UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, PROBABLY SALLUIT (SUGLUK)
Mother Holding a Child, early or mid 1950s
stone, 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 in (15.2 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
unsigned.
unsigned.
LOT 4
ESTIMATE: $1,000 — $1,500
PRICE REALIZED: $1,464.00
ESTIMATE: $1,000 — $1,500
PRICE REALIZED: $1,464.00
Further images
It never ceases to amaze us how some small and seemingly simple and naïve sculptures can exude such emotional and aesthetic power. The mother holds her diminutive youngster (clearly a...
It never ceases to amaze us how some small and seemingly simple and naïve sculptures can exude such emotional and aesthetic power. The mother holds her diminutive youngster (clearly a toddler, not a baby) as if it were a doll. This lends an endearing quality to an image that is otherwise surprisingly monumental and profoundly moving. We love how the woman’s sensitively carved head and face is so beautifully framed by her expansive hood. Stunning.
Provenance
Collected by a federal government administrator during his travels in the Eastern Arctic in the 1950s;by descent in the family.
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