and pigment
6.5 cms x 3 cms x 5.72 cms (2.5 ins x 1.25 ins x 2.5 ins)
Signed "STEPHEN KOOTOO"
Lot offered for sale by Walker's, Ottawa at the auction event "Inuit & First Nations Art Auction of May 18, 2017" held on Thu, May 18, 2017.
Lot 253
Lot 253
Estimate: CAD $400 - $600
Realised: CAD $383
Realised: CAD $383
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Stephen Kootoo (1920-1995)
IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY), Walrus Head, 1969, ivory
and pigment, signed "STEPHEN KOOTOO",
2.5 x 1.25 x 2.25 in, 6.5 x 3 x 6 cm
Provenance: Webster Collection, Iqaluit;
purchased from the artist
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(*) 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.