Brandenburg Series Preoccupied - Heffel

HEFFEL FINE ART AUCTION HOUSE 8873 JOHNNY INUKPUK1911 ~Mother and Child with Fishsoapstone sculpture, signed in syllabicsand inscribed 5A ~ 21520 and certified by the Governmentof Canada on the Canada Eskimo Art card #2152012 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 11 1/4 in, 32.4 x 14.6 x 28.6 cmPROVENANCE:Canada Eskimo ArtPrivate Collection, QuebecLITERATURE:George Swinton, Eskimo Sculpture: Esquimaude, 1965, page 30Mother and Child with Fish illustrates Inukpuk’s characteristic style ofusing full, powerful, rounded figures. By using this mode ofrepresentation, his sculptures create a feeling of abundance, a notion thatis central to the meaning of his works. George Swinton writes thatInukpuk’s sculptures are “strong and decisive with great emphasis onphysical and emotional force, stressing meaning and feeling.”ESTIMATE: $9,000 ~ 12,00073 7474 JOHNNY INUKPUK1911 ~Hunter and Bearsoapstone sculpture, signed, inscribed C~No 5~88 25267,certified by the Government of Canada on the CanadaEskimo Art card #(76)~5~26267 and numbered 76~DFX0525267 on the Canada Eskimo Art label on the work9 1/2 x 13 x 4 1/4 in, 24.1 x 33 x 10.8 cmPROVENANCE:Canada Eskimo ArtBoreal Gallery, MontrealPrivate Collection, QuebecLITERATURE:Natalie Ribkoff and Christine Lalonde, ItuKiagatta! Inuit Sculpture from theCollection of the TD Bank Financial Group, the National Gallery of Canada,2005, page 40Johnny Inukpuk is a celebrated stone carver who lived and worked in theNunavik region of Quebec. The artist was a firm believer that hissculptures were meant to represent the culture he was brought up in.Inukpuk stated, “I try to make my work very figurative and to carvedeeply in order to show our way of life and culture.” As Hunter and Beardemonstrates, the bond between man and nature was a predominanttheme in his subjects. Inukpuk was inaugurated as the first Inuit memberof the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1978.ESTIMATE: $6,000 ~ 8,000