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Artworks
SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH) / OTTAWA
Resting Man, 2004stone and antler, 3.5 x 7.25 x 8 in (8.9 x 18.4 x 20.3 cm), measurements reflect dimensions with inset knife
titled, dated, signed, and signed again, "RESTING MAN / 04 / SILAS / ᓴᐊᓚᓯ."LOT 56
ESTIMATE: $600 — $900
PRICE REALIZED: $552.00Further images
As noted in Arctic Spirit: Inuit art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, '[Silas Kayakjuak's] themes are typical of contemporary figurative Inuit sculpture - mothers and children, games,...As noted in Arctic Spirit: Inuit art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, "[Silas Kayakjuak's] themes are typical of contemporary figurative Inuit sculpture - mothers and children, games, the single human figure or face - but they convey a sense of intimacy and preciousness" (p. 187). Here in Resting Man we can see a quiet moment as a man drifts into sleep, perhaps from exhaustion or the monotony of waiting out his prey, carved into the distinctive different stone that can be found in Kayakjuak's home of Sanirajak (Hall Beach).
Provenance
Private Collection, Milton, Delaware, USA.Literature
For more information about the artist, see Ingo Hessel, Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Phoenix: Heard Museum, 2006), p. 187.
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