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Artworks
PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Dancing Bear, mid 1970sstone, 5.5 x 4.25 x 1.75 in (14 x 11 x 4.5 cm)
signed, "ᐸᐅᑕ / PAOUTA".
LOT 1
ESTIMATE: $5,000 — $8,000Further images
We are absolutely charmed by some of Pauta’s small bears. We like to think that this is a cub, and a mischievous one at that, being called to task by...We are absolutely charmed by some of Pauta’s small bears. We like to think that this is a cub, and a mischievous one at that, being called to task by its mother. The little bear also has a special feature that supposedly drove Pauta’s Cape Dorset colleague Kenojuak to distraction. She would look at the incised marks that Pauta carved to delineate claws, and say: “That man can’t count!” No doubt Pauta did it on purpose.
Literature: For similar works by the artist see Walker’s Auctions, Ottawa, Nov. 2012, Lot 165; May 2016, Lot 182.
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto;
Walker’s Auctions, Ottawa, May 2014, Lot 277;
Private Collection, Ottawa.
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