Lot 139
Davidee Ningeoak (b. 1925), Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay); E. Konwniak, Arviat (Eskimo Point)
Lot 139 Details
Davidee Ningeoak (b. 1925), Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay); E. Konwniak, Arviat (Eskimo Point),
FISH AND BIRD, CA. 1958
stone
fish signed in Roman and disc number inscribed; bird unsigned and disc number inscribed
largest 2.75 x 6 x 1.5 in — 7 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
Estimate $100-$200
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Note:
The bird in the present lot was carved while the artist was in residence at the Mountain Sanatorium (now Chedoke Campus) in Hamilton Ontario.
The Mountain sanatorium in Hamilton was a facility designated as a tuberculosis treatment center for the Eastern Arctic which hosted over 1,200 Inuit between 1953 and 1963.
As a form of occupational therapy, and at the request of hospital residents, male patients would carve, while women would sew, embroider, and make dolls in their beds.[1]
Artworks made at the Mountain Sanatorium were the subject of a 2017 exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton titled “Carving Home: The Chedoke Collection of Inuit Art.”
[1] Caitlin Sutherland, “Carving Home: The Chedoke Collection of Inuit Art”, Inuit Art Quarterly. December 5, 2017