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Artworks
MARY QAYUARYUK (KUDJUAKJUK) (1908-1982) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Polar Bear and Bird, 1964 (1964/5 #41)Printmaker: TIMOTHY OTTOCHIE (1904-1982) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
stonecut, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm), framed, sight.
31/50LOT 10
ESTIMATE: $300 — $500Further images
Mary Qayuaryuk (Kudjuakjuk) balanced two callings: she was a respected midwife and a devoted artist, known for both her sculpture and her print designs. Her work often returned to animals,...Mary Qayuaryuk (Kudjuakjuk) balanced two callings: she was a respected midwife and a devoted artist, known for both her sculpture and her print designs. Her work often returned to animals, especially birds, as if drawn again and again to their gestures, their personalities, their symbolic heft.
In Polar Bear and Bird, composition and colour do the heavy lifting. The green-gold gradient of the bear grounds the image, while the bird, rendered in a cooler, textured teal, hovers playfully above. Their shared direction and spacing suggest a kind of camaraderie, as if trotting side by each through some quietly imagined world.
Provenance
Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM.
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