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Artworks
DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)
Man Relieving Himself into a Bucket, 1960sstone, 3.5 x 4.75 x 3 in (8.9 x 12.1 x 7.6 cm)
signed and inscribed with disc number, "DEVIDEALOOK / E9 824".
LOT 68
ESTIMATE: $1,000 — $1,500
PRICE REALIZED: $840.00Further images
While he is considered one of the most famous storytellers in Inuit art, Davidialuk's works often manifest in playful, impish obscenities. Here, the artist presents the viewer with a scene...While he is considered one of the most famous storytellers in Inuit art, Davidialuk's works often manifest in playful, impish obscenities. Here, the artist presents the viewer with a scene that, while bawdy, is ultimately entirely ordinary: a lone Inuk has, presumably, awoke in the middle of the night and, not wishing to brave the elements, elects to urinate in a nearby bucket. This decidedly unheroic work speaks to Davidialuk's unique response to the often gallant pictorial representations, both Inuit and southern, of men in the Canadian arctic.
Provenance
Private Collection, New York.
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