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Artworks
JUDAS ULLULAQ (1937-1999), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN)
Hunter Thinking of a Muskox, early-mid 1990sstone, muskox horn, and antler, 19.25 x 10.5 x 11.75 in (48.9 x 26.7 x 29.8 cm),
apparently unsigned.Lot 59
ESTIMATE: $12,000 — $18,000
PRICE REALIZED: $10,800.00Further images
While Judas produced a wide variety of subjects in his too short career, some of his most spectacular works focus on figures of muskoxen or muskox hunting scenes. In interviews...While Judas produced a wide variety of subjects in his too short career, some of his most spectacular works focus on figures of muskoxen or muskox hunting scenes. In interviews Ullulaq recounted how his grandfather would hunt for muskoxen before he ever owned a rifle. He would go right up in front of the muskox, often being lifted by its formidable horns before killing the animal with his spear. [1] The hunter-and-muskox motif was one that Judas would revisit often, but this wonderful composition of a muskox emerging from the top of a hunter’s head is possibly unique. Perhaps this is Judas’s way of showing the viewer what the hunter had on his mind as he planned his next hunt, but it’s also possible that the artist, famous for his sense of humour and flair, has decided to “turn the tables” on the story of his grandfather’s exploits. Wonderful!
1. From a 1997 interview with the artist in Darlene Coward Wight, Art & Expression of the Netsilik (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2000), p. 160.Provenance
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.
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