Additional Images

Provenance:

Collection of Terry Ryan

Note:

Innuki Oqutaq was the brother of Cape Dorset sculptor and graphic artist Osuitok Ipeelee.

"Enooky (Innuki) is best known for his exquisitely engraved work on highly polished caribou antler. His precise and delicate line work combined with the free, natural form of the antler gives his work a sense of fluid movement. His images are often concerned with sea life and traditional Inuit hunting implements and clothing, particularly the kamik (boot). The kamik is often repeated many times on a particular work. Enooky has a keen sensitivity to the placement of these graphic elements within the positive and negative shape of the antler, making him one of the most sophisticated artists in this medium."

From "Enooky (Innuki Oqutaq)," exhibition brochure, Image of the Inuit, Los Angeles, California, 1981.