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Artworks
IRENE AVAALAAQIAQ TIKTAALAAQ (1941-) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
Untitled Work on Cloth, early-mid 1970swool, felt duffel, embroidery thread, cotton thread, 80 x 56.5 in (203.2 x 143.5 cm)
signed: "ᐄᕆ".LOT 80
ESTIMATE: $2,500 — $3,500
PRICE REALIZED: $2,400.00Stark in its contrast of dark and light colours, this work still has the beautiful curves and flowing figures of a work by Irene Avaalaagiaq. Greatly inspired by her Grandmother's...Stark in its contrast of dark and light colours, this work still has the beautiful curves and flowing figures of a work by Irene Avaalaagiaq. Greatly inspired by her Grandmother's stories, animal-human transformation figures are the hallmark of her stitchwork, and this work is no exception. Birds meld with humans throughout this work, the later signing out throughout the border around the main figure.
Provenance
Private Collection, Lunenburg, NS.
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