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Artworks
AUDLA PEE (1920-2002) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Smiling Woman, c. 1975stone, 23.5 x 10.25 x 7.5 in (59.7 x 26 x 19.1 cm)
unsigned;given to the artist to an affixed sticker, in blue ink, in an unknown hand [Spirit Wrestler?], "AOUDLA PEE / $14,000. — / PC60901".LOT 99
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Audla Pee was one of the important first-generation sculptors to emerge from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), active from the late 1950s through the 1970s and part of the early success of...Audla Pee was one of the important first-generation sculptors to emerge from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), active from the late 1950s through the 1970s and part of the early success of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. Working mainly in local serpentine, he created expressive figurative sculptures, including mothers and children, owls, and Sednas. His work is marked by smooth, rounded forms, sensitively handled features, and a restrained emotional force. Over time, he developed a refined sculptural language defined by polished surfaces and assured volumes.
Standing just shy of two feet, Audla Pee’s monumental yet elegant Smiling Woman is refinement on a grand scale. Its tall, slender silhouette and poised presence give the sculpture a wonderful combination of majesty and grace. Lovely.
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Provenance
With Spirit Wrestler Gallery, used in their advertisement campaign, as seen in Genous: First Peoples Art of Canada, June 1999, no. 1, p. 29, as "Aoudla Pee";
Collection of John & Joyce Price, Seattle.
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