Artist . Kiakshuk
Title Sea Monsters Devouring Whale #7/50
Media stonecut on paper
Dated
1961
Size 7.25 x 12.25 in. / 18.4 x 31.1 cm.
Frame Size 18 x 21.5 x 1 in.
Sold $1,100
Estimate $900 - $1,200
Notes
signed, titled, dated, numbered and inscribed 'Cape Dorset N.W.T.' along bottom; Cape Dorset chop lower right; framed with archival mat
Provenance
from a private collection
Biographical Information
. Kiakshuk ~ [1886-1966] Inuit
see Sculpture of the Inuit, by G.Swinton, pg.183, 1982; included in 1963 Eskimo Art, by E.Turner, Canadian Eskimo Art Committee; listed in Inuit Artist Index Arranged by Last Name, Indian and Northern Affairs, pg.92
included on the Katilvik website, disc number E7-1057, community Cape Dorset / Kinngait