Lot 53
Kenojuak Ashevak ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013)
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Provenance:
Private Collection, British Columbia
Note:
Even before the success of the print program at Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Kenojuak Ashevak expressed her visions in stone in the mid to late 1950s. Never a prolific sculptor, she continued with only occasional forays into the medium over her career.
The present work is carved in marble quarried at Andrew Gordon Bay, 50 km east of Kinngait (Cape Dorset). The material was predominantly used in the early to mid 1970s, and ranged in colour from luminous white, to green, to salmon pink. In the present work, Kenojuak has used the difficult to work with Bay stone to great effect, the weight and size of the figure emphasizing the protective strength of the mother owl over her young.