J. Tegiapak - Hunter And Dog Team Taking A Rest

Hunter And Dog Team Taking A Rest

wood, skin, thread, stone
12.1 cms x 45.7 cms x 10.19 cms (4.76 ins x 17.98 ins x 4.76 ins)
C. 1946-1967, Signed In Roman
sculpted in 1946
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Inuit Art Online Auction" held on Thu, Jun 2, 2016.
Lot 280
Estimate: CAD $500 - $700
Sale price withheld by the Auction house

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Charles Camsell Hospital, Edmonton, AB, with ink stamp and handwritten inventory no. “T-182”;

From the Estate of Mildred Valley Thornton Hon. CPA, FRSA, Canada, accompanied by a letter dated 7th September 2015 from Bryan Thornton, Mildred’s Grandson, and with Mildred Thornton’s partial label affixed to under, with hand written inventory no. “RI. 59” (?);

Private collection, Toronto, ON

Literature:
For a similar work see Museum of Anthropology, Object No. 3100/24

“Camsell Hospital Collection of Inuit Art” Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 4, Fall/Winter 1992, p. 52
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Hunter And Dog Team Taking A Rest by artist J. Tegiapak