Inuit Art: Transportation & Travel | January 23 - February 6, 2024

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Inuit Art: Transportation and Travel

JANUARY - FEBRUARY

Inuit Art: Transportation and Travel

JANUARY - FEBRUARY

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INUIT ART

inuitart@waddingtons.ca

SENIOR SPECIALIST

Palmer Jarvis pj@waddingtons.ca 416-847-6191

CONSIGNMENT COORDINATOR

Elizabeth Gagnon ekg@waddingtons.ca 416-847-6184

FRONT COVER

Lot 5

David Ruben Piqtoukun ᑎᕕᑎ ᐱᑐᑯ

Shaman and Spirits of the Land, 1999

FRONT INSIDE COVER

Lot 19

Pudlo Pudlat ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ Untitled (Flying a Kite in the Se lement), ca. 1991–1992

BACK INSIDE COVER Lot 21

Sheojuk Etidlooie ᓯᐅᔪ ᐃᑎᐃᑎᓚᐃ Ummiagoa (Toy Boat), 1995

BACK COVER

Lot 11

Simionie Aqpik ᓯᒥᐅᓂ Hunter, CA. 1970

BILL NASOGALUAK

B TUKTUYAAQTUUQ

TUKTOYAKTUK

WHITE DEMONS STEALING INUIT SOULS

CA stone, steel bar and wire; unsigned 14 x 16.5 x 11 in — 35.6 x 41.9 x 27.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Acquired directly from the artist by a Private Collection, Toronto, ON

MESUT CELEBI

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

WHEELBARROW

stone; signed in Roman 4.25 x 9.25 x 3 in — 10.8 x 23.5 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

JOANASIE LUCASSIE KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET HELICOPTER

stone, antler; unsigned 5.25 x 8.5 x 3.75 in — 13.3 x 21.6 x 9.5 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON —

BILL NASOGALUAK

TUKTUYAAQTUUQ TUKTOYAKTUK SHAMAN’S JOURNEY

stone; unsigned 3.5 x 13.5 x 2.5 in — 8.9 x 34.3 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON —

DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN

ᑎᕕᑎ

B PAULATUK

SHAMAN AND SPIRITS OF THE LAND

stone, catlinite; signed in Roman; dated 8.75 x 20 x 10.5 in — 22.2 x 50.8 x 26.7 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

QILAUT AND QATAR

HOOP DRUM AND BEATER TH CENTURY

wood, sinew, hide, steel nails drum 31.5 x 23.5 x 2.5 in — 80 x 59.7 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON —

TUKTUYAAQTUUQ TUKTOYAKTUK SHAMAN’S FLIGHT TO THE MOON stone; unsigned

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON —

ABRAHAM APAKARK ANGHIK ᐊᐃᐊᔭᑲ ᐊᐸᑲ ᐊᒋ OC B PAULATUK SHAMAN IN FLIGHT stone; unsigned 7.5 x 10.5 x 5 in — 19.1 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON —

ISAPIC QANGUQ ᑲᒍ B

MITTIMATALIK POND INLET HUNTER WITH KIVIAQ CA stone; signed in Roman; disc number inscribed 9 x 7.5 x 5.5 in — 22.9 x 19.1 x 14 cm

PROVENANCE

Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, 12 Nov 1990, lot 535 Private Collection, Toronto, ON

ENNUTSIAK ᐃᓄᓯᐊIQALUIT FROBISHER BAY HUNTER LADEN WITH HARPOON AND SEAL BLADDER CA stone, ivory, leather; unsigned; disc number inscribed 6.25 x 3 x 3 in — 15.9 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE Private Estate, Ontario

SIMIONIE AQPIK ᓯᒥᐅᓂ B

KIMMIRUT LAKE HARBOUR

HUNTER WITH FOWL AND HARE CA stone; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed 6.25 x 4.75 x 2.75 in — 15.9 x 12.1 x 7 cm

PROVENANCE

Marion Sco Gallery, Vancouver, BC Dan and Martha Albrecht Collection, Sco sdale, AZ Private Estate, Ontario

DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU ᑎᕕᑎᐊᓗPUVIRNITUQ POVUNGNITUK THE SINKING OF ALIKAMMIQ’S KAYAK stone; unsigned; disc number inscribed 7.25 x 12.5 x 7.25 in — 18.4 x 31.8 x 18.4 cm

PROVENANCE

Walker’s Auctioneers, O awa, ON, 7 Dec 2021, Lot 4 Private Collection, Toronto, ON

NIVIAXIE ᓂᕕᐊᓯ -

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

SNOWHOUSE BUILDERS CA stonecut; unmarked proof sheet 12 x 12 in — 30.5 x 30.5 cm

PROVENANCE

The Collection of Terry Ryan Private Collection, Ontario

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET UNTITLED

FIGURES WITH ANIMALS AND SPIRITS graphite drawing; unsigned sheet 9.5 x 8 in — 24.1 x 20.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON —

MARY PITSEOLAK ᒥᕆ B

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

UNTITLED FAMILY AND QAMUTIIK

graphite drawing; unsigned sheet 20 x 25.75 in — 50.8 x 65.4 cm

PROVENANCE

The Collection of Terry Ryan Private Collection, Ontario

PARR ᐸKINNGAIT CAPE DORSET WALRUS HUNT

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 6/50; artist’s name in Roman sight 34.5 x 24 in — 87.6 x 61 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Ontario

PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ -

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

UNTITLED

BOATS AND LOONS CAcoloured pencil and felt-tip drawing; signed in syllabics; inscribed in pencil verso “CPT 1198 / CD. 024-4040 abd-85/86” sheet 20 x 26 in — 50.8 x 66 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Hamilton, ON —

PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ -

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

UNTITLED AIRPLANES CAcoloured pencil and felt-tip drawing; signed in syllabics; inscribed in pencil verso “CPT 1194 / CD-024-5224-abd-91/9217/36/81/103/104-50.9x65.8”

sheet 20 x 26 in — 50.8 x 66 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Hamilton, ON

PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚKINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

UNTITLED

FLYING A KITE IN THE SETTLEMENT

CA -

coloured pencil and felt-tip drawing; signed in syllabics; inscribed in pencil verso “CPT 1195 / CD-024-5036-abd-91/92-17/21/104-50.9x66.1”

sheet 20 x 26 in — 50.8 x 66 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Hamilton, ON —

PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚKINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

UNTITLED

BIRDS IN SAILBOAT CAcoloured pencil and felt-tip drawing; signed in syllabics; inscribed in pencil verso “CD-024-5050-abd-91/92-03/103-50.5x65.9”

sheet 20 x 26 in — 50.8 x 66 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Hamilton, ON —

SHEOJUK ETIDLOOIE

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET UMMIAGOA BOAT

lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 3/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics; collector’s inscription verso sheet 22.5 x 26.5 in — 57.2 x 67.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Isaacs Inuit Gallery, Toronto, ON, 1999

Dan and Martha Albrecht Collection, Sco sdale, AZ Private Estate, Ontario

LUKE ANGUHADLUQ

- QAMANI’TUAQ BAKER LAKE KAYAK

stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 9/29; artist’s and printer’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 16 x 10 in — 40.6 x 25.4 cm

PROVENANCE

Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, 11 Nov 2008, lot 621 Private Collection, Hamilton, ON

KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK

ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ RCA -

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

LULL

lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 4/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 26 x 9.25 in — 66 x 23.5 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA ᐱᓯᐅᓚ ᐊᓱᓇ OC RCA -

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

OUR JOURNEY BY SEA stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 48/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24.75 x 34.25 in — 62.9 x 87 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

MARY YUUSIPIK SINGAQTI ᔪᓯᐱ B

QAMANI’TUAQ BAKER LAKE

UNTITLED SPIRITS ON THE LAND wool, felt, thread, embroidery floss; signed in syllabics

35.75 x 29.25 in — 90.8 x 74.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE ᑲᕙᕙᐅ ᒪᓄᒥ

B KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

FISHERMEN’S FOLLY etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 10/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 26.5 x 34.5 in — 67.3 x 87.6 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

B IGLULIK IGLOOLIK

THE LOON GIVES LUMAQ HIS SIGHT etching and aquatint; titled and numbered 21/60; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24 x 29.5 in — 61 x 74.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

SHAMAN’S FLIGHT whalebone; unsigned 5 x 27.5 x 23.5 in — 12.7 x 69.9 x 59.7 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Estate, Ontario

MANASIE AKPALIAPIK ᒪᓇᓯ

B IKPIARJUK ARCTIC BAY DRUMMER AND SPIRITS

whalebone, stone, antler; signed in syllabics

6.25 x 10.25 x 8.5 in — 15.9 x 26 x 21.6 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Ontario

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

PANNIRTUQ PANGNIRTUNG

FIGURE ON QAMUTIIK CA ivory, baleen; unsigned; inscribed on underside “PANGNIATUNG / 1937 / R.M.S Mascon__(?)”

7.5 x 4.5 x 1.75 in — 19.1 x 11.4 x 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Hamilton, ON

NICHOLAS IKKUTI B KANGIQLINIQ RANKIN INLET HUNTER IN KAYAK antler, sealskin, wood; unsigned 6 x 18 x 3.5 in — 15.2 x 45.7 x 8.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON —

ROMEO EEKERKIK ᐃᑲᑭARVIAT ESKIMO POINT

COMPOSITION WITH WALRUS HEAD AND KAYAK antler, whalebone, stone, cement; signed in syllabics; dated 3.5 x 9.25 x 3.5 in — 8.9 x 23.5 x 8.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Hamilton, ON —

OSHUTSIAK PUDLAT ᐅᓱᓯᐊKINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

UNTITLED KAYAK AND UMIAK

graphite drawing; unsigned; sticker bo om right-hand corner inscribed “Ooleeshiak” sheet 23.75 x 18.75 in — 60.3 x 47.6 cm

PROVENANCE

The Collection of Terry Ryan Private Collection, Ontario

LUCY QINNUAYUAK

ᓗᓯ ᑭᓐᐅᐊᔪᐊ

KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

UMIAKS

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 31/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 28 x 25 in — 71.1 x 63.5 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

LUCY QINNUAYUAK ᓗᓯ ᑭᓐᐅᐊᔪᐊ - KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

SAILING BOATS AND SEALS

stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 6/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 20 x 24 in — 50.8 x 61 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Vermont, USA —

RUTH ANNAQTUUSI TULURIALIK

ᕈᑐ ᐊᓇᑐᓯ ᑐᓗᐃᐊ B

QAMANI’TUAQ BAKER LAKE

UNTITLED

LEGEND OF THE SEA SPIRIT CA coloured pencil drawing; signed in syllabics sheet 22.25 x 30 in — 56.5 x 76.2 cm

PROVENANCE

Ookpiktuyuk Art, Baker Lake, NU Collection of Dr. Samuel Wagonfeld, Denver, CO Private Estate, Ontario

AFTER PETER PITSEOLAK ᐱᑕ ᐱᓯᐅᓚKINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

SUMMER JOURNEY

engraving; titled, dated, and numbered 26/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 16 x 13 in — 40.6 x 33 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Vermont, USA

PITSEOLAK ASHOONA

ᐱᓯᐅᓚ ᐊᓱᓇ OC RCA - KINNGAIT CAPE DORSET

WOMAN WITH GEESE engraving; titled, dated, and numbered 41/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics; collector’s inscription verso sheet 13 x 19.75 in — 33 x 50.2 cm

PROVENANCE

Arctic Artistry, New York, NY, 2001 Dan and Martha Albrecht Collection, Sco sdale, AZ Private Estate, Ontario

DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU ᑎᕕᑎᐊᓗ - PUVIRNITUQ POVUNGNITUK

HAWK ARRIVES AT CAMP BY KAYAK

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 20/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sight 20.75 x 24.75 in — 52.7 x 62.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

JOE TALIRUNILI

PUVIRNITUQ POVUNGNITUK

OLD TOOLS USED TO SURVIVE A LONG TIME AGO

stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 23/50; artist’s name in syllabics sheet 25 x 34 in — 63.5 x 86.4 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Hamilton, ON

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