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The Art of Canada Auction (Inuit Art)

May 30, 2016

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LOT 13

Lot 13

JESSIE OONARK, O.C., R.C.A., BAKER LAKE/QAMANI’TUAQ

JESSIE OONARK, O.C., R.C.A., BAKER LAKE/QAMANI’TUAQ
Lot 13 Details
JESSIE OONARK, O.C., R.C.A., BAKER LAKE/QAMANI’TUAQ, E2-384, Baker Lake

TATTOOED FACES

stonecut
1960, 45/50
unframed 17 ins x 12.25 ins; 43.2 cms x 31.1 cms

Estimate $6,000-$9,000

Realised: $6,912
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Provenance:

The Alaska Shop, Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.A.
Private Collection, Illinois, U.S.A.

Literature:

Jean Blodgett & Marie Bouchard, Jessie Oonark, A Retrospective, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1986, page 58, reproduced on page 96.

Note:

One of three prints of Oonark’s that were included in Cape Dorset print collections in 1960 and 1961. This is one of the artist’s most important and well known works that established her unique aesthetic of bold, disconnected forms. In Inuit culture, facial tattoos were symbolic of acquiring knowledge especially in regard to motherhood. This print along with Inland Eskimo Woman (see lot 16), which are almost companion pieces, are reproduced in tandem in the Jessie Oonark retrospective.  

CONDITION DETAILS

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