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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ENNUTSIAK (1893-1967) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Kakivak Fisherman with Catch,, early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ENNUTSIAK (1893-1967) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Kakivak Fisherman with Catch,, early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ENNUTSIAK (1893-1967) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Kakivak Fisherman with Catch,, early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ENNUTSIAK (1893-1967) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Kakivak Fisherman with Catch,, early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ENNUTSIAK (1893-1967) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Kakivak Fisherman with Catch,, early 1960s

    ENNUTSIAK (1893-1967) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)

    Kakivak Fisherman with Catch,, early 1960s
    stone and antler, 5 x 2.5 x 4 in (12.7 x 6.3 x 10.2 cm), measurements reflect dimensions with inset implement
    signed and inscribed with disc number, "ᐃᓄᓯᐊ / E7 603".

    LOT 44
    ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000
    PRICE REALIZED: $3,120.00

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) TUMIRA ASHOONA (1943-) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Inukshoo, 1964 (1964/5 #81)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) TUMIRA ASHOONA (1943-) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Inukshoo, 1964 (1964/5 #81)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) TUMIRA ASHOONA (1943-) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Inukshoo, 1964 (1964/5 #81)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) TUMIRA ASHOONA (1943-) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Inukshoo, 1964 (1964/5 #81)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) TUMIRA ASHOONA (1943-) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Inukshoo, 1964 (1964/5 #81)
    • Kakivak Fisherman with Catch,
    Most famous for his little “tableaux” featuring traditional daily life (see Lot 8 for a superb example), Ennutsiak occasionally carved single human figures and even the odd animal. The First...
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    Most famous for his little “tableaux” featuring traditional daily life (see Lot 8 for a superb example), Ennutsiak occasionally carved single human figures and even the odd animal. The First Arts November 2021 live auction catalogue features the captivating Grandmother with Child (Lot 22), which bridges these two thematic choices. Ennutsiak always devoted careful attention to his small figures, carving as much detail as he could muster with his simple tools. This tired Fisherman, shown returning home from his time fishing at a weir, is carved with Ennutsiak’s trademark rustic finesse. We can’t help wondering whether this sensitive and poignant work is a self-portrait of the elderly artist.


    References: For another beautifully carved figure of a solitary hunter by the artist see Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Mulders’ Collection, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1976), cat. 86. For other fine works by Ennutsiak see First Arts, Nov. 2021, Lot 22; July 2021, Lot 25; Dec. 2020, Lot 15; May 2019, Lot 40. See also Maria von Finckenstein ed., Celebrating Inuit Art 1948-1970, (Hull, QC: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1999), p. 131-133; Ingo Hessel, Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Phoenix: Heard Museum, 2006), cat. 146, pp. 172-173.
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    An Ottawa Collection.
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The main office of First Arts Premiers Inc. is located on the ancestral and traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Huron-Wendat, the original owners and custodians of this land.  Today, it is home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

 

 

 

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