Paulusikotak Alaku (1923-1971) - ELVIS, CA. 1963

ELVIS, CA. 1963

stone
12.7 cms x 12.7 cms x 8.89 cms (5 ins x 5 ins x 5 ins)
Unsigned, disc number inscribed
sculpted in 1963
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Inuit & First Nations Art" held on Wed, May 29, 2024.
Lot 103
Estimate: CAD $2,000 - $3,000
Realised: CAD $1,500

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Collection of former Northern Affairs Administrator Archibald Frederick Flucke

By descent to the present Private Collection, Salmon Arm, BC

Literature:
Elizabeth McLuhan and Tom Hill, Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of the Image Makers (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1984), 19, pl. 4.

Michael Neill and Ted Fraser, Sugluk: Sculpture in Stone (Ontario: Art Gallery of Windsor, 1992), 45.
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 Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
ELVIS, CA. 1963 by artist Paulusikotak Alaku