Lot 107
LUKE ANGUHADLUQ ᓗᐅᒃ ᐊᒐᓴᓗ (1895-1982)
Provenance:
Private collection, New York, NY
Note:
Anguhadluq's imagery reflects a traditional lifestyle and many years spent living off of the land. His drawings and prints abound with scenes of hunting and fishing, and animals on barren plains. As in the prints made following his sometimes dense and complex images, Anguhadluq’s drawings are alive with his intimate knowledge of his subjects.
The present work, rendered in his characteristic flattened perspective, draws our attention to the many interconnected parts of a summer scene: the harvesting of fish. A cluster of figures appear beside their dwellings, kakivaks (fishing spears) in hand. They are there to retrieve fish from a trap, but are in turn accompanied by hungry birds on the ground and in flight, drawn to the scene by the promise of a meal.