KENOJUAK ASHEVAK, C.C., R.C.A. (1927-2013) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
signed, "ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ".
ESTIMATE: $3,500 — $5,000
As with Two Ravens on the Land (Lot 12), this drawing shows the degree of experimentation in both colour and design in Kenojuak’s drawings of the mid to late 1990s. Central tattooed faces recur in Kenojuak’s drawings and prints from this time in varied compositions [1]. In this case, they provide the focal point of the drawing, placed in a blue background from which feathers and plumes radiate. The limited colour palette of only pink and blue both enlivens and energizes the image.
1. See the print Tattooed Sun (1994#17), but especially My Mother, Myself (1995#17), in which the two opposing female faces are almost identical to this drawing. Two more 1995 prints (1995#19 and 20) are closely related imagery.
Reference: A closely related drawing is reproduced in Anna Hudson, Jocelyn Piirainen, and Georgiana Uhlyarik, eds., Tunirrusiangit: Kenojuak Ashevak and Tim Pitsiulak, (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2018), p. 85.
Provenance
Collection of John & Joyce Price, Seattle.Join Our Mailing List
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