Woman's head, ca. 1957
45.72 cms x 26.67 cms x 33.02 cms (18 ins x 10.5 ins x 18 ins)
Signed "SIMON" and with disc no. E9-1704
sculpted in 1704
Lot offered for sale by Walker's, Ottawa at the auction event "Indian, Inuit & Ethnographic Arts Auction- November 13, 2011" held on Sun, Nov 13, 2011.
Lot 6
Lot 6
Estimate: CAD $1,500 - $2,000
Realised: CAD $8,850
Realised: CAD $8,850
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
SIMON POV (1917-1964), INUKJUAK
Woman's head, ca. 1957, black stone, signed "SIMON" and with disc no. E9-1704, 7 x 4 x 5 in, 18 x 10.5 x 13 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. #36). For a similar work see Swinton 1972/1992, ill. 286.
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