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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Young Girl Skipping Rope, c. mid 1980s
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Young Girl Skipping Rope, c. mid 1980s
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Young Girl Skipping Rope, c. mid 1980s
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Young Girl Skipping Rope, c. mid 1980s
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Young Girl Skipping Rope, c. mid 1980s

HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)

Young Girl Skipping Rope, c. mid 1980s
stone and antler, 10 x 7.5 x 7.25 (25.4 x 19.1 x 18.4 cm), measurements reflect dimensions with inset skipping rope, without: 10 x 7.5 x 5 in (25.4 x 19.1 x 12.7 cm)
signed, "HENRY / ᐃᕙᓗ ᐊᔪ".
LOT 125
ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000
PRICE REALIZED: $3,120.00

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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ), currently selected., currently selected., currently selected. LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Mother and Child, late 1990s
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Mother and Child, late 1990s
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Mother and Child, late 1990s
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Mother and Child, late 1990s
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Mother and Child, late 1990s
  • Young Girl Skipping Rope
It is regrettable that market forces seemed to forced Henry to concentrate on animal subjects, particularly polar bears, for so much of his career, considering that his carvings of the...
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It is regrettable that market forces seemed to forced Henry to concentrate on animal subjects, particularly polar bears, for so much of his career, considering that his carvings of the human figure are really quite exceptional. Henry produced numerous portrait busts, depictions of hunters, and even delicate small maskettes, each of which displays the artist's skill at rendering the human face. One always senses that these portraits represent actual people rather than generic “Inuit faces.”


This exquisitely carved Young Girl Skipping Rope captures the subject’s youthful exuberance beautifully, and the wonderful skipping rope implies dynamic motion. The delicate facial features and beautiful proportions are quite exceptional. Charming!



References: For a portrait head by the artist see George Swinton, Sculpture of the Inuit, (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972/92), fig. 530, or Maria von Finckenstein ed., Celebrating Inuit Art 1948-1970, (Gatineau: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1999), p. 135. For a charming Mother and Child figure by the artist, see Walker’s Auctions, Ottawa, 3 May 2012, Lot 25. For an important figure of a Fisherman (probably a self-portrait) see First Arts Auction, 1 December 2020, Lot 92.
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An Ottawa Collection.
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