
Ingmars Lindbergs
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"Polar bears are playful when there's nobody around. They're playful, but you have to look at them without letting them know. They're playful as long as they don't see a human around, or the dogs chasing them. I've never taken any pictures, it just stayed in my memory when I saw the polar bears dancing..." Pauta Saila, interviewed 2004, as quoted in Hessel, Ingo, "Arctic Spirit: The Albrecht Collection of Inuit Art", 2006, University of Toronto Press, p.90
Provenance
Purchased from The Gallery of Eskimo Art, Santa Monica, CA, 1983; the handwritten bill of sale accompanies the lot