LUCASSIE IKKIDLUAK (1949-) KIMMIRUT (LAKE HARBOUR)
Windswept Musk Ox, 2007
stone and bone, 11.25 x 15 x 8 in (28.6 x 38.1 x 20.3 cm)
signed, "ᓗᑲᓯ ᐃᑭᓗᐊ";
inscribed and dated, "ᑭᒥᕈ (Kimmirut) 2007".
LOT 139
ESTIMATE: $12,000— $18,000
signed, "ᓗᑲᓯ ᐃᑭᓗᐊ";
inscribed and dated, "ᑭᒥᕈ (Kimmirut) 2007".
LOT 139
ESTIMATE: $12,000— $18,000
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Lucassie Ikkidluak began carving seriously in 1967. While most of his works from the 1960s and 1970s depict human figures, by the mid 1980s Lucassie had begun carving a series...
Lucassie Ikkidluak began carving seriously in 1967. While most of his works from the 1960s and 1970s depict human figures, by the mid 1980s Lucassie had begun carving a series of muskoxen which would become the major focus of his oeuvre going forward. Today, Ikkidluak is considered to be one of the foremost realist carvers of muskoxen; they look to us as if they might have stepped out of a drawing or print by the great Kananginak Pootoogook and taken three-dimensional form! Ikkidluak, much like his fellow Kimmirut artist Nalenik Temela (see Lot 140), makes the interplay of various textures within the same piece at least as important as the subject itself - although with startlingly different results. This fine windswept muskox is a striking example of the seemingly endless degrees of roughness and polish that Ikkidluak is able to coax from a single piece of stone. From the finely polished hooves and nostrils to the coarse and flowing guard hairs, this sculpture is a master class in carving technique. Although some might be surprised at the comparison, in some respects Lucassie Ikkidluak is much like Latcholassie Akesuk from Kinngait (Lots 65 and 99), in that what initially seems like repetition is, upon closer inspection, a dedication to depicting limitless possibilities.
Literature: For similar works by Ikkidluak see Darlene Wight, The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2012), fig. 10; Institute of American Arts Museum, Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada (Santa Fe, 1995), cat. 47; and Amway Environmental Foundation, Masters of the Arctic: Art in the Service of the Earth (1990), p. 32 (international touring exhibition inaugurated at the United Nations General Assembly Gallery in NYC, 1989).
Literature: For similar works by Ikkidluak see Darlene Wight, The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2012), fig. 10; Institute of American Arts Museum, Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada (Santa Fe, 1995), cat. 47; and Amway Environmental Foundation, Masters of the Arctic: Art in the Service of the Earth (1990), p. 32 (international touring exhibition inaugurated at the United Nations General Assembly Gallery in NYC, 1989).
Provenance
Private Collection, Ottawa.Join Our Mailing List
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