Lot 331
Kenojuak Ashevak ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013)
Lot 331 Details
Kenojuak Ashevak ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), Kinngait (Cape Dorset)
TIKINIQ (THE ARRIVAL), 2007
etching and aquatint (six panels)
titled, dated, and numbered 6/12; artist's name in Roman and syllabics; polyptych
overall 27.75 x 202.5 in — 70.5 x 514.4 cm
Estimate $8,000-$10,000
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
The depiction of Arctic animals as rhythmic patterns of interconnected forms appears in Kenojuak’s earliest known imagery. Prints such as Rabbit Eating Seaweed, Dogs See the Spirits, and Bird of the Sea embody an ethereal, dream-like atmosphere conjured by this early style.
Although Kenojuak experimented with many techniques throughout her career, it was in the mid-1990s that many of Kenojuak’s themes were substantially reinvigorated by etching and aquatint processes introduced to the artist by printmaker Paul Machik.[1]
The sprawling six panel Tikiniq (Arrival) is particularly notable among her late period etching and aquatint works. Created in an edition of only twelve, it is distinctive for its amorphous, wandering line, and ambitious scale—the largest work that was part of an official release by the artist.
[1] Leslie Boyd Ryan, Cape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective Fifty Years of Printmaking at Kinngait Studios (Petaluma: Pomegranate Communications, 2007), 242.