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Inuit Art: Sculpture & Graphics

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Inuit Art: Sculpture & Graphics

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front cover Lot 17

LUKE ANGUHADLUQ UNTITLED (WOMAN WITH ULU)

front inside cover Lot 8

JUDAS ULLULAQ SPIRITS, CA. 1993

back inside cover Lot 1

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

ARCTIC CHAR IN A STONE POT, CA. 1970 back cover Lot 121

KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK ARCTIC MURRES, 2007

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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

ARCTIC CHAR IN A STONE POT, CA. 1970

stone; unsigned

1.75 x 7.5 x 4.25 in — 4.4 x 19.1 x 10.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Pennsylvania, USA

$300 — 400

2

DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN

ᑎᕕᑎ ᐱᑐᑯ ᕈᐱᐃᓐ (B. 1950), PAULATUK

ARCTIC FLOUNDER TRANSFORMATION, 1993 stone; signed in Roman; dated 2 x 9.5 x 3.75 in — 5.1 x 24.1 x 9.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$600 — 800

3

PITSEOLAK QIMIRPIK ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓚ

(B. 1986), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BOUQUET

stone, antler, whalebone; signed in Roman 8 x 4.75 x 3 in — 20.3 x 12.1 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

4

PADLAYA QIATSUK ᐸᓚᔭ ᑭᐊᓱ (B. 1965), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

WINGED SHAMAN

stone, antler, ivory, feathers; signed in syllabics 16 x 11 x 4.5 in — 40.6 x 27.9 x 11.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$1,500 — 2,000

DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN

ᑎᕕᑎ ᐱᑐᑯ ᕈᐱᐃᓐ (B. 1950), PAULATUK ANCESTOR OVER INUKSHUK, 1997 stone, antler; signed in Roman; dated 18.75 x 10.5 x 6.5 in — 47.6 x 26.7 x 16.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $1,500 — 2,500 6

BILL NASOGALUAK ᐱᐃᓪ ᓇᓱᒐᓗᐊᒃ (B. 1953), TUKTUYAAQTUUQ (TUKTOYAKTUK)

LIQUOR BOTTLE WITH SKULL, 2012 stone, ivory; signed in Roman; dated 7.75 x 5.5 x 2 in — 19.7 x 14 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $700 — 900

7

DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN ᑎᕕᑎ

ᕈᐱᐃᓐ (B. 1950), PAULATUK TRANSFORMATION, 1989

stone; signed in Roman and dated to both sculpture and base without base 21 x 7.5 x 4.25

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Idaho, USA

$2,500 — 3,500

8

JUDAS ULLULAQ ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN) SPIRITS, CA. 1993

stone; signed in syllabics and accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Judas Ullulaq / Gjoa Haven / 01 OCT 93 / MAN”

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, New York, USA

$3,000 — 5,000

BOB KUSSY (1959-2023), CANADIAN SPIRIT FIGURE

whalebone, vertebrae, ivory, caribou tooth, sinew, hair; unsigned

21.5 x 8 x 6 in — 54.6 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$1,500 — 2,500

10

TOMMY ASHEVAK ᑕᒥ ᐊᓴᕙ (1931-1996), TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY)

BIRD, CA. 1995

antler; signed in syllabics including base 12.75 x 6.75 x 6.75 in —

32.4 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, 2006 Private Estate, Ontario

$500 — 700

11

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, IKPIARJUK (ARCTIC BAY) MONUMENTAL OWL, CA. 1980

whalebone; unsigned 16 x 9 x 7 in — 40.6 x 22.9 x 17.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Haileybury, ON

$700 — 900

12

ADAMIE ALARIAQ (1930-1990), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) OWL

stone; signed in Roman 22 x 11 x 8 in — 55.9 x 27.9 x 20.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, 19 Apr 2010, lot 150

Private Collection, Wyoming, USA

$1,500 — 2,500

ABRAHAM APAKARK ANGHIK ᐊᐃᐊᔭᑲ

ᐊᒋ, OC (B. 1951), PAULATUK PREENING BIRD

stone, catlinite; signed in Roman without base 8 x 6.5 x 2.75 in — 20.3 x 16.5 x 7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$700 — 900

14

KOOMWARTOK ASHOONA ᑯᒧᐊᑐ ᐊᓱᓇ (1930-1984), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

CONGREGATION OF BIRDS

stone; signed in syllabics

11.75 x 11 x 3 in — 29.8 x 27.9 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$600 — 900

15

ABRAHAM APAKARK ANGHIK ᐊᐃᐊᔭᑲ

ᐊᒋ, OC (B. 1951), PAULATUK SPIRIT OF THE SEA AND THE AIR stone; unsigned including base 18.25 x 9.5 x 7 in — 46.4 x 24.1 x 17.8 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$1,500 — 2,500

16

ISA AQIATTUSUK SMILER ᐊᐃᓴ

ᓯᒪᐃᓚ (1921-1986), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON) WINGED SHAMAN stone; signed in Roman 6.75 x 3 x 1.5 in — 17.1 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Connecticut, USA

$700 — 900

17

LUKE ANGUHADLUQ ᓗᐅᒃ ᐊᒐᓴᓗ (1895-1982),

QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

UNTITLED (WOMAN WITH ULU)

coloured pencil drawing; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed

sight 18 x 18.5 in — 45.7 x 47 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

NOTE:

See lots 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 45, 50, and 79 for additional artworks included in the 2004 Loveland Art Museum exhibition Survival: Inuit Art

EXHIBITED:

Survival: Inuit Art, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, 2004

LITERATURE:

Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Patricia Feheley, Tom Katsimpalis and Dr. Janice Currier, Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 2004), 18.

$3,000 — 5,000

18

LUKE ANGUHADLUQ ᓗᐅᒃ ᐊᒐᓴᓗ (1895-1982),

QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

UNTITLED (FISHERMAN)

coloured pencil drawing; unsigned sheet 5.5 x 4.25 in — 14 x 10.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

NOTE:

See lots 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 45, 50, and 79 for additional artworks included in the 2004 Loveland Art Museum exhibition Survival: Inuit Art

EXHIBITED:

Survival: Inuit Art, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, 2004

LITERATURE:

Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Patricia Feheley, Tom Katsimpalis and Dr. Janice Currier, Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 2004), 90.

$700 — 900

IRENE

AVAALAAQIAQ TIKTAALAAQ ᐃᕆᓐ ᐊᕙᓚᑭᐊ (B. 1941), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

UNTITLED (WOLF / BIRD / HUMAN / FETUS TRANSFORMATION), 1989

coloured pencil and crayon drawing; signed in syllabics sheet 29.75 x 22 in — 75.6 x 55.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO

Private Estate, Ontario

NOTE:

“This is a drawing of a wolf carrying a fetus which is part wolf, part bird, part human. The circular space is the womb. Outside the protection of the womb are humans. The light blue area represents the blue sky. The large green hands at the top are fighting off the evil spirits of the land who are waiting to pounce on the newborn wolf.” -Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tikiaalaaq, as told to Marie Bouchard.

Please see lots 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 45, 50, and 79 for additional artworks included in the 2004 Loveland Art Museum exhibition Survival: Inuit Art

EXHIBITED:

Survival: Inuit Art, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, 2004

LITERATURE:

Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Patricia Feheley, Tom Katsimpalis and Dr. Janice Currier, Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 2004), 52.

$200 — 400

20

SHEOJUK ETIDLOOIE ᓯᐅᔪ ᐃᑎᐃᑎᓚᐃ (1929-1999), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

UNTITLED (SPIRITS IN A SUMMER TENT)

coloured pencil and graphite drawing; signed in syllabics

26 x 20 in — 66 x 50.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$700 — 900

SIMON TOOKOOME ᑐᑯᒥ (1934-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

UNTITLED (THE WORLD OF MAN AND ANIMAL COME TOGETHER IN THE SHAMAN), 1993

coloured pencil drawing; signed in syllabics sight 19.75 x 28 in — 50.2 x 71.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

NOTE:

Please see lots 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 45, 50, and 79 for additional artworks included in the 2004 Loveland Art Museum exhibition Survival: Inuit Art.

EXHIBITED:

Survival: Inuit Art, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, 2004

LITERATURE:

Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Patricia Feheley, Tom Katsimpalis and Dr. Janice Currier, Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 2004), 57.

$400 — 600

22

SIMON TOOKOOME ᑐᑯᒥ (1934-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

UNTITLED (WOLF TRANSFORMATION)

coloured pencil drawing; signed in syllabics sight 20 x 28 in — 50.8 x 71.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

23

THOMAS SIVURAQ ᑕᒪᓯ ᓯᕗᕋ (B. 1941), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

MAN WITH BIRD, CA. LATE 1980S stone; signed in syllabics

6.5 x 4.5 x 2.75 in — 16.5 x 11.4 x 7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $400 — 600

24

ATTRIBUTED TO BARBARA QIYUK TOOKOOME (B. 1938), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

COMPOSITION WITH FACES stone; indistinctly signed in syllabics 2.75 x 7.25 x 2.5 in — 7 x 18.4 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $400 — 500

SIMON TOOKOOME ᑐᑯᒥ (1934-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

MEN WITH WOLF SPIRITS

stone; signed in syllabics

4 x 2.25 x 1 in — 10.2 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$200 — 300 26

ADA EYETOAQ ᐊᑕ ᐃᔨᑐᐊ (B. 1934), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

AT PLAY, 1986

stone; signed in syllabics; dated; old label affixed to underside

5 x 2 x 1.5 in — 12.7 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$250 — 350

27

BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ ᐸᓇᐸᓯ ᐊᓇᓴᒐ (1924-2017), QIKIQTARJUAQ (BROUGHTON ISLAND)

FIGURE ATOP MUSK OX stone; signed in syllabics

7.5 x 8.25 x 3.5 in — 19.1 x 21 x 8.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$1,500 — 2,500

28

MARTHA TICKIQ ᑎᑭ (1939-2015), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

MOTHER AND CHILD stone; unsigned

10 x 14 x 10 in — 25.4 x 35.6 x 25.4 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$2,000 — 3,000

SAMWILLIE NIVIAXIE ᓴᒧᐃᓕ ᓂᕕᐊᓯ (B. 1923), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)

HUNTER, CA. 1960

stone, antler, sealskin; signed in Roman; disc number inscribed

7 x 4.5 x 2.5 in — 17.8 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$800 — 1,000

30

GEORGE TATANIQ ᑕᑕᓂ (1910-1991), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

HUNTER WITH KNIFE stone, antler; signed in syllabics with knife 7.75 x 4 x 3.75 in — 19.7 x 10.2 x 9.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

NOTE:

Please see lots 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 45, 50, and 79 for additional artworks included in the 2004 Loveland Art Museum exhibition Survival: Inuit Art.

EXHIBITED:

Survival: Inuit Art, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, 2004

LITERATURE:

Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Patricia Feheley, Tom Katsimpalis and Dr. Janice Currier, Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 2004), 90.

$900 — 1,200

31

BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ ᐸᓇᐸᓯ ᐊᓇᓴᒐ (1924-2017), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

STANDING FIGURE

stone; no visible signature; old collector’s inventory sticker to underside 13 x 7 x 4.25 in — 33 x 17.8 x 10.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$500 — 700

32

LUKE ANOWTALIK ᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᑕᓕ (1932-2006), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

STANDING FIGURE

stone; signed in syllabics; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag reading “Luke Anowtalik / Arviat/Eskimo Point / 02 Jun 93 / Man” 11 x 4.5 x 2 in — 27.9 x 11.4 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Connecticut, USA

$500 — 700

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

WOMAN WITH ULU

stone; unsigned

6 x 2.75 x 1.25 in — 15.2 x 7 x 3.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$400 — 600

34

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

PREPARING THE QULLIQ

stone; signed in syllabics “ᓱᕕᒐ”

11.25 x 6.25 x 8.25 in — 28.6 x 15.9 x 21 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$300 — 400

35

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

QULLIQ AND TAQQUTI

stone; unsigned; old inventory tag inscribed “Kudlik / Baker Lake / Old Nancy / Orca 12/98”; accompanied by a taqquti (tending implement); old inventory numbers inscribed 2.25 x 15.75 x 9.5 in — 5.7 x 40 x 24.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

36

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

KAKIVAK

wood, ivory, fiber cordage; unsigned 64 x 3 x 1.5 in — 162.6 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$300 — 500

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KANGIQTUGAAPIK (CLYDE RIVER) HUNTERS WITH KAKIVAK, CA. 1980S

whalebone; unsigned

18.25 x 15 x 7 in — 46.4 x 38.1 x 17.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$700 — 900

38

BILLY KUKSUK (B. 1962), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT) DRUMMER

antler; signed in Roman

10.25 x 3.5 x 2.5 in — 26 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$200 — 300

39

LUKE ANOWTALIK ᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᑕᓕ (1932-2006), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

MOTHER AND CHILD

antler; unsigned

7.75 x 4.5 x 3.75 in — 19.7 x 11.4 x 9.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

40

LUKE ANOWTALIK ᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᑕᓕ (1932-2006), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

TWO SPIRITS

antler; unsigned; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Luke Anowtalik / Arviat / Antler Men”

6.5 x 6 x 5.5 in — 16.5 x 15.2 x 14 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

YOUNG OWL, 2004

etching and aquatint; titled and dated; signed in syllabics; also inscribed “For Helen & Tom”

sheet 31 x 26.5 in — 78.7 x 67.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$1,000 — 2,000

42

SHEOJUK ETIDLOOIE

(1929-1999), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BEAR, 1977

etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 4/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics

sheet 25 x 22 in — 63.5 x 55.9 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Quebec

$500 — 700

43

OHOTAQ MIKKIGAK ᐅᑯᑕ

(1936-2014), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) QAMUTAUJAQ (SNOWMOBILE), 2006

lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 14/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics

sheet 30 x 22.25 in — 76.2 x 56.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$500 — 700

44

KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) GUARDIANS OF THE KATAJJAQATIIT (THROAT SINGERS), 1992

lithograph and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 44/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics

sight 21.25 x 26.75 in — 54 x 67.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Phoenix, AZ

$1,000 — 2,000

PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ (1916-1992), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

FANTASTIC KINGALAQ, 1984

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 26/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sight 23 x 31 in — 58.4 x 78.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

NOTE:

Please see lots 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 45, 50, and 79 for additional artworks included in the 2004 Loveland Art Museum exhibition Survival: Inuit Art

EXHIBITED:

Survival: Inuit Art, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, 2004

LITERATURE:

Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Patricia Feheley, Tom Katsimpalis and Dr. Janice Currier, Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 2004), 33.

$500 — 700

46

KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK

ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

DARK OWL, 1986

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 15/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sight 23.75 x 17.75 in — 60.3 x 45.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

47

MIRIAM MAREALIK QIYUK

ᒪᕆᐊᒪ ᑭᔪ (1933-2016),

QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

UNTITLED (OWLS)

wool, felt, embroidery floss, thread; signed in Roman; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Mariam Qiyuk / Baker Lake / Wall Hanging Owls”

14.75 x 64 x .25 in — 37.5 x 162.6 x 0.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$1,000 — 1,500

48

NANCY KANGERYUAQ SEVOGA

ᓇᓯ ᓯᕗᒐ (B. 1936), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

UNTITLED (NORTHERN LIFE)

stroud, thread, felt, embroidery floss; signed in Roman

50 x 57 in — 127 x 144.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Wyoming, USA

$1,000 — 2,000

KAKA ASHOONA ᑲᑲ ᐊᓴᓇ (1928-1996), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

MOTHER AND CHILD, CA. 1976

stone; no visible signature; old Feheley Fine Arts tag to underside

23 x 10 x 7 in — 58.4 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON Private Collection, Indiana, USA

$1,000 — 1,500

50

JOHNNY INUKPUK ᔭᓂ ᐃᓄᐸ, RCA (1911-2007), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)

MOTHER SOFTENING SKIN, 1988 stone; signed in syllabics; dated 11.25 x 9.5 x 4.75 in — 28.6 x 24.1 x 12.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, 1993 Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

NOTE:

Please see lots 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 45, 50, and 79 for additional artworks included in the 2004 Loveland Art Museum exhibition Survival: Inuit Art

EXHIBITED:

Survival: Inuit Art, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, 2004

LITERATURE:

Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Patricia Feheley, Tom Katsimpalis and Dr. Janice Currier, Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 2004), 109.

$800 — 1,200

51

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

STANDING WOMAN

stone; unsigned; partial disc number inscribed 8 x 4 x 3 in — 20.3 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$300 — 400

52

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

KNEELING WOMAN

stone; signed in syllabics “ᐅᑐᔭ”; disc number indistinctly inscribed 7.25 x 4.5 x 2.5 in — 18.4 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$300 — 400

ABRAHAM APAKARK ANGHIK

, OC (B. 1951), PAULATUK

WOMAN

stone; unsigned

8 x 11 x 8 in — 20.3 x 27.9 x 20.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$800 — 1,200

54

ISA KASUDLUAK ᐊᐃᓴ (1917-1998), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)

HUNTER KILLING BEAR

stone; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed

4 x 3.25 x 2.25 in — 10.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$200 — 400

55

JOHNNY IQULIQ ᐃᑯᓕ (1966-1996), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

MACABRE SCENE

stone, ivory; signed in syllabics

4.5 x 11.5 x 4 in — 11.4 x 29.2 x 10.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$500 — 700

56

TEMELA OOPIK ᑎᒥᓚ ᐅᐱ (1946-2018), KIMMIRUT (LAKE HARBOUR)

FAMILY FLENSING CARIBOU stone, antler; signed in syllabics

9 x 11.5 x 8 in — 22.9 x 29.2 x 20.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$800 — 1,200

ASHEVAK TUNNILLIE ᐊᓴᕙ ᑐᓂᓕ (1956-2018), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

HUNTER’S DREAM

stone; signed in syllabics

14 x 27 x 8 in — 35.6 x 68.6 x 20.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

The Northwest Company, 1998 Private Collection, Ontario

$1,000 — 2,000

58

BILL NASOGALUAK ᐱᐃᓪ ᓇᓱᒐᓗᐊᒃ (B. 1953), TUKTUYAAQTUUQ (TUKTOYAKTUK)

SEAL SHAMAN

stone; unsigned

6.25 x 8.25 x 3.25 in — 15.9 x 21 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

59

MAUDIE RACHEL OKITTUQ ᐅᑭᑐ (B. 1944), TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY) TRANSFORMATION stone, antler; signed in syllabics 4 x 7 x 4 in — 10.2 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

60

BILL NASOGALUAK ᐱᐃᓪ

(B. 1953), TUKTUYAAQTUUQ (TUKTOYAKTUK) SHAMAN DRUMMING stone, antler, wood; unsigned including drum 7 x 5 x 5.75 in — 17.8 x 12.7 x 14.6 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON $400 — 600

KIUGAK (KIAWAK) ASHOONA ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

FROZEN FIGURE

stone; no visible signature without base 15.5 x 14 x 7 in — 39.4 x 35.6 x 17.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$700 — 900

62

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN)

FACE stone; unsigned without stand 8.75 x 6.75 x 2.75 in — 22.2 x 17.1 x 7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$200 — 300

63

JIMMY TAIPANAK (1919-2000), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

TWO FACES

stone; unsigned; old collector’s sticker inscribed “Tarpanak / Baker Lake”; old inventory stickers present

largest 6.75 x 4.75 x 1.25 in — 17.1 x 12.1 x 3.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $200 — 300

64

ELIZABETH NUTARALUK AULATJUT ᐃᓕᓴᐸ ᓄᑕᕋᓗ (1914-1998), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

WOMAN WITH BRAIDS stone; signed in syllabics

6 x 5.25 x 3.25 in — 15.2 x 13.3 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $400 — 600

ATTRIBUTED TO KAKA ASHOONA

ᐊᓴᓇ (1928-1996), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

MOTHER WITH CHILD IN AMAUTI stone; unsigned

6.5 x 8 x 3 in — 16.5 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

66

JOY KILUVIGYUAK HALLAUK ᑭᓗᒋᔪᐊ (1940-2000), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

MANY FACES, CA. 1997 stone; signed in syllabics; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Joy Hallauk / Arviat/Eskimo Point / 31 Jan 97 / People”

4 x 5 x 2.75 in — 10.2 x 12.7 x 7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$150 — 250

67

JOY KILUVIGYUAK HALLAUK ᑭᓗᒋᔪᐊ (1940-2000), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

WOMAN AND DOG IN PACK stone; signed in syllabics

7.25 x 4 x 3.25 in — 18.4 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $200 — 400

68

JOY KILUVIGYUAK HALLAUK ᑭᓗᒋᔪᐊ (1940-2000), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

MANY FACES stone; signed in syllabics

9.25 x 3.75 x 3.25 in — 23.5 x 9.5 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario $400 — 600

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PANNIRTUQ (PANGNIRTUNG)

SPIRITS

whalebone; unsigned

15 x 22 x 14 in — 38.1 x 55.9 x 35.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$700 — 900

70

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

SPIRIT

whalebone; unsigned

12.5 x 21 x 7.5 in — 31.8 x 53.3 x 19.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

71

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY) SPIRITS

whalebone; unsigned 14.5 x 10.75 x 6.75 in — 36.8 x 27.3 x 17.1 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$300 — 500

72

HARRY OOMYUN SHAVINGS (1909-1989), NUNIVAK ISLAND, AK YUP’IK SEAL MASK wood, paint, feathers, fur, sinew, thread; unsigned 17 x 13 x 2 in — 43.2 x 33 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

RAVEN’S VOYAGE, 2001

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 24/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 22 x 28 in — 55.9 x 71.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Canada House Gallery, Alberta Private Collection, British Columbia Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$1,000 — 1,500

74

KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK ᑲᓇᒋᓇ

ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

AKUARMITTUQ, 2002

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 41/50; artists name in Roman and syllabics sight 23 x 15.75 in — 58.4 x 40 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario

$700 — 900

75

NAPATCHIE POOTOOGOOK ᓇᐸᓯ

(1938-2002), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

WOMEN TODAY, 1989 lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 17/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics, sight 40 x 28.5 in — 101.6 x 72.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$900 — 1,200

76

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA ᐱᓯᐅᓚ ᐊᓱᓇ, OC, RCA (1904-1983), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

WOMAN WITH DOLL, 1964 stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 37/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 21 x 14.5 in — 53.3 x 36.8 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA ᐱᓯᐅᓚ ᐊᓱᓇ, OC, RCA (1904-1983), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

YOUNG CARIBOU AND BIRDS, 1974

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 6/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 33.75 x 24.5 in — 85.7 x 62.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

78

KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

UNTITLED, 1962

engraving; numbered 36/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 12.5 x 17.75 in — 31.8 x 45.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

ANIMAL KINGDOM, 1967

engraving; titled, dated, and numbered 38/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sight 12 x 15 in — 30.5 x 38.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

NOTE:

Please see lots 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 45, 50, and 79 for additional artworks included in the 2004 Loveland Art Museum exhibition Survival: Inuit Art

EXHIBITED:

Survival: Inuit Art, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, 2004

LITERATURE:

Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Patricia Feheley, Tom Katsimpalis and Dr. Janice Currier, Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 2004), 119.

$300 — 500

JOSIE PAMIUTU PAPIALUK

(1918-1996), PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)

AN ARCTIC TERN FLYING NORTH IN THE SPRING, 1981

serigraph and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 36/59; artist’s name in syllabics sheet 22 x 30 in — 55.9 x 76.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

KAKA ASHOONA ᑲᑲ ᐊᓴᓇ (1928-1996), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

HAWK stone; unsigned

16.5 x 5 x 10 in — 41.9 x 12.7 x 25.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Wyoming, USA

$700 — 900

82

KOMORATUK MATHEWSIE ᑯᒧᐊᑐ ᒪᑎᐅᓯ (B. 1941), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

FALCON WITH PREY stone; signed in syllabics; old inventory label from Images Art Gallery to underside

11.25 x 10.75 x 4.5 in — 28.6 x 27.3 x 11.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Images Art Gallery, Toronto, ON Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$300 — 400

83

IYOLA KINGWATSIAK

(1933-2000), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

FALCON AND YOUNG stone; signed in syllabics

15.5 x 15 x 10 in — 39.4 x 38.1 x 25.4 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$800 — 1,200

84

SAILA KIPANEK (B. 1948), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)

BIRD IN FLIGHT, CA. 2006 stone; signed in syllabics

17.25 x 7 x 4.5 in — 43.8 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Purchased directly from the artist Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

NOO ATSIAQ (1986-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

DANCING BEAR, 2012

stone; signed in Roman; dated 13.25 x 10.25 x 4 in — 33.7 x 26 x 10.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$2,000 — 2,500 86

NOWYA QINUAJUA (B. 1923), AKULIVIK

OTTER WITH CATCH

stone; signed in Roman; also inscribed “POV”

5 x 3.25 x 1.75 in — 12.7 x 8.3 x 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$80 — 100

PAULASSIE POOTOOGOOK

, RCA (1927-2006), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BIRD SPIRIT, CA. 1987

stone; signed in syllabics; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag reading “Paulassie Pootoogook / Cape Dorset / 1987 / Bird Spirit” 9 x 4.5 x 2.25 in — 22.9 x 11.4 x 5.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Connecticut, USA

$500 — 700

88

TURAQ RAGEE (B. 1963), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

PRAYING TRANSFORMATION, CA. 1996 stone; unsigned; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Turaq Ragee / Cape Dorset / 02 Feb 96 / Praying Transformation” 6.25 x 11 x 2.5 in — 15.9 x 27.9 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

PAULASSIE POOTOOGOOK

ᐸᐅᓚᓯ ᐳᑐᒍ, RCA (1927-2006), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

SEAL stone; signed in syllabics

3 x 9 x 2.5 in — 7.6 x 22.9 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

90

JOANASIE PETALOOSIE (1938-1995), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)

DANCING WALRUS

stone, ivory; signed in Roman

7.5 x 9.5 x 3.5 in — 19.1 x 24.1 x 8.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

91

NOAH NOWRAKUDLUK ᓄᐊ (1916-1996), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)

DOG

stone; unsigned

5 x 8.75 x 3 in — 12.7 x 22.2 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

92

PAULASSIE POOTOOGOOK ᐸᐅᓚᓯ ᐳᑐᒍ, RCA (1927-2006), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

MUSK OX

stone; signed in syllabics

7.5 x 11.5 x 4.75 in — 19.1 x 29.2 x 12.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

PAULOOSIE PADLUQ ᐸᐅᓗᓯ ᐸᓗ (B. 1917), KIMMIRUT (LAKE HARBOUR) WHALE, 1974

stone, antler; signed in syllabics; dated; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Paulassie / Lake Harbour”

3 x 12 x 5.75 in — 7.6 x 30.5 x 14.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$500 — 700

ELIYAH KEENAINAK ᐃᓚᐃ ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ (B. 1919), PANNIRTUQ (PANGNIRTUNG) CREATURE, 1975

stone; signed in Roman; dated; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag reading “Eli Kenayack / Povungnituk”

2.75 x 5.75 x 1.5 in — 7 x 14.6 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$200 — 400

95

NUVEEYA IPELLIE ᓄᕕᐊ

(1920-2010), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)

SEDNA, CA. 1985

stone; possibly signed beneath old collector’s sticker to underside; sticker inscribed “Nooveeya Ippellie / Frobisher Bay / 1985”

5 x 5.5 x 2 in — 12.7 x 14 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

96

ISHUHUNGITUK ETUNGAT (1947-2015); UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

TWO BIRDS

stone; initialed, accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Ishuntaq Etungat / Cape Dorset / 1986 / Sea Birds”; unsigned largest 5.75 x 5 x 4.25 in — 14.6 x 12.7 x 10.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$200 — 300

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA ᐱᓯᐅᓚ ᐊᓱᓇ, OC, RCA (1904-1983), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

FLURRY OF BIRDS, 1983

lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 49/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 20 x 26 in — 50.8 x 66 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

98

ANNA KINGWATSIAK ᐊᓇ (1911-1971), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

REFLECTIONS, 1970

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 17/50; artist’s name in Roman; inscription verso sheet 24 x 36 in — 61 x 91.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA ᐱᓯᐅᓚ ᐊᓱᓇ OC, RCA (1904-1983), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

STRANGE BIRDS, 1963

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 28/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 20.75 x 21 in — 52.7 x 53.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$600 — 900

100

SIMON TOOKOOME ᑐᑯᒥ (1934-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

A GIANT FISH SWALLOWED A MAN, 1988 woodcut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 35/35; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 25.75 x 37 in — 65.4 x 94 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

101

MYRA KUKIIYAUT ᒥᕋ ᑯᑭᔭᐅ (1929-2006), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

THE SHAMAN BECOMES A WOLF, 1980

stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 46/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 22 x 30 in — 55.9 x 76.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 400

102

KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

DREAM, 1963

engraving; titled, dated, and numbered 48/50; artist’s name in syllabics sheet 12.5 x 17.75 in — 31.8 x 45.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

103

JOHNNIEBO ASHEVAK ᔭᓂᕗ ᐊᓴᕙ (1923-1972), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

UNTITLED, 1962

engraving; numbered 18/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 9.5 x 17.75 in — 24.1 x 45.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

104

KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

DEFIANT OWLS, 1982

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 10/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sight 22.75 x 30.75 in — 57.8 x 78.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

105

ABRAHAM POV ᐊᐃᐊᔭᑲ

(1927-1994), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)

TRANSFORMATION, CA. 1977

stone; signed in syllabics; dated; old inventory tag inscribed “Abraham Pov / Transformation Bust c. 1977 / 6/99 / Alaska on Madison”

7.25 x 6 x 5 in — 18.4 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Alaska on Madison, New York, NY, 1999 Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 500

106

DENNIS KALASERK (B. 1929), KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET) SHAMAN TRANSFORMATION

stone, ivory, soap; unsigned; old inventory sticker verso

5.75 x 4.5 x 2.5 in — 14.6 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, 2005 Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

107

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

HEAD stone; unsigned

6.5 x 5 x 1 in — 16.5 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$150 — 250

108

DANIEL OWEETALUKTUK

(B. 1934), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON) WOMAN WITH BRAIDS stone; unsigned; disc number inscribed; old inventory stickers verso

6 x 5 x 2.25 in — 15.2 x 12.7 x 5.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$150 — 250

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

MOTHER AND CHILD

stone; signed in syllabics “ᒪᒋᓕ”

7 x 5.5 x 4 in — 17.8 x 14 x 10.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$300 — 400

110

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, IVUJIVIK (NUNAVIK)

MOTHER AND CHILD, CA. 1975 stone; unsigned; disc number inscribed; also inscribed “Evuyivek, P.Q.”

5.5 x 4 x 3.75 in — 14 x 10.2 x 9.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Galerie d’art Vincent, Ottawa, ON, 2001 Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

111

SAGGIAK ᓴᒋᐊ (1897-1980), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

SMILING FIGURE

stone; unsigned; old inventory tag and a “Canada Eskimo Art” label affixed to underside

7 x 4.5 x 3.5 in — 17.8 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Barbara Kilvert, public relations executive at Hudson’s Bay House, Winnipeg, ca. 1960s By descent to the present Private Collection, British Columbia

$300 — 500

112

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, IVUJIVIK (NUNAVIK)

HUNTER STRETCHING

stone; unsigned; possible disc number inscribed; also inscribed “Ivuyivik”

5 x 5 x 3 in — 12.7 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

113

EMILY PANGNERK ILLUITOK (1943-2012), ARVILIQJUAQ (PELLY BAY)

CAMP SCENE

ivory, stone; unsigned

2.25 x 8.5 x 4.5 in — 5.7 x 21.6 x 11.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$500 — 700

114

GIDEON QAUQJUAQ ᑲᐅᔪᐊ (B. 1941); NOVOALIA ALARIAQ (B. 1956); AUGUSTIN ANAITTUQ ᐊᓇᐃᑐ (1935-1992), TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), ARVILIQJUAQ (PELLY BAY)

SPIRIT BEAR, 1981; BIRD SPIRIT, CA. 1990; CARIBOU, 1984

ivory, stone; signed in Roman and dated; unsigned; signed in syllabics and dated tallest 2.25 x 2.5 x 1 in — 5.7 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$500 — 700

115

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST TRANSFORMATION

jaw bone, ivory; unsigned

9 x 9 x 5.5 in — 22.9 x 22.9 x 14 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

116

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

BEAR WITH INCISED DESIGNS

jawbone; unsigned

6.25 x 6 x 3.25 in — 15.9 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY) SPIRIT

stone, antler; unsigned

10.5 x 6.5 x 6 in — 26.7 x 16.5 x 15.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

118

ANDY PALONGAYAK ᐸᓗᒐᔭ (B. 1946), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN) FISHERMAN, CA. 2000

stone, antler; signed in Roman and syllabics

6 x 4.25 x 3 in — 15.2 x 10.8 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

MAYUREAK ASHOONA ᒪᔪᕆᐊ

, RCA (B. 1946), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

SWIMMING BEAR

stone; no visible signature; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag reading “Majoriak Ashoona / Cape Dorset / Bear”

20 x 9 x 4.5 in — 50.8 x 22.9 x 11.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Connecticut, USA

$800 — 1,200

120

KALLUQ PALITUQ ᑲᓗ (B. 1944), KANGIQTUGAAPIK (CLYDE RIVER)

FIGURES WITH ANIMALS

stone; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed 6 x 10.5 x 7 in — 15.2 x 26.7 x 17.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

121

KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK ᑲᓇᒋᓇ

ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

ARCTIC MURRES, 2007

etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 48/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 28 x 35.25 in — 71.1 x 89.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$700 — 900

122

NINGIUKULU (NINGEOKULUK) TEEVEE

ᓂᒋᐅᑯᓗ ᑎᕕ (B. 1963), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

ARCTIC APPETIZER, 2009

Lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 9/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 16 x 20 in — 40.6 x 50.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$500 — 700

123

SHUVINAI ASHOONA ᓱᕕᓂ

(B. 1961), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

STONE QULLIQ, 2003

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 2/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 21 x 25 in — 53.3 x 63.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$300 — 500

124

GERMAINE ARNAKTAUYOK ᔨᕐᒪᐃᓐ ᐊᕐᒃᑕᐅᔪᕐᒃ (B. 1946), IGLULIK (IGLOOLIK)

NIGHT AND DAY, 2006

etching and aquatint; titled and numbered 22/75; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 31.5 x 24.75 in — 80 x 62.9 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$700 — 900

125

NINGIUKULU (NINGEOKULUK) TEEVEE

ᓂᒋᐅᑯᓗ ᑎᕕ (B. 1963), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

EVENING SHORE, 2013

Stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 38/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 28 x 22 in — 71.1 x 55.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$500 — 700

126

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA ᐱᓯᐅᓚ ᐊᓱᓇ, OC, RCA (1904-1983), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BIRDS OVER MALLIK, 1975

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 37/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 19.75 x 17 in — 50.2 x 43.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$300 — 500

127

SAIMAIYU AKESUK ᓴᐃᒻᒪᐃᔪ

(B. 1986), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

TENDER MOMENT, 2013

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 33/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24.5 x 39 in — 62.2 x 99.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$400 — 600

128

KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

TAQAIQSIQTU TUTTU, 2010

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 34/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 22 x 13.5 in — 55.9 x 34.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$500 — 700

JOHNNY LEE PUDLAT ᔭᓂ ᓕ ᐳᓚᑦ (B. 1971), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

CARIBOU

stone, antler; unsigned

24 x 23.5 x 5.5 in — 61 x 59.7 x 14 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$1,000 — 2,000

130

SHEOJUKE TOONOO ᓯᐅᔪ ᑐᓄ (1928-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BEAR TRANSFORMATION

stone; signed in syllabics

5.5 x 10.5 x 1.5 in — 14 x 26.7 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Luc d’Iberville Moreau, Montreal, QC

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

131

QAUNAQ MIKKIGAK

(1932-2020), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BIRD PERCHED ON FISH, CA. 1999 stone; signed in syllabics

3.25 x 7.5 x 1.5 in — 8.3 x 19.1 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

132

SARAH TUCKTOO, TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY)

FISHERMAN WITH CATCH stone, sinew; no visible signature; old inventory sticker to underside of foot; old inventory tag inscribed “Man w/ 4 fish / Sarah Peeteekootee Tucktoo / Spence Bay / stones, sinew / Upstairs / 10/01”

5.25 x 4 x 1.5 in — 13.3 x 10.2 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

The Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, 2001 Private Estate, Ontario

$100 — 200

133

MATHEWSIE AMIDLAK (B. 1934), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)

ARCTIC CHAR, CA. 1962

stone; signed in Roman; disc number inscribed

2.75 x 9 x 1.5 in — 7 x 22.9 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$150 — 250

134

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, POSSIBLY ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

ARCTIC CHAR

stone; unsigned

5.5 x 15 x 3.75 in — 14 x 38.1 x 9.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$150 — 250

135

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

STANDING BEAR

stone; signed indistinctly in syllabics

7.5 x 5 x 4 in — 19.1 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$250 — 350

136

NUNA PARR ᓄᓇ ᐸ (B. 1949), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BIRD, CA. 1986

stone; signed in Roman; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag reading “Nuna Parr / Cape Dorset / Dec. ‘86 / Bird”

21 x 10.25 x 5 in — 53.3 x 26 x 12.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Connecticut, USA

$2,000 — 3,000

137

NINGIUKULU (NINGEOKULUK) TEEVEE

ᓂᒋᐅᑯᓗ ᑎᕕ (B. 1963), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

THE BROTHERS, 2008 lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 17/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 18.5 x 14 in — 47 x 35.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$500 — 700

138

SHEOJUK ETIDLOOIE ᓯᐅᔪ ᐃᑎᐃᑎᓚᐃ (1929-1999), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

AT THE FISH WEIR, 1999 lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 40/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 22.5 x 31.75 in — 57.2 x 80.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$700 — 900

139

MEELIA KELLY ᒥᓕᐊ ᑭᓕ (1940-2006), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

CELEBRATION SONG, 2006

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 5/35; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24.25 x 28.5 in — 61.6 x 72.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$500 — 700

140

LUCY QINNUAYUAK

(1915-1982), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

YOUNG HUNTERS, 1976

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 25/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 33.75 x 25 in — 85.7 x 63.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$500 — 700

141

PITALOOSIE SAILA ᐱᑕᓗᓯ ᓴᐃᓚ, RCA (1942-2021), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

FIRST ATTEMPT, 1986

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 41/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 25 x 22.75 in — 63.5 x 57.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$700 — 900

142

LUCY QINNUAYUAK ᓗᓯ ᑭᓐᐅᐊᔪᐊ (1915-1982), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

TALK OF BIRDS, 1967

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 11/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 24.75 x 34 in — 62.9 x 86.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$700 — 900

TIKITU QINNUAYUAK ᑭᓐᐅᐊᔪᐊ (1908-1992), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) JOURNEY ON FOOT, 1991

stonecut; titled and dated; printer’s proof; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24.5 x 19.5 in — 62.2 x 49.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

$300 — 500