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Artworks
EEGYVUDLUK POOTOOGOOK (1931-1999) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Excited Hawk, c. 1970sstone, 11.5 x 10 x 7 in (29.2 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm)
signed, "ᐃᔨᕙᓗ / ᐳᑐᒍ".LOT 77
ESTIMATE: $1,000 — $1,500Further images
Carved in a simplified, stylized manner in a lovely black stone, Excited Hawk is an absolute delight to behold. The streamlined avian body reveals only the most essential details, directing...Carved in a simplified, stylized manner in a lovely black stone, Excited Hawk is an absolute delight to behold. The streamlined avian body reveals only the most essential details, directing our attention to the raptor’s beak open in a joyful screech. With the slightest of head tilts and the barest hint of a smile (?!), we can well imagine this hawk’s squawk resounding across Kinngait from the roof of the co-op.
References: For a charming example of a hawk by the artist, see Hawk and Young, First Arts, Toronto, 6 March 2025. Eegyvudluk was a brilliant printmaker but not a prolific sculptor; see a short bio in Jean Blodgett, In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking, (Kleinberg, ON: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1991), p. 134, but also his wonderful sculpture, Dog Spirit, on page 124. That work is also illustrated in Ingo Hessel, Inuit Art: An Introduction, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / New York: Harry Abrams / London: British Museum Press, 1998), pl. 149, p. 189.Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto;
Estate of the above.
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