Lot 176: JUANISIALU IRQUMIA (1912-1977), E9-1407, Povungnituk

JUANISIALU IRQUMIA (1912-1977), E9-1407, Povungnituk
CARIBOU HUNT, stonecut, 1965, 25/30, slight foxing, creasing, unframed, 19" x 20.5" - 48.3 x 52.1 cm.
Note: "Again the artist has used the encircling stone contour as a base for one hunter and the images of the caribou, and by skilful [sic] stone-cutting creates the effect of vast spaces and a feeling of distance within the scene."
-Furneaux, Patrick and Leo Rosshandler, Ernst Roch, ed., Art of the Eskimo: Prints, Signum Press, 1974, pp. 152-3

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