OVILOO TUNNILLIE, R.C.A. (1949-2014) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
signed and dated, "ᐅᕕᓗ / ᑐᓂᓕ / 97".
ESTIMATE: $6,000 — $9,000
PRICE REALIZED: $6,000.00
Further images
Typically depicted in long flowing gowns, Oviloo Tunnillie’s women are instantly recognizable as hers thanks to the incredibly distinctive carving style she developed over the course of her career. Her grieving women were said to be in reference to family tragedies that the artist endured over the course of her life, including the murder of her father and death of her daughter. Oviloo was also known to reference the collective feeling of loss felt by the world after 9/11. A moving example was offered in the First Arts sale 1 Dec. 2020, Lot 107 (and is illustrated in Darlene Wight’s 2016 WAG catalogue Oviloo Tunnillie: A Woman’s Story in Stone, p. 56).
References: For a similar work, see Grieving Woman [Repentance (Woman)], (2001), First Arts, 1 Dec. 2020, Lot 107. See also Grieving Woman (1997), Winnipeg Art Gallery Collection.
Provenance
Artemis Gallery, Parry Sound;Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto.
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