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LOT 12

Lot 12

MAATA QISSUALUK ᒪᑕ ᑭᓱᐊᓗ (b. 1921)

MAATA QISSUALUK ᒪᑕ ᑭᓱᐊᓗ (b. 1921)
Lot 12 Details
MAATA QISSUALUK ᒪᑕ ᑭᓱᐊᓗ (b. 1921), Ivujivik

SEATED WOMEN

stone
unsigned, ca. 1958
5.5 x 3 x 4 in — 14 x 7.6 x 10.2 cm

Estimate $400-$600

Realised: $390
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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MAATA QISSUALUK ᒪᑕ ᑭᓱᐊᓗ (b. 1921)
  • MAATA QISSUALUK ᒪᑕ ᑭᓱᐊᓗ (b. 1921)
  • MAATA QISSUALUK ᒪᑕ ᑭᓱᐊᓗ (b. 1921)
  • MAATA QISSUALUK ᒪᑕ ᑭᓱᐊᓗ (b. 1921)
  • MAATA QISSUALUK ᒪᑕ ᑭᓱᐊᓗ (b. 1921)
Provenance:

Private collection, Toronto, ON

Note:

A sculpture of compact form and integrated composition, the semi-circular arrangement of the figure’s arms rhymes with the gentle arches in the figure’s hood, and curved front of the sculpture’s ovular base. The latter is rendered as a dress concealing legs carved in the round.

Closely related to a sculpture by the artist documented in George Swinton’s Sculpture of the Eskimo, the present work is notable for its surface studded with small shining imbedded inclusions of iron pyrite within the serpentine stone from which the sculpture was carved.

Related Works:
Swinton, George, Sculpture of the Eskimo, (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd. 1972), 177, pl. 403
Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, May 2, 2011, lot 56. Click here to read more

CONDITION DETAILS

Very good condition.

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