1908 - 1959
Canadian Indigenous
Two Bears Hunting
stonecut
signed, titled, editioned 32/50, dated 1959, inscribed "Stone Cut, Cape Dorset, Baffin Isl." and stamped
11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in, 28.6 x 36.8 cm
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CAD
Sold for: $5,000
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PROVENANCE
Dr. Leach, a dentist who made regular visits to Cape Dorset in the 1950s and 1960s
By descent through the family to the present Private Collection, Ontario
Niviaksiak was one of the first Inuit printmakers and worked in the early period of the Cape Dorset Co-Operative under James Houston.
A biography of the artist can be found on the University of Cambridge Scott Polar Research Institute website:
https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/news/collections/2014/08/11/an-inuit-master-carver-niviaksiak-1908-1959
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