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Artworks
TAKEALOOK TEMELA (1935- ) KIMMIRUT (LAKE HARBOUR)
Windswept Muskox, 1987stone and antler, 11.5 x 21 x 6.5 in (29.2 x 53.3 x 16.5 cm)
signed and dated, "ᑕᑭᐊᓗ / ᑎᒥᓚ / 87"LOT 102
ESTIMATE: $1,500 — $2,500
PRICE REALIZED: $4,320.00Further images
Brother of the more famous sculptor Nalenik Temela, Takealook was a well respected artist in his own right. He began carving in the late 1960s, and his works were featured...Brother of the more famous sculptor Nalenik Temela, Takealook was a well respected artist in his own right. He began carving in the late 1960s, and his works were featured in at least a dozen public and commercial exhibitions through the 1990s. Furthermore, his sculptures are held in several museum collections in North America including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Canadian Museum of History.
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto.
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