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MUNGITOK KELLYPALIK (1940-2014) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Sea Gulls on Arctic Ice, 1960 #38Sandra Barz notes that Mungitok identified himself as the printmaker, although others suggest IYOLA KINGWATSIAK (1933-2000) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
sealskin stencil, 11 x 25 in (27.9 x 63.5 cm), framed.
49/50LOT 107
ESTIMATE: $4,000 — $6,000Upon its release, Sea Gulls on Arctic Ice drew considerable critical praise. One reviewer admired the print's 'spontaneous and powerful effect' [1], while another singled out the present work, alongside...Upon its release, Sea Gulls on Arctic Ice drew considerable critical praise. One reviewer admired the print's "spontaneous and powerful effect" [1], while another singled out the present work, alongside Niviaqsi's The Archer (1960, #45), as one he would gladly take home [2].
Sixty-five years later, we are equally won over by the elegant procession of six seabirds across the cream-coloured sheet. Smoky blue-grey bodies, darkened wingtips and delicately rendered rusty-red legs and beaks make for a wonderfully sophisticated palette. Simple, sweet and supremely stylish, this is, absolutely, a print to live with.
1. "Eskimo Art at Museum," The Daily Mail, (Hagerstown, Maryland, USA), 13 June 1963, p. 8.2. Arthur Corry, "Art in Review," Times Colonist, (Victoria, BC), 8 April 1961.
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Provenance
Private Collection, Montreal.
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