Lot 222
Nuna Parr ᓄᓇ ᐸ (1949-2026)
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
The adopted son of the graphic artists Parr and Eleeshushe, Nuna Parr has enjoyed considerable popularity as a sculptor of bears and other Arctic wildlife, and was an active carver from the late 1960s until his passing in 2026.
Nuna’s simple, often subtly reductive figures often exhibit a distinctive stylized implication of movement. This signature characteristic is particularly evident in the present monumental Diving Walrus, whose considerable bulk is suspended mid-thrust above its downward facing body. The sculpture’s surface has been polished to a high lustre, giving the variegated green body a watery sheen. Diving Walrus is notably among larger iterations of the subject by the artist.