This Fall, Waddington’s is staging dual auctions: a Canadian Fine Art sale and an Inuit Art sale. Featuring meticulous vetting and selections from important private collections and estates, these sales offer a wealth of exceptional works to enrich the collector’s experience. Go here waddingtons.ca
The September Inuit Art auction features an array of historic and contemporary production. From the renowned Joe Boats by Ennutsiak and Kenojuak Ashevak, CC, ON, RCA whose sculptural rendering of The Migration Boat continues to set records, to an excellent selection of 1959 and early 1960’s Cape Dorset prints by Pauta Saila, this sale presents an impressive mix of outstanding works.
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Inuit artists have been at the forefront of bringing their cultural heritage to a broad audience. Their depictions of arctic wildlife and mythology speak to the human condition and the rich traditions that connect us all. The evolution of this tradition has allowed artists to work in new materials, expand on the subjects they explore and push the boundaries of artistic ingenuity.
The sale includes a number of sculptures by Karoo Ashevak, a prolific sculptor from the Kitikmeot region who worked in whale bone. His figurative compositions, often rendered with expressive faces and shamans, capture the power of Inuit culture and are infused with the natural beauty of his medium. In his carvings, he highlighted the uniqueness of the particular whale bones that he worked with and emphasized the nature of their imperfections. His profound career was tragically cut short in a house fire at the age of 34.…