ANDY MIKI, INUIT, Arctic Hare, c. 1972-74
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ANDY MIKI (1918-1983) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Arctic Hare, c. 1972-74
stone, 5 x 3.25 x 2.25 in (12.7 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm)
with traces of a syllabic signature.
ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000
Provenance
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.
While it is often impossible to identify many of Andy Miki’s small, semi-abstract carvings of animals by species, we are quite sure that this fine sculpture represents an Arctic hare. Although it presents a striking profile view, unlike the artist’s almost two-dimensional “cookie-cutter” pieces, Arctic Hare is robustly carved and decisively shaped into an almost prow-like front edge. The sculpture is positively imposing in its almost regal posture and in the sheer physicality of its textures. The work is small enough to fit in one’s hands; on display, however, it commands the space around it. Impressive and delightful.
References: For a quite similar work see Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Rugged and Profound – Sculpture from Eskimo Point, April 4 – 25, 1987, unpaginated.
Arctic Hare, c. 1972-74
stone, 5 x 3.25 x 2.25 in (12.7 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm)
with traces of a syllabic signature.
ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000
Provenance
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.
While it is often impossible to identify many of Andy Miki’s small, semi-abstract carvings of animals by species, we are quite sure that this fine sculpture represents an Arctic hare. Although it presents a striking profile view, unlike the artist’s almost two-dimensional “cookie-cutter” pieces, Arctic Hare is robustly carved and decisively shaped into an almost prow-like front edge. The sculpture is positively imposing in its almost regal posture and in the sheer physicality of its textures. The work is small enough to fit in one’s hands; on display, however, it commands the space around it. Impressive and delightful.
References: For a quite similar work see Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Rugged and Profound – Sculpture from Eskimo Point, April 4 – 25, 1987, unpaginated.
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ANDY MIKI, INUIT, Arctic Hare, c. 1972-74
Estimate CA$3,000 - CA$5,000
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