Relief Carved Panel Of Geese
17.8 cms x 55.9 cms x 17.81 cms (7.01 ins x 22.01 ins x 7.01 ins)
1963
sculpted in 1963
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Inuit Art Online Auction" held on Thu, Jun 1, 2017.
Lot 202
Lot 202
Estimate: CAD $300 - $500
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
The Red Pederson Collection
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature:
Red Pederson, 1963, quoted from The Red Pederson Collection presented by Northern Heritage Native Art
Notes:
Pederson, with the Hudson Bay Company and government administration in the Canadian Arctic for 25 years built a collection of over 200 works. He championed Charlie Avakana's carving and wrote of the first time he became aware of Charlie's talent. "So I was sitting in there one day, working on a piece of caribou antler, making a crib board. Charlie came in and looked over my shoulder and said "What the hell are you making there?" and I said , "I'm making a crib board. Pretty good, don't you think?" He said, "I think it's lousy", So Red told Charlie to give it a try and do better. "By that evening he'd started an elaborate carving of a caribou antler - done on relief, which I had never, ever seen done before. And the few I've seen since are out and out take-offs. Charlie dreamed up that concept entirely on his own. I knew from the start that here was, truly, an incredible talent, and Charlie was born with it."
The Red Pederson Collection
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature:
Red Pederson, 1963, quoted from The Red Pederson Collection presented by Northern Heritage Native Art
Notes:
Pederson, with the Hudson Bay Company and government administration in the Canadian Arctic for 25 years built a collection of over 200 works. He championed Charlie Avakana's carving and wrote of the first time he became aware of Charlie's talent. "So I was sitting in there one day, working on a piece of caribou antler, making a crib board. Charlie came in and looked over my shoulder and said "What the hell are you making there?" and I said , "I'm making a crib board. Pretty good, don't you think?" He said, "I think it's lousy", So Red told Charlie to give it a try and do better. "By that evening he'd started an elaborate carving of a caribou antler - done on relief, which I had never, ever seen done before. And the few I've seen since are out and out take-offs. Charlie dreamed up that concept entirely on his own. I knew from the start that here was, truly, an incredible talent, and Charlie was born with it."
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
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