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LOT 37

Lot 37

JUDAS ULLULAQ (1937-1999)

JUDAS ULLULAQ (1937-1999)
Lot 37 Details
JUDAS ULLULAQ (1937-1999), Gjoa Haven / Uqsuqtuuq

MUSK OX THROWING HUNTER

stone, ivory
signed in syllabics, dated 1990
12 x 17 x 6 in — 40 x 43.2 x 15.2 cm

Estimate $8,000-$12,000

Realised: $13,200
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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JUDAS ULLULAQ (1937-1999)
  • JUDAS ULLULAQ (1937-1999)
  • JUDAS ULLULAQ (1937-1999)
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“Ullulaq remembered his grandfather who was a very determined hunter. Before there were guns, his grandfather would go right up to a muskox, in front of its nose. On more than one occasion, he was lifted up in the air on its horns. Then he would kill the muskox with his spear.

Ullulaq’s art is mainly concerned with human activities and emotions. When he occasionally depicts animals, they are not passive prey, but as intellectually and emotionally active as his human figures.”

Wight, Darlene, Art & Expression of the Netsilik, exh. cat., from the Winnipeg Art Gallery (Winnipeg, MB), 2000, p. 160, pl. 156

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