 29,000 DKK   Your bid: 28,000 DKK

Johannes Kreutzmann: Two carved and painted wood figurines depicting man and woman. H. 36 and 40 cm. (2)

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 30,000 DKK

  Next bid: 24,000 DKK   Your bid: 23,000 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: View from Greenlandic bay. Signed Em. A.P. Oil on canvas. 32 x 52.5 cm. Unframed.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 5,000 DKK

  Next bid: 3,200 DKK   Your bid: 3,000 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: An umiak in a Greenlandic fiord. Signed Emanuel A. Petersen. Oil on canvas. 120 x 160 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 10,000–12,000 DKK

  Next bid: 7,500 DKK   Your bid: 7,000 DKK

A head mounted polar bear skin. Ursus Maritimus. Head to tail L. 283 cm. W. 240 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000–30,000 DKK

  Next bid: 20,000 DKK

Aage Gitz-Johansen: "Skræk" (fear). Signed monogram. Oil on board with carved relief. 75 x 74 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000 DKK

  Next bid: 17,000 DKK

Aron Kleist: Walrus tusk carved with hunters and figurines. Signed AK. Greenland 20th century. Mounted on base.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 15,000 DKK

  Next bid: 10,500 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: Sunrise over a Greenlandic coast with a woman and a child. Signed Emanuel A. Petersen. Oil on canvas laid on board. 54 x 67 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 6,000–8,000 DKK

  Next bid: 3,200 DKK   Your bid: 3,000 DKK

A Greenlandic patinated wood snow visor. C. 1900. W. 15 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 10,000 DKK

  Next bid: 15,500 DKK   Your bid: 15,000 DKK

Narwhale tusk - Monodon monoceros. Weight 4600 g. L. 222 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000–30,000 DKK

  Next bid: 20,000 DKK

Per Kirkeby: Landscape from Greenland, Sukkertoppen. Unsigned. Pencil on paper. Sheet size 21 x 30 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 10,000–12,000 DKK

  Next bid: 8,000 DKK

Ellen Locher Thalbitzer: A Greenlandic woman breastfeeding her child. Signed Ellen Thalbitzer. Sculpture of patinated bronze. 30 x 17 x 14 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 10,000–12,000 DKK

  Next bid: 7,000 DKK

East Greenlandic wooden mask. H. 29 cm. W. 16 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 4,000–6,000 DKK

  Next bid: 9,500 DKK   Your bid: 9,000 DKK

Narwhale tusk - Monodon monoceros. Weight 5100 g. L. 206 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000–30,000 DKK

  Next bid: 20,000 DKK

A 20th century Greenland wood and bone box. H. 5 cm L. 11 cm W. 6 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 3,000 DKK

  Next bid: 1,550 DKK   Your bid: 1,500 DKK

Harald Moltke: Portrait of a young Inuit woman. Signed with monogram and dated 1903. Oil on canvas. 35 x 29 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 20,000–25,000 DKK

  Next bid: 15,000 DKK

Carved walrus jar figurine. Unsigned. Greenland, 20th century. H. 21 cm. W. 20 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 3,000 DKK

  Next bid: 1,500 DKK

Jacob Danielsen: View from Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland. Signed and dated Jacob Danielsen Godhavn 1920. Pencil and watercolour on paper. 18.5 x 27 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 10,000–12,000 DKK

  Next bid: 8,000 DKK   Your bid: 7,500 DKK

Troels Brandt: "Kaqssiassuk, August 1945". Greenlandic landscape. Signed Troels Brandt. Oil on canvas. 70 x 89 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 4,000 DKK

  Next bid: 2,000 DKK

Harald Moltke: "Maisainguark from Thule" Signed with monogram. Oil on canvas. 50 x 74 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 20,000 DKK

  Next bid: 14,000 DKK

Narwhale tusk - monodon monoceros. L. 192 cm. Mounted on wooden board, L. 217 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 20,000 DKK

  Next bid: 17,500 DKK   Your bid: 17,000 DKK

A Greenlandic wooden bucket. East Greenland. 20th century. H. 16,5 cm. Diam. 14 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 4,000 DKK

  Next bid: 2,000 DKK

Carl Locher: Icebergs, presumably from The Disco Bay, Greenland. Unsigned. Oil on canvas laid on cardboard. 17.5 x 22 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 4,000–6,000 DKK

  Next bid: 2,100 DKK   Your bid: 2,000 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: Coast scenery with a kayaker on the water and figures in the middle ground. Signed. Oil on canvas. 34 x 42.5 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 8,000–10,000 DKK

  Next bid: 6,000 DKK

Andreas Riis Carstensen: Sunlit Greenlandic landscape with ice and polar bears. Signed A. Riis Carstensen. Oil on canvas. 86 x 110 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 15,000–20,000 DKK

  Next bid: 12,000 DKK

Large East Greenlandic wooden water bucket. 20th century first half. H. 27 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 6,000–8,000 DKK

  Next bid: 3,200 DKK   Your bid: 3,000 DKK

Greenlandic carved drift wood mask, blackened. Ittoqqortoormiit, c. 1940. H. 35.5 cm. W. 15 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 8,000 DKK

  Next bid: 11,500 DKK   Your bid: 11,000 DKK

Buuti Pedersen: "Tasiilaq". Two landscapes. Signed Buuti. Watercolour on paper. Visible size 17 x 23 cm. (2)

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 3,000 DKK

  Next bid: 1,500 DKK

Jacob Arøe: "Sydprøven i Grønland". View from the Greenlandic village Alluitsup Paa. Signed J. Arøe. Watercolour on paper. 18.5 x 22.5 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 8,000–10,000 DKK

  Next bid: 4,200 DKK   Your bid: 4,000 DKK

A head mounted polar bear skin. Ursus Maritimus. Head to tail L. 233 cm. W. 205 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 15,000–20,000 DKK

  Next bid: 12,000 DKK

Walrus tusk (Odobenus Rosmarus), richly decorated with Greenlandic motifs in relief. Unsigned. 1970s. H. 52 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 5,000 DKK

  Next bid: 3,800 DKK   Your bid: 3,600 DKK

Carved walrus tusk. Unsigned. Greenland, 20th century. Mounted on base. H. total 53 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 10,000 DKK

  Next bid: 7,000 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: View from Greenland with visible icebergs in foggy weather. Signed and dated Em. A. P. 26. Oil on canvas. 27.5 x 42 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 4,000–6,000 DKK

  Next bid: 2,100 DKK   Your bid: 2,000 DKK

A Greenlandic 20th century carved wood tupilak with bone eyes and teeth. L. 24 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 2,000 DKK

  Next bid: 1,050 DKK   Your bid: 1,000 DKK

Narwhale tusk - monodon monoceros. Weight app 5500 g. L. 223 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000–30,000 DKK

  Next bid: 20,000 DKK

Svend Rathsack: A patinated bronze head of an Inuit. Signed monogram. Mounted on base. H. excl. base 32 cm. incl base 43 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 15,000–20,000 DKK

  Next bid: 10,500 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: View from the Kungnait fell near Ivittuut, Greenland. Signed and dated Em. A. Petersen 1921. Oil on canvas. 30.5 x 42.5 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 6,000–8,000 DKK

  Next bid: 3,200 DKK   Your bid: 3,000 DKK

A Greenlandic wooden bucket. East Greenland. 20th century. H. 18.5 cm. Diam. 20 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 4,000–5,000 DKK

  Next bid: 2,100 DKK   Your bid: 2,000 DKK

Eigil Knuth: A patinated plaster portrait bust of Inuit man. H. 38 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 12,000–15,000 DKK

  Next bid: 8,000 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: Sunlit coastal scene with ice floes in the water. Signed EmAP. Oil on canvas. 38.5 x 58 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 8,000–10,000 DKK

  Next bid: 6,000 DKK

Niels Laurits Nielsen, attributed: Large carved wood figurine in the shape of seated man. Signed N.N. 10/8-40.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 15,000–20,000 DKK

  Next bid: 10,500 DKK

A whale scapula ulu cutting and planing board with two wooden supports. Early 20th century. H. 12 cm. L. 40 cm. W. 35 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 8,000 DKK

  Next bid: 4,000 DKK

Jacob Danielsen: View from a small Greenlandic village. Signed and dated Jacob Danielsen 1920. Pencil and watercolour on paper. 20.5 x 27 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 10,000–12,000 DKK

  Next bid: 7,000 DKK

An antler tupilak, signed Manor-Tauk, whale penis bone and whale bone carving. L. 14, 27 and 53 cm. (3)

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 2,000–3,000 DKK

  Next bid: 1,000 DKK

Gerth Lyberth: A view of Nuuk seen from the water. Signed and dated G. Lyberth 1921. Oil on canvas. 37 x 58 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 6,000–8,000 DKK

  Next bid: 4,200 DKK   Your bid: 4,000 DKK

A collection of greenlandic soapstone figures and animals. 20th century. H. 7,5-24,5 cm. (11)

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 4,000–6,000 DKK

  Next bid: 2,600 DKK   Your bid: 2,500 DKK

Aka Høegh: "Trommedans". Signed Aka Høegh. Oil on canvas. 65 x 100 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 15,000–20,000 DKK

  Next bid: 12,000 DKK

Emanuel A. Petersen: Greenlandic coastal scene with a house and kayakers at sea. Signed Emanuel A. Petersen. Oil on canvas. 90 x 96 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 25,000–30,000 DKK

  Next bid: 18,000 DKK

Harald Moltke: A landscape from Greenland with a man with a dog sled. Signed Harald Moltke Jakobshavn. Pencil and watercolour on paper. 44 x 31.5 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 6,000–8,000 DKK

  Next bid: 3,200 DKK   Your bid: 3,000 DKK

A head mounted polar bear skin. Ursus Maritimus with claws and the original cranium. Head to tail L. c. 240 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 15,000 DKK

  Next bid: 11,000 DKK   Your bid: 10,500 DKK

Eigil Knuth: Untitled. Unsigned. A plaster figure group. L. 51 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 8,000–10,000 DKK

  Next bid: 6,000 DKK

Wooden shooting sledge. with bone mountings. Greenland, 20th century. H. 29 cm. L. 33 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 2,000 DKK

  Next bid: 1,000 DKK

Simon Kristoffersen: Figure group of carved whalebone in the shape of a Greenlandic woman. Unsigned. H. 48 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 12,000–15,000 DKK

  Next bid: 8,500 DKK

Four Greenlandic 20th century bone and wood tools. L. 11.5-46 cm. (4)

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 4,000 DKK

  Next bid: 2,000 DKK

Niels Laurits Nielsen: View from a Greenlandic coast. Signed and dated N. L. N. 35. Pencil and watercolour on paper. 31 x 53 cm.

Selling 21 April

Estimate : 2,000–3,000 DKK

  Next bid: 1,000 DKK