VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK (1930-2016) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Attack, 1969 (1970 # 5)

VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK (1930-2016) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

Attack, 1969 (1970 # 5)

PRINTMAKER: SUSAN TOOLOOKTOOK (1951-) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
stencil, 17 x 23 in (43.2 x 58.4 cm)
9/24

LOT 77
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk was born in Garry Lake and moved to Baker Lake in 1963. Like many of her siblings, she followed the path of her mother, artist Jessie Oonark. When...

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk was born in Garry Lake and moved to Baker Lake in 1963. Like many of her siblings, she followed the path of her mother, artist Jessie Oonark.

When Sheila and Jack Butler arrived, they helped establish the Sanavik Co-operative and formalize the printmaking program. Attack, printed and editioned in 1969, was among Mamnguqsualuk’s eight contributions to the inaugural 1970 Baker Lake print collection. Starker and more sparsely populated than her later works, it is nonetheless visually striking and masterfully stencilled by Susan Toolooktook. The print bears the short-lived caribou head chop mark together with the unusual handwritten co-op inscription from the first release.

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Provenance

Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.

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