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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Standing Woman in Amautiq, c. 1955stone, 7 x 3.25 x 2 in (17.8 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm)
unsigned.LOT 1
ESTIMATE: $900 — $1,200Further images
This charming figure hails from Kinngait, carved from dense rock in the years prior to the discovery of local serpentine deposits. While the sculpture is classic early Kinngait it lacks...This charming figure hails from Kinngait, carved from dense rock in the years prior to the discovery of local serpentine deposits. While the sculpture is classic early Kinngait it lacks enough visual clues to attribute it to any one of the wonderful sculptors active in the mid 1950s. This Standing Woman in Amautiq is more restrained in its stylization than works by Kiugak or Qaqaq, though one may still catch hints of both Niviaqsi and Kiakshuk. We also wonder whether this might be an early work by either Aoudla Pee or Qaunaq Mikkigak. There is something magical about this piece which is somehow simultaneously rudimentary and refined. Sometimes less is more
MBL
Provenance
An American Private Collection.1of 101
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