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Inuit Art Auction

November 07, 2011

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LOT 58

Lot 58

JESSIE OONARK (1906-1985)

JESSIE OONARK (1906-1985)
Lot 58 Details
JESSIE OONARK (1906-1985), E2-384, Baker Lake

UNTITLED (WORK ON CLOTH IN SHAPE OF AN ULU)

stroud, thread, embroidery floss
ca. 1970, signed in syllabics
27.75" x 29.5" — 70.5 x 74.9 cm.

Estimate $6,000-$9,000

Realised: $6,600
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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JESSIE OONARK (1906-1985)
  • JESSIE OONARK (1906-1985)
Note:

For an illustration see, Jessie Oonark: A Retrospective, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Jean Blodgett and Marie Bouchard, page 41, Fig. 7.

“The ulu, or traditional Inuit woman’s knife, with its semi-circular blade is another popular subject in Oonark’s work. While ulus appear as utilitarian items in the hands of women, they are more often incorporated as decorative motifs on drawings, wall hangings and parkas. One wall hanging,...is actually cut out of the shape of an ulu (fig.7).”
Reproduced from Jessie Oonark; A Retrospective.

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