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May 06, 2013

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LOT 209

Lot 209

SIMON TOOKOOME (1934-2010)

SIMON TOOKOOME (1934-2010)
Lot 209 Details
SIMON TOOKOOME (1934-2010), E2-426, Baker Lake

THE PLEASURES OF EATING FISH

stonecut and stencil
1970, 15/50
23.75" x 35" — 60.3 x 88.9 cm.

Estimate $300-$500

Realised: $780
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

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“The subject is evidently a magic image relating to the procurement of food. The print can be read as an invocation of the spirit of abundance. The composite image, difficult to interpret in its entirety, obviously refers to a masked shaman. He represents the spirit of the land...engaged in fishing, eating and conjuring success for the hunter. The print forecasts the joy of eating. Tookoome’s drawings is always explicit; the elements of the composition are clearly defined by lines printed from stone, with the colour being applied by stencil.”

Furneaux, Patrick and Leo Rosshandler, Ernst Roch, ed., Art of the Eskimo: Prints, Signum Press, 1974, pp. 206-7

CONDITION DETAILS

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