Inuit Art Auction

June 01, 2015

LOT 129

Lot 129

GEORGE TATANIQ (1910-1991)

GEORGE TATANIQ (1910-1991)
Lot 129 Details
GEORGE TATANIQ (1910-1991), E2-179, Baker Lake

FOX WOMAN

stone
c. 1970, signed in syllabics
6" x 4" x 3" — 15.2 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm.

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $3,840
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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GEORGE TATANIQ (1910-1991)
  • GEORGE TATANIQ (1910-1991)
  • GEORGE TATANIQ (1910-1991)
  • GEORGE TATANIQ (1910-1991)
Provenance:

Work sourced by Jack & Sheila Butler for the vendor.

Note:

“Baker Lake art is noted for the depiction of mythological and religious subjects. A legend which Tataniq illustrates again and again is that of the Fox Woman. [...] There is some debate as to whether or not the woman in the legend turns into a fox or a wolf. The broad features ... certainly appear more wolf-like, even resembling a bear more than a fox. However, I defer to a quote from the artist as recorded by Marie Routledge: ‘It is a fox. The story I heard before was that she turned into a woman. [One] leg has a human foot and the other one [a] fox’s paw.’”

Norman Zepp, Pure Vision, The Keewatin Spirit, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1986, pg. 47 & 54

CONDITION DETAILS

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