Arctic bird - strong beak - looking downwards
By a well known Cape Dorset
Inuit Eskimo female artist
Piuliak Allasuaq
b1939
Disc number E7-958
Accompanied by remains of rare original Co-op tag
CAPE DORSET - rubber stamped
7394
Peuleak
Exhibitions include:
Cape Dorset: Recent Sculpture Gallery of the Arctic
Cape Dorset Sculpture Signature Shop
Baffin Images Orca Aart
Numerous book references include:
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec INUIT SCULPTURE Jacopsee Oopakak and Zeke Ejesiak, Aqjangajuk Shaa, Mikigak Kingwatsiak, Kelly Pishuktee, Taqialuq Nuna, Melia Psadluq, Tommy Takpanie [et. al.] 1989 F-CAN.GUILD OF CRAFTS QUE Brochure of exhibition at the Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, November 18 - December 31, 1989, featuring sculpture by Jacopsee Oopakak and others. 1 folded sheet. 4 b&w ill.
ARTS AND HANDICRAFTS. PERIODICALS Article features arts and crafts in Arctic Quebec, including carvings, textiles, print-making. Text in English, French and Inuktitut. 3 b&w ill.
Cowan, Susan, ed. NOUS NE VIVONS PLUS DANS DES IGLOOS... Adaption francaise de Rene V.-Manevy. 1978 NB 247 I57 A72 F Interviews with people of Arctic Bay; some information on carving and illustrations of sculpture. 190 p. Also published in a similar edition in English and Inuktitut under title: WE DONT LIVE IN SNOW HOUSES NOW.
Crassweller, Ken A PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ESKIMO CARVING. 1972 N8830 C25 C72 A discussion paper proposing a quality control program for Inuit carving; bibliography, 71pp.
Winnipeg Art Gallery THE MULDERS' COLLECTION OF ESKIMO SCULPTURE. 1976 NB247 I57 M84 W55 Exhibition catalogue: 149 sculptures. Introduction by Jean Blodgett. 28 p. 43 b&w ill.
Baird, Irene CAPE DORSET MAN. NE542 C36 B34 1965 Portraits of artists.
Goetz, Helga THE CONTEMPORARY ESKIMO PRINTS AND SCULPTURE 1977 N6504 I57 A46 1977 Museum brochure with text by Helga Goetz. List of suggested readings. 12 p. 12 b&w ill. A copy of this is included in F- Authors- Goetz, Helga.
Blodgett, Jean TUU'LUQ/ANGUHADLUQ. 1976 N6504 B32 W55 1976 Exhibition catalogue: 124 graphics and wall hangings. Essays on the work of this husband and wife from Baker Lake. Photos of artists. 41 b&w, 2 col. ill.
Ryan, Terrence PARR. Periodicals
Roberts, A. Barry THE INUIT ARTISTS OF SUGLUK, P.Q. 1976 NB247 S24 R62 Historical essay on the community of Sugluk (Salluit); biographical notes on artists. Contains list of inhabitants with disk numbers, recommended bibliography. 72 p. b&w ill., artist photographs, map.
Nungak, Zebedee ESKIMO STORIES FROM POVUNGNITUK, QUEBEC = UNIKKATUATUAT SANAUGARNGNIK ATYINGUALIIT PUVIRNGNITURNGMIT Illustrated in Soapstone Carvings. / By Zebedee Nungak and Eugene Arima H64 C3 1969 Stories from the sculptors of Povungnituk, illustrated by their work. Text in English and Inuktitut (Roman orthography). Published in French under title: LEGENDES INUIT DE POVUNGNITUK, 1975. 140 p. b&w ill.
Good condition - attractive stone
Stands OK but rocks slightly if bumped - as is from the artist - sold as is
Natural mineral marks and lines throughout
File or saw marks and Canada Certified Eskimo Art sticker on bottom
Approx: 5 inches high x 8 1/8 long x 2 wide
Selections from the Canadian government booklet
Canadian Inuit Sculpture - Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Cape Dorset is probably the most famous art producing community in Canada's north....The Cape Dorset sculptural style is rooted in a love of naturalism and an interest in both wildlife and the spirit world, but has incorporated a love of the flamboyant, the dramatic and the decorative....Favourite subjects include animals and mythological creatures.
Sculptures exhibit a strongly stylized or elegant naturalism, and are generally highly finished.
Although the generic term soapstone is commonly used, this is a bit misleading. Soapstone, a soft talc steatite, is not used nearly as much as the harder serpentine, serpentinite, siltstone, argillite, dolomite, quartz and other types.
Materials are often in short supply, and artists must travel great distances overland or by boat to quarry quantities of good quality stone.
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