Artist John Kavik
Title Untitled - Solemn Inuk
Media grey stone carving
Size 4.5 x 2 x 0.5 in. / 11.4 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm.
Sold $250
Estimate $500 - $700
Notes
unsigned
Reference
artist's name from consignor
Provenance
The Yacowar-Petrie collection, 50 years in the making, comes from two longtime Calgarians now retired in Victoria, B.C. Anne Petrie was the award-winning CBC TV journalist [Petrie on Prime, etc.] and author [Gone to an Aunt’s]. English/Film Studies Professor Maurice Yacowar had a double stint at the University of Calgary, as the founding [and the first fired] editor of the student paper, The Gauntlet, then as Dean of Fine Arts.
Biographical Information
John Kavik ~ [1897-1993] Inuit
included on the Katilvik website, disc number E2-290, community Rankin Inlet / Kangiqliniq