Lot 202: CHARLIE KLENGENBERG AVAKANA (1935-1986), RELIEF CARVED PANEL OF GEESE, antler, 7" x 22" x 7" — 17.8 x 55.9 x 17.8 cm.

CHARLIE KLENGENBERG AVAKANA (1935-1986), W2-481, COPPERMINE / KUGLUKTUKRELIEF CARVED PANEL OF GEESEantler, 19637" x 22" x 7" — 17.8 x 55.9 x 17.8 cm.Provenance:The Red Pederson CollectionPrivate Collection, TorontoLiterature:Red Pederson, 1963, quoted from The Red Pederson Collection presented by Northern Heritage Native ArtNote:Pederson, with the Hudson Bay Company and government administration in the Canadian Arctic for 25 years built a collection of over 200 works. He championed Charlie Avakana’s carving and wrote of the first time he became aware of Charlie’s talent. “So I was sitting in there one day, working on a piece of caribou antler, making a crib board. Charlie came in and looked over my shoulder and said “What the hell are you making there?” and I said , “I’m making a crib board. Pretty good, don’t you think?” He said, “I think it’s lousy”, So Red told Charlie to give it a try and do better. “By that evening he’d started an elaborate carving of a caribou antler - done on relief, which I had never, ever seen done before. And the few I’ve seen since are out and out take-offs. Charlie dreamed up that concept entirely on his own. I knew from the start that here was, truly, an incredible talent, and Charlie was born with it.”Estimate: $300—500