Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Untitled - Fisherman Caught in Net
Media grey stone carving
Size 6.5 x 4.5 x 5.5 in. / 16.5 x 11.4 x 14 cm.

Notes
signed on bottom; some handling marks and cracks on head noted

Reference
according to the consignor, 'Humorously, Davidialuk often depicted a fisherman caught in his own net. That’s the Inuit 'hoist with his own petard''

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$300-$500

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Legend #50/55
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1975
Size 5.75 x 8.5 in. / 14.6 x 21.6 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics in stone along bottom; signed, dated, numbered, inscribed 'Povungnituk' and with syllabics along bottom; bears title on label verso; scratches and handling marks on frame noted

Provenance
private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Story of Sonekuluak #27/50
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1975
Size 5.5 x 18.25 in. / 14 x 46.4 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics in stone lower left; dated, numbered and inscribed with syllabics along bottom; bears artist name, title and community Povungnituk on label verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Old Story of a Woman Who Disappeared While She Was Gathering Twigs #25/40
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1974
Size 6.75 x 11 in. / 17.1 x 27.9 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed in stone; signed, dated, numbered, inscribed with syllabics and Povungnituk chop along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Untitled - Loon Caught in Fishing Net
Media grey stone carving
Size 4 x 11 x 7.25 in. / 10.2 x 27.9 x 18.4 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed '1-34723' on bottom

Provenance
from the estate of Jerry Segal, formerly of Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Arts Ltd. in Calgary and also known as Western Canada's 'Sub King'; proceeds being generously donated to a Synagogue
Estimate CAD$800-$1,200

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title An Eskimo [sic] Taken by an Owl #23/40
Media colour stonecut on paper
Dated 1973
Size 6 x 10.5 in. / 15.2 x 26.7 cm.

Notes
syllabics in block lower right; dated, numbered and inscribed in syllabics along bottom; chop lower right; embossed chop lower left; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Hawk Arrives at Camp by Kayak #23/50
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1975
Size 12.75 x 18.75 in. / 32.4 x 47.6 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics in stone along bottom; signed, dated, numbered, inscribed with syllabics and 'Povungnituk' along bottom; bears title on label verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Inuit Hunting Geese with Harpoons in the Time Before they had Guns #37/45
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1976
Size 3.5 x 15.5 in. / 8.9 x 39.4 cm.

Notes
signed with syllabics in stone lower left; signed, titled, dated, numbered and inscribed 'Povungnituk' and with syllabics along bottom; embossed chops lower left and right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Kadyutaguk Giving Birth to a Little Brother For Her Son #8/50
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1975
Size 5.25 x 11.25 in. / 13.3 x 28.6 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics in stone lower left; dated, numbered and inscribed with syllabics along bottom; bears artist's name and title along bottom; embossed Povungnituk chop lower left; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Loons Opening a Blind Boy's Eyes #53/60
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1975
Size 4.25 x 8.25 in. / 10.8 x 21 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics in stone lower left; dated, numbered and inscribed with syllabics along bottom; bears artist's name and community along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title Owls with their Babies and Eggs
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1970
Size 4.25 x 13 in. / 10.8 x 33 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics in block along bottom; signed, titled, dated, numbered and inscribed with syllabics and 'Povungnituk' along bottom; embossed chop lower right; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Title The Story of Sonekuluak #23/50
Media stonecut on paper
Dated 1975
Size 5.5 x 18.25 in. / 14 x 46.4 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics in stone lower left; dated, numbered and inscribed with syllabics along bottom; bears artist's name and 'Povungnituk' along bottom; framed with archival mat and special glass

Provenance
from the estate of Jerry Segal, formerly of Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Arts Ltd. in Calgary and also known as Western Canada's 'Sub King'; proceeds being generously donated to a Synagogue
Estimate CAD$100-$150