Lot 94
Kananginak Pootoogook ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010)
Lot 94 Details
Kananginak Pootoogook ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), Kinngait (Cape Dorset)
TULUGAQ (RAVEN), 1977
lithograph
signed, titled, dated, and numbered II/ X; artist's name in Roman and syllabics
sight 14.75 x 18.5 in — 36.2 x 47 cm
Estimate $300-$400
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
"The raven never leaves the north - not even in winter. He stores food under the snow to use through the long winter months. Often they store duck eggs this way, but the raven never forgets where to locate the food."[1]
[1] Kananginak Pootoogook, Dorset 77: Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection 1977 (Toronto: M.F. Feheley Publishers Ltd., 1997), 40.