Artist George Arluk
Title Untitled - Three Seals
Media black stone carving
Size 2.25 x 6.5 x 5 in. / 5.7 x 16.5 x 12.7 cm.

Notes
signed 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.
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist George Arluk
Title Untitled - Inukshuk Bird Tower
Media black stone carving
Size 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 in. / 11.4 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
signed 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.
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist George Arluk
Title Untitled - O Man
Media black stone carving
Size 4 x 4.75 x 1.5 in. / 10.2 x 12.1 x 3.8 cm.

Notes
signed 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.
Estimate CAD$150-$250

Artist George Arluk
Title Untitled - Spirit
Media grey stone carving
Dated 2004
Size 5 x 5 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated on bottom; some scratches and handling marks noted

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