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i u a pi pu pa ti tu ta ki ku ka gi gu ga mi mu ma ni nu na si su sa li lu la ji ju ja vi vu va ri ru ra qi qu qa ngi ngu nga lhi lhu lha

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Pitaloosie Saila, R.C.A.

MOTHER AT CAMP, SEWING A KAMIK, 2012


PITALOOSIE SAILA, R.C.A. (1942-), E7-1006, CAPE DORSET / KINNGAIT
MOTHER AT CAMP, SEWING A KAMIK, 2012

ink and coloured pencil drawing, signed in syllabics, framed, sight

29 x 21 in — 73.7 x 53.3 cm

Provenance:
Norman Hallendy Collection, Ottawa

Note:
Published: Norman Hallendy, An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices in a Land of Vast Horizons (Greystone, 2016) p. 142. Pitaloosie’s drawing was commissioned for this book.

Norman Hallendy asked his “little sister” Pitaloosie to make a drawing that would illustrate traditional life and teach us something about it as well. This stunning work brings to mind one of Pitaloosie’s finest prints, Woman Proudly Sewing, a lithograph from 1988 (see reference below, p. 16). Mother at Camp, Sewing a Kamik is not only a beautiful composition it is also a tour de force example of this artist’s exquisite drawing technique.

Reference: for an overview of Pitaloosie’s life and work see Susan Gustavison and Darlene Coward Wight, Pitaloosie Saila: A Personal Journey (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2017).


Estimate: $1,800—2,400

Auction Results

Auction Date Auction House Lot # Low Est High Est Sold Price
2019-05-28 First Arts 59 1,800 2,400 4,560.00

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