IRENE AVAALAAQIAQ TIKTAALAAQ, R.C.A. (1941-) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
Untitled (Six Transforming Women Beneath Flying Birds), 2000s(?)
coloured pencil and graphite on paper, 15 x 22.5 in (38.1 x 57.1 cm)
inscribed in graphite, verso, "S-2287=86 / AD";
Igloo tag sticker affixed to verso, typed, "99230576".
inscribed in graphite, verso, "S-2287=86 / AD";
Igloo tag sticker affixed to verso, typed, "99230576".
LOT 10
ESTIMATE: $200 — $400
ESTIMATE: $200 — $400
Transformation is central to Avaalaaqiaq’s art, where human, animal, and spirit forms slip easily into one another. Here, six female heads emerge from a spreading spray of feather-like forms, their...
Transformation is central to Avaalaaqiaq’s art, where human, animal, and spirit forms slip easily into one another. Here, six female heads emerge from a spreading spray of feather-like forms, their profiles repeated yet subtly varied in colour, contour, and expression. Above them, four birds sweep across the sheet, extending the sense of flight and metamorphosis from one register to the next. Faces become feathers, feathers suggest wings, and separate beings seem to share a single field of life. Through repetition, symmetry, and small shifts in form, Avaalaaqiaq creates a dense, sensuous image of beings in continual passage between states.
Provenance
Private Collection, Florence, Oregon;
Estate of the above;
Acquired from the above by the present Oregon Collection, 2026.
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