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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PANNIRTUQ (PANGNIRTUNG)
Hobbling Man, early-mid 1960sivory, 2.75 x 2.5 x 1.5 in (7 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm)
unsigned.LOT 23
ESTIMATE: $300 — $500
PRICE REALIZED: $3,416.00Further images
This charming small-scale carving, though simple in its overall composition, reveals intricate details that highlight the difficulty of working with such a challenging medium as ivory. The figure's slightly tilted...This charming small-scale carving, though simple in its overall composition, reveals intricate details that highlight the difficulty of working with such a challenging medium as ivory. The figure's slightly tilted posture suggests movement, evoking the slow, determined pace of trudging across the Arctic landscape. The understated elegance of the work draws us in, offering to us a moment of quiet determination.
Provenance
Collection of Vivian Julien, a schoolteacher who worked in the Canadian Arctic from the late 1950s until the mid 1970s;
by descent to a Private Collection, Ontario.
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