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Artworks
PETER SEVOGA (1940-2007) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
Mother and Child, Waving, c. 1970stone, 9 x 8.5 x 4 in (22.9 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)
signed, "ᓱᕙᒐ".LOT 11
ESTIMATE: $5,000 — $8,000
PRICE REALIZED: $8,540.00Further images
This gorgeous sculpture is a brilliant example of Peter Sevoga’s early classic style. Recognized as one of the leading lights of the Baker Lake sculptural aesthetic, Sevoga is most famous...This gorgeous sculpture is a brilliant example of Peter Sevoga’s early classic style. Recognized as one of the leading lights of the Baker Lake sculptural aesthetic, Sevoga is most famous for his depictions of families; usually rendered as closely huddled, bulky figures, the sculptures beautifully balance considerable mass with surprising delicacy. Mother and Child, Waving is a simpler composition comprising just two figures. Sevoga’s trademark simple forms, with their sensuous curves and volumes, are especially light and airy here, with a special emphasis on dynamic movement. These qualities suit the subject matter: mother and son are perhaps excitedly greeting the father back from a hunting trip, or welcoming relatives to their camp.
References: For a contemporaneous and similarly styled graphite drawing by Kenojuak see Marion E. Jackson and Judith M. Nasby, Contemporary Inuit Drawings, (Guelph: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 1987), cat. 31, p. 63. For the still definitive study of the artist’s life and work see Jean Blodgett, Kenojuak, (Toronto: Firefly Books / Mintmark Press Ltd., 1985).
Provenance
Ex. Coll. John and Mary Robertson;
A British Columbia Collection.
Exhibitions
Kingston, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Selections from The John and Mary Robertson Collection of Inuit Sculpture, 20 July -19 October 1986, cat. 11.Publications
Jean Blodgett, Selections from The John and Mary Robertson Collection of Inuit Sculpture, (Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1986), cat. 11, p. 32.