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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Polar Bear, c. 1971-72
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Polar Bear, c. 1971-72
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Polar Bear, c. 1971-72
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Polar Bear, c. 1971-72
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Dancing Polar Bear, c. 1971-72

    PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

    Dancing Polar Bear, c. 1971-72
    white marble, 10.5 x 5.5 x 7 in (26.7 x 14 x 17.8 cm)
    unsigned.
    LOT 6
    ESTIMATE: $7,000 — $10,000
    PRICE REALIZED: $7,320.00

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • Dancing Polar Bear
    The Andrew Gordon Bay marbles vary somewhat in colour and texture. Pauta’s Dancing Bear is carved from one of the harder, coarser, almost dolomitic types. This particular chunk of stone...
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    The Andrew Gordon Bay marbles vary somewhat in colour and texture. Pauta’s Dancing Bear is carved from one of the harder, coarser, almost dolomitic types. This particular chunk of stone must have been quite difficult to carve, but its colour and texture suit Pauta’s style and subject matter perfectly. Dancing Bear is a truly extraordinary sculpture: powerful and raw yet beautifully balanced and almost delicate in its pose. We also love the matte finish which further accentuates the sense of rugged “bearness.” Remarkable.


    References: For a fine larger example of a marble Dancing Bear by Pauta in the Sarick Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario see Gerald McMaster, ed., Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection, (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2010), p. 117.
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    Provenance

    A Canadian Private Collection;
    Inuit Gallery of Vancouver;
    Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.
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