PETER INUKSHUK (1896-1975) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
signed, "ᐃᓄᓱ".
LOT 64
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000
PRICE REALIZED: $1,680.00
Further images
Inukshuk created a small but fascinating output of sculptures before his death in 1975. Most unusually, the great majority of his figures are unclothed standing males, distinctive of course for their depiction of genitalia but also for their spare, quite elegant style. Man with Raised Arms is one of the few clothed figures by the artist; even so, the details are so sparse that it is hard to tell. The man’s pose and facial expression suggest surprise or amazement.
References: Fine examples of standing male figures by Inukshuk are illustrated in George Swinton, Sculpture of the Inuit, (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972/92), fig. 57, p. 38; Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, Sculpture / Inuit, Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971), fig. 399; Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978), cat. 14; Jean Blodgett, The Coming and Going of the Shaman, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979), p. 69; and Darlene Coward Wight, The Faye and Bert Settler Collection, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2004), p. 64.
Provenance
Collection of Mr. Stanley and Mrs. Jean Zazelenchuk, purchased at the Sanavik Co-op, Baker Lake in 1971.Join Our Mailing List
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