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Property from a New Mexico Estate, Lots 28-37
Lot 36P

Four Inuit sculptures

1 May 2020, 10:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$510 inc. premium

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Four Inuit sculptures

Including three works by Eli Sallualu Qinuajua, Puvirnituq/Povungnituk, (1937-2004), each titled "Creature," variously signed and inscribed; and "Squawking Creature," 1983, by Joe Adlaka Aculiak, Inukjuak/Port Harrison, (b.1936), dated, signed in syllabics and with Canadian Eskimo Art sticker on the underside.
heights 5in - 1 3/4in

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Provenance
Aculiak "Squawking Creature" sold at Waddington's, November 2016, Inuit Art Online Auction, lot 382, a copy of the invoice of which accompanies the lot (originally sold together with another work by Qinuajua); each Qinuajua "Creature" sold at Waddington's, June 2014 (invoice included), November 2014 (invoice included), and February 2019, respectively

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