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Artist . Kayutak
Title Untitled - Couple
Media grey stone carving
Size 7.75 x 6 x 6 in. / 19.7 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm.
Notes
signed on bottom; handling marks noted
Reference
according to the consignor, 'These completely parka-ed lovers are apparently coupling, given her happy face and his grunting, pained one. This piece came from a Tel Aviv collection.'
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.
Estimate CAD$100-$150