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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) m., KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Bear, mid 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) m., KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Bear, mid 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) m., KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Bear, mid 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) m., KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Bear, mid 1970s

    PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) m., KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

    Dancing Bear, mid 1970s
    stone, 5.5 x 4.25 x 1.75 in (14 x 11 x 4.5 cm)
    signed, "ᐸᐅᑕ / PAOUTA".

    LOT 1
    ESTIMATE: $5,000 — $8,000

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    • Dancing Bear
    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...
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    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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