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Artworks
PITSEOLAK ASHOONA, R.C.A., O.C., (1904-1983) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Fleeing Spirit, 1973 #19Printmaker: LUKTA QIATSUK (1928-2004) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
stonecut, 24 x 33.75 in (61 x 85.7 cm)
10/50LOT 32
ESTIMATE: $500 — $800Fleeing Spirits is composed as an unanchored burst of motion. Two intensely green, inventively shaped figures surge across the sheet, their bodies bent into forward-leaning arcs that suggest pursuit rather...Fleeing Spirits is composed as an unanchored burst of motion. Two intensely green, inventively shaped figures surge across the sheet, their bodies bent into forward-leaning arcs that suggest pursuit rather than pose. With no ground line or setting to hold them in place, the white field becomes a kind of open air, sharpening every contour and making each twist of limb feel immediate. The forms press against the emptiness as if it were wind, and the eye is pulled along their shared direction of travel. That deliberate lack of scenery focuses attention on silhouette, spacing, and the charged interval between the two bodies, where the chase becomes legible.
Provenance
An Toronto Collection
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