INUIT CARVING by
ISAACI OSUITUQ (Isaac Osuitok)
Son of Osuituq Aipeelie (Osuitok Ipeelee)
OWL, ca. 1960s
Carved stone, serpentine
8.5 x 8 x 3.5 inches
signed in syllabics on bottom

$2,800.
 

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"This is signed by Isaaci Osuituq, the late son of the late master sculptor, Osuituq Aipeelie. He was my best friend as a boy, but committed suicide as a youth. Isaaci never got to realize his full potential, as an artist or as a human being...it is well conceived and has some power."

~ John Houston
Houston North Gallery,
Nova Scotia, Canada