Artist Pierre Karlik
Title Untitled - Tusk Totem
Media bone and stone carving
Size 10 x 5.25 x 5.75 in. / 25.4 x 13.3 x 14.6 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed with syllabics on bottom; bears date on label included with lot; crack in tusk measuring approximately [3 in.] noted

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$500-$700

Artist Pierre Karlik
Title Untitled - Totem of Carved Animals
Media bone and stone carving
Dated ca.  1960
Size 4.75 x 2.5 x 2 in. / 12.1 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed with syllabics on bottom; bears date on label included with lot

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 Pierre Karlik
Title Narwhal and Two Carvings
Media stone and bone carving
Dated ca.  1966
Size 19 x 11 x 13 in. / 48.3 x 27.9 x 33 cm.

Notes
signed and incribed with syllabics along bottom; missing narwhal tusk

Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Estimate CAD$600-$800