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Artworks
JUDAS ULLULAQ (1937-1999) UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN)
Rearing Muskox Calf, mid-late 1980sstone and antler, 6.25 x 4.5 x 6 in (15.9 x 11.4 x 15.2 cm)
signed, "ᐅᓗᓚ".
LOT 155
ESTIMATE: $2,500 — $3,500
PRICE REALIZED: $4,320.00Further images
Muskox calves begin to grow horns when they are about four to five weeks old. The horns are almost white at first, gradually growing darker and more ridged with age....Muskox calves begin to grow horns when they are about four to five weeks old. The horns are almost white at first, gradually growing darker and more ridged with age. This portrait, therefore, is of a very young muskox calf. Ullulaq obviously had a special affinity for these animals, depicting them in various ways: by themselves, being hunted, tossing hapless hunters or predators (see Lot 59), and as transforming shamans. This charming calf reminds us of a small carving formerly in the Albrecht Collection (see Ingo Hessel, Arctic Spirit, cat. 84).
References: For related works see Ingo Hessel, Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Phoenix: Heard Museum, 2006), cats. 84, 85, pp. 96-97; Sandra Dyck and Ingo Hessel, Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection, (Ottawa: Carleton University Art Gallery, 2009), cat. 86, p. 157.Provenance
Estate of Jean Blodgett.
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