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The Art of Canada Auction (Inuit Art)

May 30, 2016

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LOT 70

Lot 70

JOHNNY INUKPUK, R.C.A., INUKJUAK/PORT HARRISON

JOHNNY INUKPUK, R.C.A., INUKJUAK/PORT HARRISON
Lot 70 Details
JOHNNY INUKPUK, R.C.A., INUKJUAK/PORT HARRISON, E9-904, Inukjuak

A WOMAN LIFTING HER YOUNG CHILD

stone
c. 1970
14.5 ins x 5 ins x 5 ins; 36.8 cms x 12.7 cms x 12.7 cms

Estimate $10,000-$15,000

Realised: $18,000
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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JOHNNY INUKPUK, R.C.A., INUKJUAK/PORT HARRISON
  • JOHNNY INUKPUK, R.C.A., INUKJUAK/PORT HARRISON
  • JOHNNY INUKPUK, R.C.A., INUKJUAK/PORT HARRISON
  • JOHNNY INUKPUK, R.C.A., INUKJUAK/PORT HARRISON
Literature:

Darlene Coward Wight, Early Masters, Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2006, page 83.

Note:

“Johnny Inukpuk is the best known of all the ‘early masters’, as his round, polished, human figures and animals have been exhibited and illustrated extensively over the years. He has had a long and continuously productive carving career stretching from the early 1950’s to the present. In 1978 he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists.”

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