Artist: Les Thomas
Title: MOOSE (AP #03-2224)
Date: 2003
Medium: oil and wax on panel
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Notes:
signed, titled & dated verso
Provenance: Canada House Gallery, Banff AB
LOT: 69
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Nicola Prinsen
Title: FETCH
Date: 2005
Medium: bronze; ed. #8/9
Dimensions: 14 x 33 x 17 in. (35.6 x 83.8 x 43.2 cm)
Notes:
signed & editioned in the cast; titled & dated on the gallery label
Provenance: Canada House Gallery, Banff AB
LOT: 67
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Christopher Pratt
Title: OCEAN RACER
Date: 1975
Medium: colour serigraph on paper; ed. #29/50
Dimensions: 15 x 24.25 in. (38.1 x 62.2 cm)
Notes:
signed, titled, dated & editioned in pencil
Provenance: Marlborough Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
LOT: 111
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips
Title: VENUS AND THE PRIEST
Date: 1930
Medium: colour woodcut on paper; ed. #8/100
Dimensions: 13 x 19 in. (33 x 48.3 cm)
Notes:
signed, titled & editioned in pencil; monogrammed in the block
MBL130
In 1927, Phillips headed to the West Coast with the goal of sketching, and visiting his sister in Alert Bay. During this trip, he traveled with his brother-in-law, by boat, to several Siwash and Kwakiutl communities. His sketches of the villages, totems and zunuks provided Philips with inspiration for years to come.
Reference: pages 97-101 “The Life and Work of W. J. Phillips” (Boulet; M. B. Loates Publishing Ltd.; 1981)
LOT: 110
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Pauta Saila
Title: DANCING BEAR
Medium: stone with bone inlays
Dimensions: 10.5 x 8 x 4.25 in. (26.7 x 20.3 x 10.8 cm)
Notes:
signed “Pauta” and faintly in syllabics
LOT: 109
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Noo Atsiaq
Title: DANCING BEAR
Date: 2011
Medium: serpentine
Dimensions: 18.5 x 14 x 10.5 in. (47 x 35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Notes:
signed in Roman and syllabics & dated; with igloo card
Note: Noo Atsiaq was born in Iqaluit. He began to carve when he was about 10 years old, learning from his father, grandfather and others in the community. He later moved to Cape Dorset to focus on his carving, where he apprenticed with artist Nuna Parr for a number of years.
LOT: 108
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Johnny Inukpuk
Title: MOTHER HOLDING BABY
Date: 1976
Medium: serpentine
Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 5.5 in. (29.2 x 22.9 x 14 cm)
Notes:
dated & inscribed “5-45487
LOT: 106
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Mark Totan
Title: MOTHER BEAR AND CUBS
Medium: alabaster
Dimensions: largest 5.75 x 8.5 x 6.5 in. (14.6 x 21.6 16.5 cm)
Notes:
each piece signed in Roman
LOT: 105
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Nuna Parr
Title: DANCING BEAR
Medium: serpentine
Dimensions: 15 x 11.5 x 6.75 in. (38.1 x 29.2 x 17.1 cm)
Notes:
signed in Roman; with igloo card
Note: Nuna Parr was born near Cape Dorset, and raised by his adoptive parents, Parr and Eleeshushe, early graphic artists. The family moved to Cape Dorset in 1960, and Nuna began carving in the 1960s while still in school. He favoured animals, particular bears in expressive poses, and developed great skill in working with the natural grain of the stone. Nuna Parr is Canada’s most accomplished and recognized living Inuit artist. He is particularly acclaimed for his dancing bears, which are characterized by their natural movement and rounded form.
LOT: 104
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Steve Hoar
Title: ROLLING THUNDER
Medium: bronze; ed. #4/20
Dimensions: 16 x 30 x 14 in. (40.6 x 76.2 x 35.6 cm), excluding base
Notes:
signed & editioned; titled on artist’s brass plaque
LOT: 103
Auction: 2019 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
