Inuit Art Auction

November 18, 2013

LOT 114

Lot 114

JOHN TIKTAK (1916-1981)

JOHN TIKTAK (1916-1981)
Lot 114 Details
JOHN TIKTAK (1916-1981), E1-266, Rankin Inlet

HEAD

stone
c. 1970, signed in syllabics
6" x 2.75" x 3" — 15.2 x 7 x 7.6 cm.

Estimate $5,000-$7,000

Realised: $10,800
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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JOHN TIKTAK (1916-1981)
  • JOHN TIKTAK (1916-1981)
  • JOHN TIKTAK (1916-1981)
  • JOHN TIKTAK (1916-1981)
Note:

“Tiktak began carving after he suffered a serious hip injury while working in Kangiqsliniq (Ranklin) nickel mine. While he was recovering in hospital, a nurse told him that he could earn some money by carving, so that is what he did. In 1963, Tiktak committed himself to being a professional carver, working with a few specific images, including mother and child, single seated and standing figures, and heads. Tiktak’s work is further characterized by a complete absence of hands and by animated faces with features which, over the years have become more and more deeply incised.”
Emily E. Auger, The Way of the Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History in and Beyond the Arctic, 2005, p. 116.

CONDITION DETAILS

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