Lot 56
SUZANNE UKUTAK KRINIKSI (1941-D) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Mother Holding Child, early 1990s
stone, 4 1/2 x 5 x 2 3/4 in (11.4 x 12.7 x 7 cm)
unsigned.
ESTIMATE: $400 — $600
PRICE REALIZED: $570
Inspired to some extent perhaps by the Arviat artist George Arluk, Suzanne Kriniksi set about developing her own style of Arviat “modernist” sculpture. The most distinctive aspect of her style is the way in which the different volumes join as overlapping convex shapes. The forms cluster together and intersect almost like soap bubbles. We find this example of her work to be one of the finest, most elegant, and moving that we have seen.