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Artworks
LUKE ANOWTALIK (1932-2006) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Standing Woman in an Amautiq, mid-1980sstone, 12 x 4.5 x 4 in (30.5 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm)
unsigned.LOT 87
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200Further images
Compared with the artist’s other works in stone, the present carving shows an uncommon degree of detail. The coat and hood are described with unusual care, their contours fully developed...Compared with the artist’s other works in stone, the present carving shows an uncommon degree of detail. The coat and hood are described with unusual care, their contours fully developed and their surfaces distinctly articulated. Rarer still is the complete carving and modelling of the legs, rendered frontally and with real physical presence.This fuller treatment gives the figure a self-contained presence and a sense of inward absorption, as though she were entirely contained within her own thoughts. The only sense of motion in the work is the raise of her right hand to her stomach, a small but intimate gesture that may suggest that she has paused for a moment to feel a small kick from the child she carries, acknowledging a private moment known only to her.
ND
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto.
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