1978 Eskimo Inuit Baker Lake Art Inuk Carving Johnny Iquliq 1966-1996 No Reserve For Sale

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Classic Baker Lake
Powerful old folk naive Inuit Eskimo carving
Of an Inuk - arms in front

By well known gallery artist
JOHNNY IQULIQ
1966-1996

Son of famous artist Tuna Iqulik

Signed clearly on the bottom in Inuktitut syllabic writing
i ku li
And incised Co-op number S2140 (matches sticker) & Copyright c

Co-op sticker on bottom reads: JOHNNY IQULIK S2140 78

Disc Number: E31743
Community: Qamani' tuaq

Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo - Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College
Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of the Spirit - Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Johney Iqulik - Eskimo Art Gallery
Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories - University of Richmond
Baker Lake Sculpture - The Upstairs Gallery
The Iquliq Family of Baker Lake: Tuna, Camilla, Johnny, Louie. - Albers Gallery
A Family Tradition: Inuit Art from Canada's Arctic - Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Baker Lake - Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Not Just a Dancing Step... - Galerie D'Art Vincent
Images from the Arctic - Galerie D'Art Vincent

Good condition - stone
With natural mineral marks and lines retained throughout
Stands find but rocks slightly if bumped
Approx: 4 inches high x 2 3/4 wide x 1 3/4 deep

Selections from the excellent Canadian Government booklet
Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Published under the authority of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa 1992

Baker Lake is the only inland community in Canada’s Arctic. It is famous for its large, heavy and dynamic carvings of hunters and animals, fashioned from the hard Keewatin stone. Although essentially realistic in conception these works are not detailed but are more roughly conceived in broad curves and large masses with few fine details. Scenes of animal human transformations are also common in Baker Lake sculpture, as they are in the prints make in this community.

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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Canadian buyers subject to Canadian taxes.

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