1933 - 2014
Canadian
Hawk and Fox
stonecut on paper
titled, editioned 38/52, dated 1960, inscribed "Cape Dorset Baffin Isl." / "Stone Cut" / "Kiawak" and stamped with the Cape Dorset stamp
8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in, 22.2 x 16.5 cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 CAD
Sold for: $3,125
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PROVENANCE
Private Collection, British Columbia
LITERATURE
Norman Vorano, Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration, Early Printmaking in the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2011, reproduced page 72
Kiawak Ashoona includes words in his print written in syllabics. Here, the fox says to the hawk "I will grab you…will I not eat again?"
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