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Artworks
MOSES NAGYUGALIK (1910-1996) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
Head of a Man Wearing Snow Goggles, 1968stone, antler, and waxed twine, 8 x 4 x 7 in (20.3 x 10.2 x 17.8 cm)
signed, "ᓇᔪᒐᓕ".Lot 72
ESTIMATE: $5,000 — $8,000
PRICE REALIZED: $5,280.00Further images
Aside from his being the father of graphic artist Phillipa Iksiraq, not much is known about Moses Nagyualik other than that he was an occasional printmaker and sculptor. Apart from...Aside from his being the father of graphic artist Phillipa Iksiraq, not much is known about Moses Nagyualik other than that he was an occasional printmaker and sculptor. Apart from an antler acrobat illustrated in the landmark travelling exhibition Sculpture/Inuit, this striking sculpture is the only other known reproduced work by the artist. George Swinton clearly thought highly enough of this magnificent work to award it a full-page illustration in his seminal 1972 book Sculpture of the Inuit. We assume it to be a self-portrait of the artist given the bold pencil signature on the snow goggles. This is perhaps the Inuit art world’s equivalent of a “one hit wonder,” but what a wonder it is!Provenance
A Canadian Private Collection;
Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver;
Acquired from the above by John and Joyce Price, Seattle, 2000.Exhibitions
Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, Keewatin 2000, 2000; catalogue B 14.Publications
George Swinton, Sculpture of the Inuit (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972/92), fig. 104, p. 76.
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