Break Dancers, 2007
26.7 cms x 9.5 cms x 98.43 cms (10.5 ins x 3.75 ins x 10.5 ins)
Hair, signed in syllabics
Lot offered for sale by Walker's, Ottawa at the auction event "Inuit & First Nations Art Auction of May 25, 2016" held on Wed, May 25, 2016.
Lot 179
Lot 179
Estimate: CAD $800 - $1,200
Realised: CAD $1,298
Realised: CAD $1,298
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Samonie (Sam) Toonoo (1969-)
Cape Dorset
Break Dancers
2007
Marbled green stone, caribou antler and
hair, signed in syllabics
10.5 x 3.75 x 3 and 8.75 x 5.75 x 3.25 in, 26.7 x 9.5 x 7.6 and 22.2 x 14.6 x 8.3 cm.
Provenance: Albrecht Collection, Scottsdale, Arizona
Exhibited and published: Ingo Hessel, Cape Dorset Art: Tradition and Innovation (Heard Museum, Phoenix, 2008), fig. 21.
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 Walker's auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Walker's auction house for permission to use.