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Artworks
HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)
Owl in Pursuit of an Arctic Hare, 1973ivory, antler, stone, and black ink, 5.5 x 5.25 x 3.25 in (14 x 13.3 x 8.3 cm)
signed and dated, "HENRY / ᐃᕙᓗ ᐊᔪ / 1973".LOT 82
ESTIMATE: $4,000 — $6,000Further images
Quite apart from numerous outstanding bear sculptures by the artist, we have been fortunate in being able to present some of the finest examples of other subjects by Henry Evaluardjuk...Quite apart from numerous outstanding bear sculptures by the artist, we have been fortunate in being able to present some of the finest examples of other subjects by Henry Evaluardjuk (see First Arts, 1 December 2020, Lot 92, and 4 December 2023, Lot 118). We are now thrilled to present what is surely one of his most dynamic and spectacular small works. This incredible composition, depicting the life and death pursuit of an arctic hare desperately fleeing from an attacking owl, is simply magical in both conception and execution. The sheer mastery of an artist at the height of his powers is evident in every inch of this exquisite little work of art!
References: For an equally wonderful sculpture of the same subject by the Arctic Bay artist Manasie Akpaliapik, from 1994, see Ingo Hessel, Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Phoenix: Heard Museum, 2006), cat. 74, p. 86.Provenance
Private Collection.
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