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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC
Resting Caribou, c. 1960s or 1970sstone and antler, 8 x 10.5 x3 in (20.3 x 26.7 x 7.6 cm)
unsigned.
LOT 152
ESTIMATE: $1,800 — $2,800
PRICE REALIZED: $1,440.00Further images
We have not been able to determine an artist or even a community for this splendid Resting Caribou. The sculpture looks like it was carved by a highly skilled and...We have not been able to determine an artist or even a community for this splendid Resting Caribou. The sculpture looks like it was carved by a highly skilled and sensitive artist. It is the kind of work that we can imagine a young Paul Malliki creating; we even considered Henry Evaluardjuk as a possibility. In the end, of course, an attribution is not really crucial; the work is a stunningly beautiful work of art.
References: For a lovely Feeding Caribou c. 1965, possibly by Henry Evaluardjuk, see Walker’s Auctions, May 2013, Lot 175. For lovely depictions of caribou by Paul Malliki see Walker’s Auctions, Nov. 2017, Lot 240; Nov. 2016, Lot 224; Nov. 2015, Lot 238.Provenance
Private Collection, USA.
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