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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ANDY MIKI (1918-1983) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Animal, early-mid 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ANDY MIKI (1918-1983) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Animal, early-mid 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ANDY MIKI (1918-1983) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Animal, early-mid 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ANDY MIKI (1918-1983) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Animal, early-mid 1970s

    ANDY MIKI (1918-1983) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

    Animal, early-mid 1970s
    stone, 2.5 x 3.25 x 1 in (6.3 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm)
    signed, "ᒥᑭ".

    LOT 79
    ESTIMATE: $1,500 — $2,500
    PRICE REALIZED: $1,344.00

    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)
    A wonderfully tactile carving, Animal is a charming example of Miki’s strong eye for outline, as well as his penchant for geometric, radically simplified forms that would characterize the artist’s...
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    A wonderfully tactile carving, Animal is a charming example of Miki’s strong eye for outline, as well as his penchant for geometric, radically simplified forms that would characterize the artist’s works of the 1970s. Here, Miki sensitively constructs his Animal by creating flat planes and rounded angles to shape the essential silhouette of the animal. The result of his judicious, minimalist carving style creates a work that possesses a sensitive, linear rhythm. Animal conveys the power and control of Miki as an artist, even when working on an intimate scale. The final touch of whimsical refinement is the use of four drilled holes to depict Miki’s characteristic eyes and nostrils.


    References: For other works by Miki in various shapes and sizes see First Arts, Nov. 2021, Lot 5; July 2021, Lot 60, 61; Dec. 2020, Lot 137; July 2020, Lots 3, 60, 115. For additional works by the artist, see the section on the artist in Norman Zepp, Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit, (Regina: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1986), pp. 96-107. For other examples and for the artist’s discussion on his carving, see Bernedette Driscoll, Eskimo Point / Arviat, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1982), pp. 22, 24, 26, 29; cats. 46-48.
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    Provenance

    Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM.
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