Kaka Ashoona, ᑲᑲ ᐊᓴᓇ
SEDNA
KAKA ASHOONA (1928-1996), E7-1101, Cape Dorset
SEDNA, stone, signed in Roman, 12.25" x 4" x 7" — 31.1 x 10.2 x 17.8 cm.
Est. $1,000/1,500
Note: “When I am carving, I sort of walk around the stone just to see which way it would look better...I get the idea for a carving from the stone...sort of draw it with my eyes to see what I will carve.”
-Interview of Kaka Ashoona with Marian Jackson, March 1979, quoted in Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, exh. cat., Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984, p. 88
SEDNA, stone, signed in Roman, 12.25" x 4" x 7" — 31.1 x 10.2 x 17.8 cm.
Est. $1,000/1,500
Note: “When I am carving, I sort of walk around the stone just to see which way it would look better...I get the idea for a carving from the stone...sort of draw it with my eyes to see what I will carve.”
-Interview of Kaka Ashoona with Marian Jackson, March 1979, quoted in Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, exh. cat., Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984, p. 88
Auction Results
Auction Date | Auction House | Lot # | Low Est | High Est | Sold Price |
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2012-11-05 | Waddington's | 186 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,168.50 |