CC RCA
1927 - 2013
Canadian Indigenous
Geese Frightened by a Fox
stonecut on laid japan paper
signed, titled, editioned 17/50, dated 1960, inscribed "Stonecut" and "Cape Dorset, Baffin Is." and stamped with the artist's signature in syllabics and with the Cape Dorset stamp and on verso certified by the Canadian Eskimo art label
17 3/4 x 20 in, 45.1 x 50.8 cm
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CAD
Sold for: $10,000
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, 1961
LITERATURE
Eskimo Graphic Art 1960, 1971, another impression reproduced, unpaginated
This work was purchased at one of the first exhibitions of the prints made by the Cape Dorset artists. It has remained in the same collection since that time. Several prominent galleries have impressions from this edition in their collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and the Dallas Museum of Art.
The full sheet size of this work is 21 3/8 x 24 inches.
Please note: this work is unframed.
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