SHEOJUK ETIDLOOIE (1932-1999) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
signed, "ᓯᐅᔪ".
ESTIMATE: $1,500 — $2,500
PRICE REALIZED: $2,074.00
Sheojuk Etidlooie’s short artistic career began in 1993 when her images featuring unique, vivid creatures and scenes became known through her prints. By 1999, her original drawings were also greatly in demand: colourful abstracted forms of birds, seals, and giants drawn quickly in pencil crayon. Just months before her death, she created several works using oil stick. This exuberant drawing of a sailboat typifies these late works, in which vibrant colours and dynamic gestures verge on pure abstraction. In each of these, she left a small white area for her signature!
References: For a similarly styled and probably contemporaneous oil stick work by the artist see Ken Mantel et al., Tuvaq: Inuit Art and the Modern World, (Bristol, UK: Sansom and Company Ltd., 2010), fig. 71, p. 81.
Provenance
Private Collection, Ontario.Join Our Mailing List
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