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Artworks
ENNUTSIAK (1893-1976) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)
Hunter with Spear and Knife, c. 1960stone, 5.5 x 2.25 x 1.75 in (14 x 5.7 x 4.4 cm)
unsigned.LOT 43
ESTIMATE: $1,000 — $1,500Further images
This sculpture stands out as a charmingly uncharacteristic work by Ennutsiak, an artist best known for his vivid narrative scenes chronicling the rhythms of Inuit life on the land. Originally...This sculpture stands out as a charmingly uncharacteristic work by Ennutsiak, an artist best known for his vivid narrative scenes chronicling the rhythms of Inuit life on the land. Originally from Nunavik, Ennutsiak often carved from a single block of stone, populating his compositions with multiple figures engaged in everyday labours, hunting, butchering, birthing, sewing. His works are dense with action and grounded in specificity.
Here, however, he offers something quieter: a single, self-contained figure. The absence of context feels intentional, almost generous. The composition invites us not to follow a fixed story, but to imagine one—to step into the scene and complete it ourselves.
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto.
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