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Artworks
MARC ALIKASWA (1928-2008) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Seated Mother and Child, c. early to mid 1990sstone, 11.75 x 8.5 x 10.25 in (29.8 x 21.6 x 26 cm)
signed, [ᐊ?]ᓕᑲ[ᓱ?]ᐊ".
LOT 83
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000Further images
The son of the shaman Idjuadjuk, Alikaswa originally lived near Aulatjut’s camp and Ennadai Lake. He began carving in his late thirties, quickly gaining recognition for his beautifully modulated figural...The son of the shaman Idjuadjuk, Alikaswa originally lived near Aulatjut’s camp and Ennadai Lake. He began carving in his late thirties, quickly gaining recognition for his beautifully modulated figural sculptures with simple drilled facial features. His work captures the essence of Inuit family life with fluid, minimalist forms. Alikaswa preferred carving single figures or mothers with children. While the majority of Alikaswa’s sculptures are quite small, this ruggedly powerful work is large in scale and positively monumental in its impact.
References: For contemporaneous and equally impressive works by Alikaswa see Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Arviat: Artists of the Past, Present, and Future, (Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1997), cats. 13, 29; First Arts, 4 Dec. 2023, Lot 89; and Walker’s Auctions, 18 May 2017, Lot 179.Provenance
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.
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