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LOT 95

Lot 95

Kananginak Pootoogook ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010)

Kananginak Pootoogook ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010)
Lot 95 Details
Kananginak Pootoogook ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), Kinngait (Cape Dorset)

PITSIULAQ, 1977

lithograph
signed, titled, dated, and numbered II/X; artist's name in Roman and syllabics
sight 14.75 x 18.5 in — 37.5 x 47 cm

Estimate $300-$400

Realised: $1,750
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Kananginak Pootoogook ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010)
  • Kananginak Pootoogook ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Ontario

Note:

"Pitsiulaq come to the north to lay their eggs, which can be found on bare stone surfaces under large rocks. They are the last of the birds to arrive in the spring, and often stay until the following spring."[1]

[1] Kananginak Pootoogook, Dorset 77: Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection 1977 (Toronto: M.F. Feheley Publishers Ltd., 1997), 39.

CONDITION DETAILS

Framed.
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