Lot 58
Richard Harrington (1911-2005)
Lot 58 Details
Richard Harrington (1911-2005), German/Canadian
PADLEI INUIT WOMAN AND CHILD (KEENAQ AND KEEPSEEYUK), 1950 (PRINTED 1984)
selenium toned gelatin silver
titled, dated, and signed; inscribed by the photographer: "Padlei Inuit Woman and her child inside their igloo, during a period of famine in the Padlei area, Canadian Arctic, 1950 / photo by: (photographer's signature) / Print by: (Photographer's signature)"; stamped: "Richard Harrington / Canada"
14 x 11 in — 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Estimate $3,000-$5,000
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Note:
Richard Harrington was called Adderiorli by the Inuit which translates to “the man with a box.” Between 1948-1953 Harrington crossed more than 3,500 miles on six separate dog-sled journeys documenting the Inuit way of life in the Canadian Arctic. It was on his fourth trip to the Arctic that he traveled to Padlei, a remote settlement about 200 kilometres northwest of Arviat. There he encountered the Padleimiut during a time of starvation when the caribou, their primary source of food, had not followed their usual migratory path. Harrington’s Padlei photographs would become the best known of his long career.
Harrington lived in Toronto for more than seventy years. He traveled to more than 120 countries. His work has appeared in Life Magazine, Look Magazine, National Geographic, Paris Match, Der Stern, and Parade Magazine.