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KIAKSHUK, Cape Dorset/Kinngait
SEA MONSTERS DEVOURING WHALE
stonecut
1961, 7/50
12" x 14.5" — 30.5 x 36.8 cm.
Estimate $700-$1,000
Realised: $960
Price Includes Buyer's Premium
About artist/note:
“Leviathans swirl and struggle in the depths, their violent movement revealed by their clearly-defined, curving masses. The whale’s utter helplessness is indicated in the attitude of its smooth, tapering body held in the grip of the terrible teeth.”
Literature:
Arts of the Eskimo: Prints, Signum Press, Montreal, 1974, page 48-9.
Additional Info:
Department: Inuit and Indigenous Art
Settlement: , Cape Dorset / Kinngait, Cape Dorset/Kinngait
Works on Paper: Stonecut