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Artworks
POOTOOGOOK KINGWATSIAK (1936-1989) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Woman at a Scraping Board, 1966 #61Printmaker: LUKTA QIATSUK (1928-2004) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
stonecut, 12.25 x 12.5 in (31.1 x 31.8 cm)
12/50LOT 16
ESTIMATE: $400 — $600
PRICE REALIZED: $384.00Being a sporadic participant in the Annual Print Collection prior to being a printmaker in the 1980s, Pootoogook Kingwatsiak's few offerings in the 1960s are beautiful early examples of his...Being a sporadic participant in the Annual Print Collection prior to being a printmaker in the 1980s, Pootoogook Kingwatsiak's few offerings in the 1960s are beautiful early examples of his work. Woman at a Scraping Board is one of the two prints included in the 1966 collection, a lovely, small work of a day-to-day task. While simple with the monotone printing of black, the image is not stark against the page, it is almost documentary.Provenance
Private Collection, Michigan.