Coloured pencil and felt-tip pen drawing
19.75 x 26, 50.2 x 66 cm, signed in syllabics
Lot offered for sale by Walker's, Ottawa at the auction event "Inuit Art Auction - November 4, 2012" held on Sun, Nov 4, 2012.
Lot 30
Lot 30
Estimate: CAD $1,000 - $1,400
Realised: CAD $767
Realised: CAD $767
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ (1918-1980)
CAPE DORSET, Untitled (Heart-shaped composition), ca. 1967
Coloured pencil and felt-tip pen drawing
19.75 x 26, 50.2 x 66 cm, signed in syllabics
Provenance: Purchased by Charles Gimpel. Exhibited at Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, England.
The wife of sculptor Peesee Oshuitoq (see Lots 71 and 73) Ningeeuga began drawing in 1965, after her return to Cape Dorset from a four-year stay in the Hamilton TB sanatorium. Semi-abstract closed designs, dominated by faces, are quite common in her art.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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