Lot 116
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Bust, c. early 1980s
stone, 10 x 4 x 3.75 in (25.4 x 10.2 x 9.5 cm)
unsigned.
ESTIMATE: $900— $1,200
PRICE REALIZED: $900
Provenance
Private Collection, Ottawa;
by descent to a Private Collection, Montreal.
We have not so far been able to attribute this work, but we can think of an intriguing possibility. Although relatively large in scale, the sculpture does remind us of the stone figures carved by Eva Talooki Aliktiluk, almost always made with the idea of being decorated with many strands of beads. Talooki did occasionally carve works of this size.