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Artworks
JOHN PANGNARK (1920-1980) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Figure, 1973stone, 5 x 3.25 x 2.5 in (12.7 x 8.3 x 6.3 cm)
signed, "ᐸᓂᔭ".
LOT 39
ESTIMATE: $3,500— $5,000
PRICE REALIZED: $3,600.00Further images
Where Mother and Child (previous lot 38) is noteworthy for its shape-shifting quality, Figure, from about two years earlier, is distinguished for its purity of form. And as with some...Where Mother and Child (previous lot 38) is noteworthy for its shape-shifting quality, Figure, from about two years earlier, is distinguished for its purity of form. And as with some works by Pangnark’s Arviat peer Andy Miki, it looks almost like some mysterious tool or implement, ancient yet strikingly modern. The sculpture is extraordinarily elegant; its forms pristine yet natural, clearly following the natural shape of the stone yet obviously shaped by the artist’s hand. And the face is nothing short of exquisite. Splendid.
References: For numerous works by Pangnark see Norman Zepp, Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit, (Regina: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1986), cats. 20-31; and Bernadette Driscoll, Eskimo Point/Arviat, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1982), cats. 59-72.
Provenance
Acquired by the present Private Collector, Kingston, Ontario while working as a teacher in Arviat in the years 1972-75.
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