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LOT 61

Lot 61

JESSIE OONARK ᔪᓯ ᐃᓇ, OC, RCA (1906-1985)

JESSIE OONARK ᔪᓯ ᐃᓇ, OC, RCA (1906-1985)
Lot 61 Details
JESSIE OONARK ᔪᓯ ᐃᓇ, OC, RCA (1906-1985), Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake)

WOMAN, 1970

stonecut
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 30/50; unframed
31.5 x 27.5 in — 80 x 69.9 cm

Estimate $5,000-$7,000

Realised: $6,000

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JESSIE OONARK ᔪᓯ ᐃᓇ, OC, RCA (1906-1985)
  • JESSIE OONARK ᔪᓯ ᐃᓇ, OC, RCA (1906-1985)
Provenance:

Estate of W.A. Ross MacFadden, Toronto

Note:

Sarah Milroy notes in Jessie Oonark, Flashback, written for Inuit Art Quarterly in March 2018, that Oonark’s use of “often dramatic dislocations of scale in the service of emphasis—an approach unfamiliar to European eyes accustomed to three-point perspective. In Oonark’s world, scale speaks not of foreground proximity but of importance…the whole is understood, with Oonark indulging an emphatic pictorial shorthand that is all the more expressive for its economy.” Accordingly, we can read Oonark’s Women as vital forces, larger than life in terms of both scale and importance. [1] This image was chosen for the cover of the 1970 Baker Lake catalogue.

(1) Sarah Milroy, “Jessie Oonark, Flashback”, Inuit Art Quarterly, Accessed April 24, 2022

Sarah Milroy, Inuit Art Quarterly, Jessie Oonark Flashback

CONDITION DETAILS

Imperfections including mat burn around the perimeter, some faint iron spotting inherent in the paper, isolated areas of abrasion around left edge of figure's hood; other scattered areas of abrasion primarily along upper edge of paper. Overall very good condition.

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