Inuit Art Auction

November 18, 2013

LOT 129

Lot 129

PITALOOSIE SAILA (1942-)

PITALOOSIE SAILA (1942-)
Lot 129 Details
PITALOOSIE SAILA (1942-), E7-1006, Cape Dorset

ESKIMO LEADER

stonecut
1972, 19/50
24.25" x 33.25" — 61.6 x 84.5 cm.

Estimate $3,000-$5,000

Realised: $7,800
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Note:

Image presented to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien 1974 by CAP;
“The contemporary, Picasso-like image is of a powerful woman. She has tattoo marks under her nose as well as horizontal stripes around the tops of her boots indicating she is a female figure. The design on men’s boots would go straight down in a vertical line. The black area on the face represents shadow. Pitaloosie heard of some ‘boss women’ existing a long time ago and she finds the subject very interesting.”
Personal Communication, June 1983, quoted in Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, exh. cat., Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984, p. 29

CONDITION DETAILS

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  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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