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Artworks
HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)
Trotting Arctic Fox, early 1980sstone, 4.75 x 9 x 2.5 in (12.1 x 22.9 x 6.3 cm)
signed, "HENRY / ᐃᕙᓗ ᐊᔪ".LOT 61
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000
PRICE REALIZED: $2,640.00Further images
Henry Evaluardjuk was a master at bringing stone to life. His animal portraits have some uncanny, true-to-life characteristics. This Trotting Arctic Fox, with its fur puffed up and thick against...Henry Evaluardjuk was a master at bringing stone to life. His animal portraits have some uncanny, true-to-life characteristics. This Trotting Arctic Fox, with its fur puffed up and thick against the tundra’s winds, has a beautiful, sleek presence not unlike its real-life counterpart. Far from being static, the sculpture is filled with movement. This fox strides forward confidently across the snow. The black stone could not be a less likely colour for this Arctic animal, but we can easily picture this white fox looking out into the snow, its snout up and keen to a new scent on the wind.
References: For another fine example of the subject by this artist see First Arts, Toronto, 5 December 2022, Lot 126. See also exhibition catalogue for The Sculpture of Henry Evaluardjuk, Montreal, Eskimo Art Gallery, 5-23 May 1987. For other fine examples of Henry’s work see the present catalogue, lots 11, 12, and 60.Provenance
Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, San Francisco, 1992
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