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Artworks
MARY IGIU (1925-1968) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Scene of Fantastic Beasts, c. 1960graphite on paper, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm)
unsigned.
LOT 98
ESTIMATE: $500 — $800While there is only one known print by Mary Igiu, the magnificent 1961 stencil People Of The Sea, she did create a number of exceptional drawings as is evidenced by...While there is only one known print by Mary Igiu, the magnificent 1961 stencil People Of The Sea, she did create a number of exceptional drawings as is evidenced by this wonderful graphite composition. Igiu has literally filled the entire sheet with a repertoire of creatures inspired by the Inuit spirit world, but spun from Igiu’s imagination. One wonders why more of her images were not used by the print shop; Scene of Fantastic Beasts certainly holds its own against any of the “strange scenes” drawn by Cape Dorset artists in the very early 1960s.
Literature: For an illustration of Mary Igiu’s only print image, People of the Sea, see First Arts Auction, May 2019, Lot 38.Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto;
A Montreal Collection.
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