Artist Levi Alasua Pirti Smith
Title Untitled - Spirit
Media grey stone carving
Size 5 x 7 x 4.5 in. / 12.7 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm.
Sold $75
Estimate $100 - $150
Notes
signed and inscribed '142524' on bottom
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
Levi Alasua Pirti Smith ~ [1927-1986] Inuit
included on the Katilvik website, disc number E9-1326, community Povungnituk / Puvirnituq