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Artworks
DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)
Caught Together: Whale and Seal in a Net, mid-late 1960sstone, 3.5 x 10 x 6.25 in (8.9 x 25.4 x 15.9 cm)
signed and inscribed with artist's disc number, "DEVIDALO-K / E9 824".LOT 26
ESTIMATE: $700 — $1,000Further images
In Caught Together: Whale and Seal in a Net, Davidialuk Alasua Amittu presents a striking composition of two marine animals entwined in a carefully incised net. The netting is crisply...In Caught Together: Whale and Seal in a Net, Davidialuk Alasua Amittu presents a striking composition of two marine animals entwined in a carefully incised net. The netting is crisply carved across the bodies of the whale and seal, binding them in a moment of shared fate.
Davidialuk returned often to images of animals caught in nets or traps, though the symbolic implications remain open to interpretation. Whether read as a narrative moment, a reflection on human-animal relationships, or a broader meditation on entanglement and survival, there is something almost comical about the work. The exaggerated roundness of the bodies and their wide, surprised eyes lend the scene a hint of levity, softening the gravity of their predicament and inviting the viewer to pause between empathy and amusement.Provenance
Ex. Coll. Colin John Grasset Molson (C.J.G ) Collection, Montreal.
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