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Eskimo Battling Polar Bear Sculpture, Lucassie Echalook

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Sculptures Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Eskimo Battling Polar Bear Sculpture, Lucassie Echalook
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Impressive sculpture of an Eskimo battling a ferocious bear. Sculpture attributed to Inuit artist, Lucassie Echalook who was born in 1942. Missing spear in this mortal battle. Several small bruises in the tail area. 11” x 7” x 9”. Echalook’s sculpture is usually a solid mass with few open spaces; his narrative scenes are compact, as if part of a single form. “An unusual feature of his sculpture is that he often aligns details, such as hands or faces, along the foreground edge, and his figures’ anatomical features are distorted into angular planes that converge abruptly, creating an effect that implies movement” (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1997). Moreover, Echalook’s faces can often be distinguished by their “almond-shaped eyes, broad noses, and wide mouths”. His sculptures are highly-polished, except for their bases. City: State: Arctic Regions Date: c.1980 HWAC# 50571