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Artworks
PAUTA SAILA, R.C.A. (1916-2009) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Dancing Polar Bear, c. 1971-72white 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: $7,320.00Further images
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...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.Provenance
A Canadian Private Collection;
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver;
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.
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