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Artworks
PAPIARA TUKIKI (1942-2023) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Aana (Very Old Fish), 2004 #26Printmaker: PITSEOLAK NIVIAQSI, R.C.A. (1947-2015) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
lithograph, 15 x 42 in (38.1 x 106.7 cm)
5/50LOT 165
ESTIMATE: $500 — $800
PRICE REALIZED: $480.00Celebrating 45 years of the collection, Aana (Very Old Fish), was featured on the cover of the 2004 Annual Print Collection catalogue. At the time Papiara was one of the...Celebrating 45 years of the collection, Aana (Very Old Fish), was featured on the cover of the 2004 Annual Print Collection catalogue. At the time Papiara was one of the newcomers to the collection, and Aana was described as being "an original vision all her own" by Leslie Boyd Ryan in the catalogue's forward. Bright and punchy in composition and colour, Aana could be life sized thanks to the fantastic length of the work! [1]
1. Leslie Boyd Ryan, Terry Ryan, 04 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection, (Dorset Fine Arts, Kinngait, 2004), p. 4.
Reference: Image reproduced in Christine Lalonde and Leslie Boyd Ryan, Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset 1959-2009, (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009), cat. 50, p. 47
Provenance
Private Collection, Australia.