SOLOMONIE TIGULLARAQ (1924-2000) KANGIQTUGAAPIK (CLYDE RIVER)
Wolf, c. 1964
stone, 4 x 9.25 x 1.75 in (10.2 x 23.5 x 4.4 cm)
inscribed with artist's disc number, "E5347"
inscribed with artist's disc number, "E5347"
LOT 4
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000
PRICE REALIZED: $1,464.00
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000
PRICE REALIZED: $1,464.00
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Son of the famous Cape Dorset artist Tudlik (see Lot 2) and brother of Latcholassie (see Lot 53), Tigullaraq moved to Clyde River in the early 1960s. He created drawings...
Son of the famous Cape Dorset artist Tudlik (see Lot 2) and brother of Latcholassie (see Lot 53), Tigullaraq moved to Clyde River in the early 1960s. He created drawings for Terry Ryan on Ryan’s 1964 trip to North Baffin but also a couple of stunning sculptures: probably this Wolf and certainly the equally astonishing Caribou, which was included in the famous Sculpture/Inuit exhibition of 1971-73 (cat. 141), and sold at the First Arts auction of 5 December 2022, Lot 3.
Adopting a virtually identical stance, Wolf is every bit as sleekly elegant as Caribou and is equally charming. Tigullaraq became the most important Clyde River carver, known for his eccentric subject matter and sculptural form, but arguably he never surpassed the brilliance of these, his earliest masterpieces.
References: For illustrations of a Caribou of essentially identical form by Tigullaraq see First Arts, 5 Dec. 2022, Lot 3; Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, Sculpture / Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971), cat. 141; and George Swinton, Eskimo Sculpture, (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Ltd., 1965), p. 187. For a biographical overview of the artist see Jean Blodgett, Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983), p. 148-149, and Maria Von Finckenstein, “Salomonie Tigullaraq: One of those Unnoticed Artists,” Inuit Art Quarterly, Winter 2001, Vol. 16, No. 4, p. 38-42.
Adopting a virtually identical stance, Wolf is every bit as sleekly elegant as Caribou and is equally charming. Tigullaraq became the most important Clyde River carver, known for his eccentric subject matter and sculptural form, but arguably he never surpassed the brilliance of these, his earliest masterpieces.
References: For illustrations of a Caribou of essentially identical form by Tigullaraq see First Arts, 5 Dec. 2022, Lot 3; Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, Sculpture / Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971), cat. 141; and George Swinton, Eskimo Sculpture, (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Ltd., 1965), p. 187. For a biographical overview of the artist see Jean Blodgett, Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983), p. 148-149, and Maria Von Finckenstein, “Salomonie Tigullaraq: One of those Unnoticed Artists,” Inuit Art Quarterly, Winter 2001, Vol. 16, No. 4, p. 38-42.
Provenance
A Canadian Private Collection (probably Terry Ryan, Toronto / Kinngait (Cape Dorset));Collection of John & Joyce Price, Seattle, WA.
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