Untitled - Preparing Fish
60.96 cms x 76.2 cms (24 ins x 30 ins)
Signed lower left
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Saskatchewan, Canadian and International Art" held on Sat, Nov 20, 2021.
Lot 90
Lot 90
Estimate: CAD $500 - $800
Realised: CAD $472
Realised: CAD $472
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Being sold on behalf of the Indigenous Christian Fellowship with 90% of the hammer price going to this charity.
Notes:
Mona Thrasher was born in 1942 in a bush camp between Aklavik and present day Inuvik in the Northwest Territories. At the age of 18, she was approached by Father Adam to paint the Stations of the Cross in the Roman Catholic Church in Inuvik (the Igloo Church). It took Thrasher just three months to paint all 14 Stations, and they hang in the church to this day. She has since created many paintings, mainly using the colours blue and white because she believes they best represent the traditional Inuit life - the sky, water, snow and ice. Her inspiration comes from the different activities which are at the core of the Inuit way of life - women cutting fish, men driving dog teams, children playing in the snow. Mona Thrasher has written "It makes me extremely happy to know that through my art, many people get a better understanding of the North and its people."
Being sold on behalf of the Indigenous Christian Fellowship with 90% of the hammer price going to this charity.
Notes:
Mona Thrasher was born in 1942 in a bush camp between Aklavik and present day Inuvik in the Northwest Territories. At the age of 18, she was approached by Father Adam to paint the Stations of the Cross in the Roman Catholic Church in Inuvik (the Igloo Church). It took Thrasher just three months to paint all 14 Stations, and they hang in the church to this day. She has since created many paintings, mainly using the colours blue and white because she believes they best represent the traditional Inuit life - the sky, water, snow and ice. Her inspiration comes from the different activities which are at the core of the Inuit way of life - women cutting fish, men driving dog teams, children playing in the snow. Mona Thrasher has written "It makes me extremely happy to know that through my art, many people get a better understanding of the North and its people."
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.