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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Family Scene, 2001
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Family Scene, 2001
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Family Scene, 2001
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT), Family Scene, 2001

    LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

    Family Scene, 2001
    stone, 17.5 x 14.5 x 11 in (44.5 x 36.8 x 27.9 cm)
    signed,"ᓗᓯ".
    LOT 62
    ESTIMATE: $4,000 — $6,000
    PRICE REALIZED: $3,904.00

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) RANDY STIGLITZ (1956-) COAST SALISH / CREE, VANCOUVER, B.C., Dzunuḵ̓wa (Wild Woman)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) RANDY STIGLITZ (1956-) COAST SALISH / CREE, VANCOUVER, B.C., Dzunuḵ̓wa (Wild Woman)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) RANDY STIGLITZ (1956-) COAST SALISH / CREE, VANCOUVER, B.C., Dzunuḵ̓wa (Wild Woman)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) RANDY STIGLITZ (1956-) COAST SALISH / CREE, VANCOUVER, B.C., Dzunuḵ̓wa (Wild Woman)
    As Tasseor approached her sixties, she and her spouse, Richard Tutsweetok, began to gather medium to large fieldstones across the terrain for her sculpting endeavours. Their substantial size, predominantly oval...
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    As Tasseor approached her sixties, she and her spouse, Richard Tutsweetok, began to gather medium to large fieldstones across the terrain for her sculpting endeavours. Their substantial size, predominantly oval contours, and the rigidity of the stones required the adoption of power tools and a more "efficient" method for manipulating the stone. Moving away from the high relief technique that had characterized her work for years, she pioneered a subtle and quite refined technique of carving in very low relief using a grinder. This approach made the emergent faces and figures seem almost "etched" onto the stone's surface. Creations like Family Scene not only appear monumental; they genuinely embody grandeur and awe-inspiring scale. At their finest, these works carry the same emotional resonance and potency as the numerous small-scale gems she crafted earlier in her illustrious career.
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    Provenance

    Private Collection, Ottawa;
    First Arts, July 2022;
    A Toronto Collection.
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