Lot 97
Karoo Ashevak ᑲᕈ ᐊᓴᕙ (1940-1974)
Lot 97 Details
Karoo Ashevak ᑲᕈ ᐊᓴᕙ (1940-1974), Taloyoak (Spence Bay)
FIGURE WITH CLENCHED TEETH, CA. 1972
whalebone
signed in syllabics; old sticker to underside inscribed "Karoo Ashevak / Spence Bay"
14 x 3.75 x 3 in — 35.6 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm
Estimate $10,000-$15,000
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Calgary, AB
Note:
Always known for his outsized and eccentric personality, the subject matter of Karoo’s work became increasingly unique and otherworldly toward the end of his short career. His earliest works foreshadow something of what was to come, and as in Figure with Clenched Teeth, embody a tension between Karoo’s love of humour, and his focus on the anxious world of the spirits.