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Artworks
DAVID TIKTAALAAQ (1927-D?) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
Bird and Human Head, 1972stone, 6.25 x 8 x 4.75 in (15.9 x 20.3 x 12.1 cm)
signed, "ᑎᑕᓕ".LOT 40
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200Further images
David Tiktaalaaq may not have carved often but he was plainly a sculptor of real ability. As the husband of Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (see lot 101) — an artist whose...David Tiktaalaaq may not have carved often but he was plainly a sculptor of real ability. As the husband of Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (see lot 101) — an artist whose work is filled with bird people, hybrid beings, shamans, spirits, and figures in transformation — Tiktaalaaq has here made a sculpture that feels strikingly at home in the same visionary realm as his wife. As such, it invites the thought of a shared domestic iconography, shaped by mutual influence and parallel invention.
ND
Provenance
Acquired in Sept. 1972 from the Nunamiut Co-op by Mr. Stanley and Mrs. Jean Zazelenchuk, New Brunswick.Exhibitions
Winnipeg, MB, Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, August - November 1978, cat. 45.Publications
Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978), cat. 45 p. 43.
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