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JOSIE PAMIUTU PAPIALUK (1918-1996) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)
Day 12 (Springtime), c. 1983-5felt tip on BFK Rives watermarked paper, 13 x 20 in (33 x 50.8 cm)
signed, "Josie (P) Papialook";
inscribed by the artist, "ᐅᓗᒐ ®";
further inscribed, "ᑕᒪᑯᐊ ᐱᕈᑐ ᒪᒪᑐᕗ ᑕᒪᓇ ᐱᐅᔪᕗ /
ᐅᒪᔪᐃ ᒪᓕᐳ ᓄᓇ ᐱᕈᐸᓕᐊᓂᒐᓂ ᑕᑯᐊᑕᒐ ᐸᑯᓇᐸᕗ ᓇᑯᑐᐊᓗᕙᑐ ᐅᐱᒐᑲᒥ / ᐃᓄᑎᑕᐅᒐᑕ ᓇᑯᓴᐳᒐ ᐃᑲᔪᑕᐅᓴᔦᑕ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐳ ᓂᑭᑲᑎᑕᐅᒐ ᐃᒪᑲᑎᑕᐅᓱᑕᓗ".
inscribed in graphite in an unknown hand, verso, "'Day 12 (1985?) / 300 / BO5".LOT 63
ESTIMATE: $400 — $600
PRICE REALIZED: $336.00The translation of Papialuk's text reads as follows, 'The plants are sweet and that is good. Animals then arrive according to the season. As the land blooms. That is what...The translation of Papialuk's text reads as follows,
"The plants are sweet and that is good. Animals then arrive according to the season. As the land blooms. That is what we see and look upon. And such beauty to behold. When springtime arrives. I celebrate the life given to us. Grateful for it. We have help in abundance something to be joyful about. We have food and water. That is provided for. That’s it."
First Arts extends our gratitude to Talasia Tulugak for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Provenance
Private Collection, Hamilton, Ontario.
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