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Artworks
Possibly: DICK PRICE (1880-1936) KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW
Model Totem Pole, early 20th centurycarved and painted wood, 32.75 x 13 x 7.25 in (83.2 x 33 x 18.4 cm)
unsigned.
LOT 116
ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000
PRICE REALIZED: $5,520.00Further images
Fully carved and painted in a mostly dark but rich and pleasing palette of colours, this excellent model pole is a classic example of Kwakwaka’wakw sculpture from the earlier part...Fully carved and painted in a mostly dark but rich and pleasing palette of colours, this excellent model pole is a classic example of Kwakwaka’wakw sculpture from the earlier part of the twentieth century. It has been suggested that the pole is by the hand of Dick Price, and based on a comparison with a similar pole in the Museum of Vancouver collection attributed to Price by Russell Smith, this is a possibility. In descending order, the figures represented here are an eagle, an orca, a bear, and a human.
References: For a Hamatsa multiple mask attributed to Dick Price see Audrey Hawthorn, Kwakiutl Art, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1988), Plate VI-B; for four Solatlala rattles by the artist see ibid. figs. 146-149.
Provenance
Private Collection, British Columbia;
A British Columbia Collection.
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