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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK), Walrus Capsizing a Man in a Kayak, c. mid-late 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK), Walrus Capsizing a Man in a Kayak, c. mid-late 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK), Walrus Capsizing a Man in a Kayak, c. mid-late 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK), Walrus Capsizing a Man in a Kayak, c. mid-late 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK), Walrus Capsizing a Man in a Kayak, c. mid-late 1960s Print by Davidialuk, not for sale with this lot.

    DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)

    Walrus Capsizing a Man in a Kayak, c. mid-late 1960s
    stone, 5.25 x 13.75 x 7 in (13.3 x 34.9 x 17.8 cm)
    signed, inscribed with artist's disc number, and inscribed, "DAVIDEALUK / E.9 824 / POV".
    LOT 139
    ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000
    PRICE REALIZED: $1,830.00

    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
    • Walrus Capsizing a Man in a Kayak
    Davidialuk was a true storyteller who has been justly celebrated for his obsession for depicting dramatic scenes from stories and legends from Nunavik (Arctic Québec) in his sculptures and prints....
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    Davidialuk was a true storyteller who has been justly celebrated for his obsession for depicting dramatic scenes from stories and legends from Nunavik (Arctic Québec) in his sculptures and prints. Folk tales often freely mixed fanciful creatures and mythical narratives with snippets of remembered local but also personal history. This dramatic sculpture reminds us of Davidialuk’s 1962 stonecut print Upset by His Prey which presents a capsized kayak hunter fending off a walrus. Both sculpture and graphic may illustrate the same event, showing the potential risk to Inuit hunters who pursue marine mammals that are at once massive and massively powerful. The walrus’s strength and hunter’s shock are beautifully conveyed by the churning waters around the kayak.
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    Provenance

    An Ottawa Collection.
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