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Artworks
SIMON OOLEEKATELIK (1942-) TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY)
Good Hearted Manstone and string, 16.75 x 9.5 x 4.5 in (42.5 x 24.1 x 11.4 cm)
signed, "ᐅᓕᑲᑕᓕ".
LOT 54
ESTIMATE: $1,000 — $1,500
PRICE REALIZED: $1,476.00Further images
In the exhibition catalogue for Art and Expression of the Netsilik (op. cited), Darlene Wight comments, 'Ooleekatelik has made a number of works with the unique subject of a heart...In the exhibition catalogue for Art and Expression of the Netsilik (op. cited), Darlene Wight comments, "Ooleekatelik has made a number of works with the unique subject of a heart (in lighter stone) suspended within the chest cavity of a human figure.Provenance
Private Collection, Ottawa.Literature
For a similar work, see Darlene Coward Wight, Art and Expression of the Netsilik, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2000), p. 99