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Artworks
LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK (1934-2012) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Mother with Children, c. 1970stone, 4.75 x 1.75 x 3 in (12.1 x 4.4 x 7.6 cm)
signed, "ᓗᓯ";
further inscribed, (?)LOT 88
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000
PRICE REALIZED: $2,440.00Further images
Like her friend and carving buddy John Pangnark, Lucy Tasseor created recognizably figural works in the first few years of her career, even as she was exploring the possibilities of...Like her friend and carving buddy John Pangnark, Lucy Tasseor created recognizably figural works in the first few years of her career, even as she was exploring the possibilities of semi-abstraction. Mother and Two Children is a masterpiece of Tasseor’s early style; carved with supreme subtlety and elegance, the sculpture is strikingly monumental despite its small size. Both the mother and the child she carries gaze skyward; might her second child, seemingly a swaddled infant, be journeying heavenward? Speculation aside, the work is a sensitive and powerfully evocative portrait of maternal love.Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto.