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Artworks
DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)
Man with Northern Lights, mid-late 1960sstone, 2.75 x 3.75 x 1 in (7 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm)
signed, "DEVIDEALOK".LOT 12
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200
PRICE REALIZED: $1,800.00Further images
Davidialuk is an artist who has been justly celebrated for his obsession with depicting dramatic scenes from stories and legends in both his sculptures and graphic works. One of the...Davidialuk is an artist who has been justly celebrated for his obsession with depicting dramatic scenes from stories and legends in both his sculptures and graphic works. One of the legends that Davidialuk enjoyed revisiting is that of the Northern Lights. “One night, three companions went outside and one of them started whistling. The Northern Lights began to roar and whip up a violent wind, but ignoring the warnings of his friends, the young man kept whistling. The Aurora swooped down, decapitated him, and played football with his head. Since then, no one whistles outdoors at night” [from Ingo Hessel, Inuit Art: An Introduction, 1998, p. 83]. In this miniature depiction Davidialuk skillfully uses a combination of elegant line and negative space to portray the decapitated head held aloft by the swirling Aurora Borealis.Provenance
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.
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