PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Seal, early 1960s

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stone, 5.5 x 6.25 x 2 in (14 x 15.9 x 5.1 cm)
signed, "ᐸᐅᑕ / ᓴᐃᓚ".

LOT 3
ESTIMATE: $1,800 — $2,800
PRICE REALIZED: $1,680.00

We are all very familiar with the justifiably famous “Pauta Bears” (see Lots 70 and 90), but the artist produced a broad range of subjects throughout his long career. While...

We are all very familiar with the justifiably famous “Pauta Bears” (see Lots 70 and 90), but the artist produced a broad range of subjects throughout his long career. While his sculptures of birds are sometimes not so easily identifiable as works by the master, his wonderful seals truly stand apart from the rest of the herd. While not dancing per se, this graceful creature is marvellously animated. The combination of skilled and sensitive execution with the lovely, variegated serpentinite stone common to Kinngait in the early 1960s makes this wonderful Pauta pinniped an equal to the best of its ursid “cousins.”

References: For a charming fat seal from 1965 by Pauta see Virginia Watt et al., Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts c. 1900-1980, (Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980), cat. 67, p. 71. See also Seal Form by the artist, also early 1960s, in Walker’s Auctions, Ottawa, May 18, 2017, Lot 164.

Provenance

Arctic Experience Gallery, Hamilton, ON;
Purchased from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto, 1986.

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