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Artworks
PITSEOLAK NIVIAQSI R.C.A. (1947-2015) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Strutting Caribou, late 1990sstone, and antler 10.75 x 11 x 3 in (27.3 x 27.9 x 7.6 cm), measurements reflect height with inset antlers, without: 8 in (20.3 cm)
signed, "ᐱᓯᐅᓚ ᓂᕕᐊᓯ".LOT 44
ESTIMATE: $1,000 — $1,500
PRICE REALIZED: $900.00Further images
Pitseolak Niviaqsi, who was the son of the renowned sculptor and graphic artist, Niviaqsi (1908-1959), unmistakably carried on his father's gifted legacy. As an adept lithographer, Pitseolak Niviaqsi devoted the...Pitseolak Niviaqsi, who was the son of the renowned sculptor and graphic artist, Niviaqsi (1908-1959), unmistakably carried on his father's gifted legacy. As an adept lithographer, Pitseolak Niviaqsi devoted the majority of his time to the printmaking workshops in Cape Dorset, generating several hundreds of prints from the mid-1970s onward. As a result of his commitments in the craft studio, Pitseolak Niviaqsi didn't create a vast volume of sculptures, yet his talent and creative brilliance are surely comparable to the most celebrated Kinngait sculptors. In this work, the caribou seems frozen in a strut, his head perked upward as if attuned to a sound in the distanceProvenance
Private Collection, Australia.
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