Laying Under a Spring Sky
60.96 cms x 77.52 cms x 82.55 cms (24 ins x 30.52 ins x 24 ins)
Signed lower right, titled lower left, editioned and dated lower centre, Cape Dorset chop lower right
printed in 1978
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Saskatchewan and Canadian Indigenous Art" held on Sun, Apr 28, 2024.
Lot 84
Lot 84
Estimate: CAD $250 - $300
Realised: CAD $188
Realised: CAD $188
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
This print is illustrated on paper 29 of the 1978 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection.
Literature:
This print is illustrated on paper 29 of the 1978 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection.
Notes:
Best known for his extensive contributions as a printmaker to numerous Annual Cape Dorset Print Collections, artist Eegyvudluk Pootoogook was also an accomplished sculptor creating stylized and realistic work with fine detail. Pootoogook began his career as an artist selling small sculptures to passengers on the Hudson Bay Company supply ship RMS Nascopie. In 1960, he was convinced by his brother Kananginak Pootoogook to move to Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, to work in the print shop at the newly formed West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. He was one of four original stonecut printmakers at the studio to learn printmaking techniques from Japanese master artist Un'ichi Hiratsuka in 1958. During his career, Pootoogook produced 170 prints and contributed to 21 of the Annual Cape Dorset Print Collections. His work is in the collections of major museums around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Tate Gallery in London, UK, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
This print is illustrated on paper 29 of the 1978 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection.
Literature:
This print is illustrated on paper 29 of the 1978 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection.
Notes:
Best known for his extensive contributions as a printmaker to numerous Annual Cape Dorset Print Collections, artist Eegyvudluk Pootoogook was also an accomplished sculptor creating stylized and realistic work with fine detail. Pootoogook began his career as an artist selling small sculptures to passengers on the Hudson Bay Company supply ship RMS Nascopie. In 1960, he was convinced by his brother Kananginak Pootoogook to move to Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, to work in the print shop at the newly formed West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. He was one of four original stonecut printmakers at the studio to learn printmaking techniques from Japanese master artist Un'ichi Hiratsuka in 1958. During his career, Pootoogook produced 170 prints and contributed to 21 of the Annual Cape Dorset Print Collections. His work is in the collections of major museums around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Tate Gallery in London, UK, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.