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Artworks
AOUDLA PUDLAT (1951-2006) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Untitled Drawing (Bird and Butterfly), 1992ink on paper, 20 x 26 in (50.8 x 66 cm)
signed, "ᐊᐅᓪᓚ[ᒃ?] / ᐳᓚ[?]";
inscribed by the Co-op, in graphite, verso, "055-1818-d-92/93-03/04-66 x 50.8 cm".LOT 22
ESTIMATE: $300 — $500Aoudla Pudlat’s drawings are distinguished by elaborate patterning and an inventive menagerie of birds and other creatures. Here, a fantastic bird sweeps downward toward a butterfly, its broad wings spread...Aoudla Pudlat’s drawings are distinguished by elaborate patterning and an inventive menagerie of birds and other creatures. Here, a fantastic bird sweeps downward toward a butterfly, its broad wings spread across the sheet and packed with bands, spots, scallops, and feather-like marks. Below, the butterfly answers with its own intricate patterning, setting up a playful tension between pursuer and prey. Worked entirely in ink, the drawing depends on the pressure, persistence, and precision of Pudlat’s line, which turns blank paper into surfaces that seem speckled, scaled, plumed, and almost palpable.Provenance
Private Collection, Florence, Oregon;
Estate of the above;
Acquired from the above by the present Oregon Collection, 2026.
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