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LOT 163

Lot 163

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA (1904-1983)

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA (1904-1983)
Lot 163 Details
PITSEOLAK ASHOONA (1904-1983), E7-1100, Cape Dorset

DREAM OF MOTHERHOOD

stonecut
1969, 47/50
24.5" x 34.5" — 62.2 x 87.6 cm.

Estimate $300-$500

Realised: $324
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Provenance:

From the Dr. and Mrs. Philip H. Gray Collection of Inuit Art

Note:

“The dream of mother carries her child in the back of her amauti (woman’s parka). In her hand is an ulu, an all-purpose knife used by the women. Babies peaking out of the amautiit are frequent in Pitseolak’s imagery. Inuit women still carry their babies this way.”
-The Inuit Print, exh. cat., from the National Museum of Man (Ottawa, ON), 1977, p. 104, pl. 48

The print’s counterpart, edition 19/50, was gifted to the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON) by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in 1989 (cat. no. 36585 of their Permanent Collection).

CONDITION DETAILS

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