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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: SHUVINAI ASHOONA (1961-) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Shelter, June 2005

SHUVINAI ASHOONA (1961-) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

Shelter, June 2005
ink on paper, 26 x 40 in (66.1 x 101.6 cm)
signed and dated, "ᓱᕕᓇᐃ ᐊᓱᓇ / 2005 June".
Lot 13
ESTIMATE: $6,000 — $9,000
PRICE REALIZED: $6,600.00
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Shuvinai Ashoona’s earliest drawings primarily featured realistic landscapes with occasional references to traditional life. Shelter, dating to 2005, is larger and more confident than these. An extraordinary and almost velvet-like...
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Shuvinai Ashoona’s earliest drawings primarily featured realistic landscapes with occasional references to traditional life. Shelter, dating to 2005, is larger and more confident than these. An extraordinary and almost velvet-like ground is created by her painstakingly detailed depiction of each piece of gravel. The larger rocks, with their expanses of white, appear even more three-dimensional against this background while the low stone wall and whale ribs left from an old dwelling seem to rise organically from the ground. It is a stunning drawing, monochrome and yet vibrant, fully charged by Ashoona’s detailed and energetic pen and ink strokes.


References: For similarly themed drawings by the artist see Sandra Dyck, Shuvinai Ashoona Drawings, (Ottawa: Carleton University Art Gallery, 2012), cat. 11, p. 73 and cat. 24, p. 95.
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Provenance

Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto;
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.

Exhibitions

Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Unique Visions, November 5-30, 2005; catalogue no. 32.
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