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Artworks
SIMON KASUDLUAK (1925-D) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)
Young Boy Skinning an Ermine, mid-late 1950sstone, 5.25 x 4.25 x 3.25 in (13.3 x 10.8 x 8.3 cm)
inscribed with artist's partial disc number and signed, "1716 / SIMON".
LOT 146
ESTIMATE: $1,000 — $1,500Further images
Simon Kasudluak began carving in 1949 and was considered an accomplished artist; three early works are illustrated in Darlene Wight’s Early Masters catalogue. Young Boy Skinning an Ermine is a...Simon Kasudluak began carving in 1949 and was considered an accomplished artist; three early works are illustrated in Darlene Wight’s Early Masters catalogue. Young Boy Skinning an Ermine is a truly charming small sculpture; realistic and beautifully detailed, it is surprisingly appealing given the subject matter. Kasudluak was perhaps remembering his own first catch; more likely, it is a proud father’s portrait of his young son.
Literature: Some of Kasudluak’s earliest carvings are illustrated in Darlene Coward Wight, Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2006), pp. 79 and 81; Jean Blodgett, Port Harrison / Inoucdjouac (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1976), cat. 36. See also Walker’s Nov. 2014, Lot 233; May 2018, Lot 223.
Provenance
Ex. Coll. Lorne Balshine, Vancouver;
Walker's, 3 November 2013, Lot 172, as Young Boy Skinning a Muskrat;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto.
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