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Artworks
OHOTAQ MIKKIGAK (1936-2014) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Mother and Child Composition, 1964stone, 5.25 x 7 x 4 in (13.3 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm)
signed and dated, "OHOTOK / '64";
signed again, "OHOTOK".LOT 98
ESTIMATE: $3,500 — $5,000
PRICE REALIZED: $3,416.00Further images
Ohotaq and his wife Qaunaq both began carving occasionally in the 1950s and drawing in the 1960s. It was only after his retirement as caretaker of Peter Pitseolak School in...Ohotaq and his wife Qaunaq both began carving occasionally in the 1950s and drawing in the 1960s. It was only after his retirement as caretaker of Peter Pitseolak School in 1999 that Ohotaq was lured back into making art again, becoming something of a star as a drawer of landscapes and a print artist. This tour-de-force composition was purchased from the artist by Terry Ryan and remained in his personal collection for decades. With its daring tripodal configuration and rather enigmatic accoutrements, this sculpture is a remarkable feat of both carving technique and imagination.Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Terry Ryan, Kinngait / Toronto;
Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto;
Acquired from the above by John and Joyce Price, Seattle.Exhibitions
Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, The Ryan Collection, May - June 1998, no cat. no, reproduced in the exh. cat., p. 36.
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