Art Auction Lot Sold in Canada in 2011
Qaqaq (Kaka) Ashoona (1928-1996) - every sculptural element is a powerful shape in its own right

every sculptural element is a powerful shape in its own right


green stone
Transformation, ca. 1962, green stone, 9 x 16 x 2.75 in, 23 x 41 x 7.5 cm Provenance: John and Mary Robertson Collection Exhibited and illustrated in Jean Blodgett, "Selections from the John and Mary Robertson Collection of Inuit Sculpture," Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University 1986 (cat. #51). Jean Blodgett titled this work "Transformation" despite her acknowledgment of this figure's strong sea goddess attributes: sea mammal fins and a seemingly angry display of unruly hair. This work shows Qaqaq at his most dynamic
sculpted in 1962
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every sculptural element is a powerful shape in its own right by artist Qaqaq (Kaka) Ashoona