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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983

JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)

Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983
stone, 3.75 x 4.5 x 1.25 in (9.5 x 11.4 x 3.2 cm)
dated, inscribed (titled?), "83 / ᑯᐱᕈ ᐃ[ᒪ?ᑕ?] ᒥ";
signed, "ᔪᐱ / ᐅᑲᐃᑐ".
LOT 48
ESTIMATE: $200 — $400

Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) JOBIE OHAITUK (1946-) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Fantastical Creature, Squawking , 1983
Ohaituk was born in Inukjuak in 1946 and is a distinguished second-generation sculptor and printmaker. While his work generally focuses on images of people and animals, he occasionally delves into...
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Ohaituk was born in Inukjuak in 1946 and is a distinguished second-generation sculptor and printmaker. While his work generally focuses on images of people and animals, he occasionally delves into the spirit world. This intriguing sculpture depicts a fantastical creature with a birdlike head atop a svelte, elongated, four-legged body. While carved and smoothly finished in a stone common to Inukjuak, one might be forgiven for mistaking this work for that of Puvirnituq’s Eli Sallualu Qinuajua.

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Provenance

Ex. Coll. Dr Francis Sparshott;
Waddington's, 24 Nov 2016, Lot 382;
Ex. Collection of Marian and John "Scotty" Scott, Manhattan Beach, CA;
Bonham's, 1 May 2020, Lot 3p.
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