ANGES NANOGAK GOOSE (1925-2001), ULUKHAKTOK (HOLMAN ISLAND)
Untitled (Possibly Atangana and the Giant), 1970
felt tip on paper, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm)
signed "NANOGAK";
dated in graphite in an unknown hand, "July 70".
signed "NANOGAK";
dated in graphite in an unknown hand, "July 70".
LOT 56
ESTIMATE: $150 — $250
PRICE REALIZED: $96.00
ESTIMATE: $150 — $250
PRICE REALIZED: $96.00
This work was done around the same time the artist was tasked with creating illustrations for Tales from the Igloo (London: St Jame's Press, 1972). Some ten years later in...
This work was done around the same time the artist was tasked with creating illustrations for Tales from the Igloo (London: St Jame's Press, 1972). Some ten years later in More Tales from the Igloo, Nanogak was both artist and storyteller. The believed subject for the present drawing comes from this 1986 publication, in which Nanogak tells the story of Atangana and the Giants. We may interpret this untitled drawing as the moments leading up the pivotal action of the story where Atangana, at right, takes the giant husband by surprise before killing the colossal monster.
See Agnes Nanogak, More Tales from the Igloo, (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, Ltd., 1986), pp. 20-26 for the full account of the story.
See Agnes Nanogak, More Tales from the Igloo, (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, Ltd., 1986), pp. 20-26 for the full account of the story.
Provenance
Private Collection, Ontario;Bequeathed to the present Private Collection, Hamilton.
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