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Artworks
SHEOUAK PETAULASSIE (1918-1961) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Three Walrus, 1960 #57Printmaker: IYOLA KINGWATSIAK (1933-2000) m., KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
stencil, 16.5 x 12 in (41.9 x 30.5 cm)
7/50
LOT 107
ESTIMATE: $3,500 — $5,000
PRICE REALIZED: $5,040.00Exploiting the potential of the stencil medium, Iyola Kingwatsiak translates Sheouak’s drawing of three walruses to brilliant effect. The trio of animals seem almost molded in their fine contours, their...Exploiting the potential of the stencil medium, Iyola Kingwatsiak translates Sheouak’s drawing of three walruses to brilliant effect. The trio of animals seem almost molded in their fine contours, their shapes set down in an overlapped and repeated pattern, as though the animals were caught in momentary rest, lounging atop some rocks at the edge of the water. Incredibly fluid in its precision (as with Ringed Seal, Lot 106), a waterline is created, and thus our scene is set, with a seemingly simple change to the colour of Iyola’s ink.
References: Image reproduced in James Houston, Eskimo Prints, (Toronto: Longman, 1971) p. 52; The Inuit Print, travelling exh., (Ottawa: National Museums of Canada and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1977), p. 64, cat. 14.
Provenance
Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM.
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