DR. LEWIS TAUBER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART

Soapstone "Drum Dancer", Cape Dorset, Oc. '81 - length 36.2cm (14 1/4in), height 27.9cm (11in), animal skin drum to be reattached, with tag

Soapstone "Walrus", community of Iqaluit, Oct. 89, with tag - height 10.2cm (4in), missing a tusk

Stone carving "Muskox", artist from Lake Harbour, 1937-2007, with tag "Oct. '86" - length 19.1cm (7 1/2in)

Stonecut "Study", signed, 1973, community of Great Whale River, 24/30 - unframed 45.7 x 63.5cm (18 x 25in)

Whalebone "Walrus", community of Clyde River, tag #8912-643, Oct. 89 - length 24.1cm (9 1/2in); due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Soapstone carving "Seated Man Pulling", scratch numbered "E-9-777" - height 9.5cm (3 3/4in);  Peter Kasudluak, a carver from Inukjuak, northern Quebec 

Taller 25.4cm (10in)

Colour lithograph "Fish and Loons", Dorset 1975, 33/36, signed - unframed 55.9 x 66cm (22 x 26in)

Large stone carving of a hunter wearing a parka with his legs in the grip of a bear's claws - height 43.2cm (17in)

Whalebone carving "Walrus", March '89, community of Clyde River, with tag - 17.1cm (6 3/4in) high; due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Stone carving "Bird", artist born 1934, Coral Harbour, N.W.T., Aug. '82, with tag - height 18.4cm (7 1/4in)

Engraving "Kayak Hunter", signed and titled in syllabic, Cape Dorset 1963, 49/50, unframed 27.9 x 33cm (11 x 13in) - this important early work was illustrated in Blodgett's book on I

Stone carving "Seal", community of Coppermine, with tag #8420 30 - length 17.1cm (6 3/4in)

Major stone sculpture "Drummer", community of Pangnirtung, N.W.T., Nov. 81, with tag 8110-1156 - height 29.2cm (11 1/2in), his right hand missing beater

Stone carving "Hawk", #5658, scratch signed monogram "DK" - height 14.6cm (5 3/4in)

Untitled signed in pencil with one "Saggiak" 50/50, other "Ottochee" 14/50 - approximately 22.9 x 30.5cm (9 x 12in)

Stone carving "Hunter and Seal", community of Akulivik, 1984, with tag - height 8.9cm (3 1/2in)

Grey stone sculpture "Bear and Spirit Hunter", scratch signed, carving number 827-690, appears at one time figure held a spear - height 36.8cm (14 1/2in), width 41.9cm (16 1/2in)

Green stone sculpture "Bear Spirit Transformation", community of Pond Inlet, N.W.T., Dec. '81, with tag - height 21.6cm (8 1/2in)

Colour lithograph "Spirit of the Land, Spirit of the Water", 1971, 31/32, signed, unframed - 54.6 x 78.7cm (21 1/2 x 31in), some minor foxing upper right margin

Stone carving "Standing Bear on Ice Floor", scratch signed, Cape Dorset school - height 27.9cm (11in)

Whalebone carving "Man/Duck" artist born 1953 community of Clyde RIver, March '88, with tag 8812-370 - length 41.9cm (16 1/2in), height 18.4cm (7 1/4in); due to import restrictions,

Grey stone carving "Kneeling Woman with Seal", #E.9.1165 - height 15.9cm (6 1/4in), small chip on seal's tail; Maggie Ittuvik Tayarak (also known as Ituvik and Taiarak), a carver from Kangiqsujuaq,

Colour stonecut "Each Depends on the Other", artist from Tarivmuaq (Chantrey Inlet, N.W.T.), 1934-2010 - unframed 63.5 x 94cm (25 x 37in)

Stone sculpture "Man and Seal", March '82, with tag 82221-411 - length 22.2cm (8 3/4in)

Stone carving "Bird", from community of Povungnituk, 1984, tag (954)-1-32439 - height 9.5cm (3 3/4in)

Major stone sculpture "Spirit Bird and Seal", no signature visible, exhibition quality being approximately 55.9cm (22in) long, 27.9cm (11in) high

Lithograph "Umiak", Cape Dorset, 1973, 34/50 - unframed 25.4 x 29.8cm (10 x 11 3/4in)

Stone and bone sculpture "Hunter and Seal", Repulse Bay, with tag 809 - height 10.8cm (4 1/4in); due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Stone sculpture "Mermaid", Cape Dorset, June '82, with tag, carving number 829-1019, near base is incised "Etegata" in block letters - height 26.7cm (10 1/2in)

Stonecut and stencil "A Mother thinks of her Family", Dorset 1982, 36/50, signed - unframed 49.5 x 61cm (19 1/2 x 24in)

Stone sculpture "Bear and Seal", Eskimo Point community, March '82, with tag 8216-034 - length 33cm (13in)

Grey stone sculpture "Waving Figure", underneath scratch signed "CC.O" - height 24.1cm (9 1/2in)

Stone cut "Ptarmigan", 1968, 14/50, signed - unframed, image 29.8 x 24.1cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/2in)

Stone sculpture "Man Hunting Bird", community of Cjoa Haven, Aug. '88, with tag 8821-302 - height 24.1cm (9 1/2in), width 24.1cm (9 1/2in), his right hand holed

Handcrafted skin and bone - length 52.1cm (20 1/2in); due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Stonecut and stencil "The First Policeman I Saw", Dorset 1978, 29/50, signed - unframed 61 x 73.7cm (24 x 29in)

Stone sculpture "Spirit Figure", scratch signed, carving #819-511 - length 30.5cm (12in)

Stone carving "Bird", Sanikiluaq community, Sept./87, tag 877-2895 - height 24.1cm (9 1/2in)

Colour lithograph "Our first Wooden Home", Dorset 1979, 20/50, signed - unframed 50.8 x 66cm (20 x 26in)

Stone carving "Man and Seal", one tusk missing and other broken, April 1980, #8010-407 - height 17.8cm (7in)

Stone carving on lucite display base "Owl", tag 0967 - overall height 27.9cm (11in)

Lithograph untitled, #40/50, signed - unframed image 22.9 x 30.5cm (9 x 12in)

Stone carving "Spirt Figure", handwritten tag with carving #8316-777 - height 26.7cm (10 1/2in)

Whalebone "Seal", community of Clyde, N.W.T., Han. '80, tag #8012-3077 - length 58.4cm (23in); due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Stonecut and stencil #29/50, Dorset 1978, signed - unframed 63.5 x 85.7cm (25 x 33 3/4in)

Green serpentine soapstone sculpture "Hunter", community of Pang Nirtung, N.W.T. - height 33cm (13in)

Stone carving "Whale" - length 13.3cm (5 1/4in)

Stonecut "Family with Seals", 34/50, Dorset 1974, signed - unframed 25.4 x 29.8cm (10 x 11 3/4in)

Stone carving "Seal", A1414 - 30.5cm (12in) long x 17.8cm (7in) wide

Stone and whalebone sculpture "Narwhale on Base", community of Lake Harbour, N.W.T., Jul.

Original colour pencil, untitled, signed in syllabic lower right - unframed 55.9 x 76.2cm (22 x 30in)

White stone carving of a recumbent transformation spirit figure, scratch signed in syllabics underneath - length 15.9cm (6 1/4in)

Stone carving "Bird", community of Povungnituk, Que., 1978, #308-1831 - height 23.5cm (9 1/4in), small bruise mark at base

Stonecut "Playing Drum", 1974, 30/47 - unframed 54 x 52.7cm (21 1/4 x 20 3/4in)

Stone carving of a standing figure leaning back toward the sky, carving #8118-600 - 24.1cm (9 1/2in) high

Whalebone carving "Seal", community of Clyde River, Feb. '89, 8912-83 - length 24.1cm (9 1/2in); due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Lithograph "Playing Under a Spring Sky", Dorset 1978, 48/50, signed - unframed 61.6 x 78.1cm (24 1/4 x 30 3/4in)

Green soapstone "Male Drummer" - height 45.1cm (17 3/4in), carving #819-812

Stone carving "Man", community of Baker Lake, April '89, signed in syllabic, tag 8917-4 - height 14cm (5 1/2in)

Colour lithograph "Seagull and Muskox", Dorset 1980, 49/50, signed - not framed 55.9 x 76.2cm (22 x 30in)

Major soapstone sculpture "Scenic: Bear and Hunter", community of Sunikiluaq, N.W.T., Mar. '82, with tag 827 690 - approximately 30.5 x 30.5 x 17.8cm (12 x 12 x 7in) high

Whalebone carving "Man - Totem Spirit", community of Clyde River, Nov.

Lithograph "Musk-Ox", Dorset 1977, 25/60, signed - not framed 31.1 x 45.7cm (12 1/4 x 18in)

Stone carving "Six Seals", community of Sugluk, Que., Sept. '81, tag 813 304 - length 33cm (13in), one corner of base has a small chip

"Seal on Rock" signed Salaraiase, #874495, height 11.4cm (4 1/2in) together with "Seal" with tag "Naujat Repulse Bay, #7033", length 11.4cm (4 1/2in)

Fabric wall hanging, community of Eskimo Point, 1.35m x 91.4cm (53 x 36in)

Stone carving "Narwhal", signed in syllabic, carving #825-058 - length excluding tusk 39.4cm (15 1/2in)

Green serpentine stone carving "Owl", Cape Dorset Nov. '81, tag 819-1140 - length 19.1cm (7 1/2in)

Colour pencil of muskox, bear and hunter signed lower right with unknown monogram - unframed 52.7 x 74.9cm (20 3/4 x 29 1/2in)

Silkscreen composition in green, black and red, signed, 1973, #31/40 - not framed 53.3 x 73cm (21 x 28 3/4in)

Lithograph "Sentinels", Cape Dorset 1973, 19/50, signed - not framed 62.2 x 85.7cm (24 1/2 x 33 3/4in)

Silkscreen "Tuniks", artist is from Port Harrison, Quebec, 1973, 9/39, signed - not framed 74.3 x 53.3cm (29 1/4 x 21in)

Stone carving "Man", Cape Dorset May '87, tag 879-410 - height 25.4cm (10in)

Colour silkscreen #28/46, 1973, signed - unframed 48.3 x 61cm (19 x 24in)

James Bay area, tallest 34.3cm (13 1/2in)

Colour stonecut "The Shamans Power Beings" by Victoria Mamnguqsualak, Samson Kayuryu and Moses(?) Nagyugalik, 1973, 40/50 - not framed 63.5 x 94cm (25 x 37in)

Green soapstone carving of a hunter and walrus, harpoon broken and no tusks - length 30.5cm (12in), height 21.6cm (8 1/2in)

Engraving "Bear Hunt", Cape Dorset 1963, 38/50, old Waddingtons auction tag - matted 22.9 x 30.5cm (9 x 12in)

Whalebone carving of a male torso - 10.2cm (4in) high, 17.8cm (7in) wide, hands fitted to hold tools/weapons; due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Stonecut "Caribou Hunters Crossing a Lake", printed by Annie Ammamatuak, 1975, 15/50 - not framed 63.5 x 86.4cm (25 x 34in)

Large stone carving of a standing walrus - 31.8cm (12 1/2in) high

Stonecut "Sea Spirit", 1972, 28/41, signed - not framed 43.2 x 61cm (17 x 24in)

Stone carving "Woman/Kayak", community of Inukjuak, March '89, tag 891-121 - length 34.3cm (13 1/2in)

Stonecut of a group of igloos, 1973, 23/30, signed and titled in syllabic - not framed 63.5 x 94cm (25 x 37in)

Whalebone carving "Fish", Clyde River, March 1988, tag 8812-381 - length 57.2cm (22 1/2in); due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Colour lithograph "Fishing", Dorset 1976, 11/50, signed, old Ritchie's auction tag - not framed 52.1 x 66cm (20 1/2 x 26in)

Stone carving of a large standing walrus, carving #899-142 - 46.4cm (18 1/4in) high

Colour stonecut "Evil Spirits", 1971, 37/50, signed - not framed 66 x 82.6cm (26 x 32 1/2in)

Stone carving of a bird and nest, community of Akulivik, 1983, signed, tag 11A-18 232 - height 9.5cm (3 3/4in), length 12.7cm (5in)

Koviaktiuiak "Kayakmen", 19/50, 1973, 25.4 x 30.5cm (10 x 12in); Jamasie "Two Young Hunters", 1973, 19/50, 29.8 x 25.4cm (11 3/4 x 10in)

Carved whalebone totem style carving of diving fish - height 41.3cm (16 1/4in); due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Lithograph "The Beast",1971, 31/47, signed - not framed 66 x 83.8cm (26 x 33in)

Green soapstone carving "Standing Man", scratch signed in syllabic - 29.2cm (11 1/2in) high

(2) signed, undated, untitled and unframed works - 40/50, 22.9 x 30.5cm (9 x 12in) and other 28/50, 22.9 x 29.2cm (9 x 11 1/2in)

Whalebone carving of walruses on an ice floe - length 33cm (13in); due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Lithograph "Danger of Wolves", 1974, signed, 42/50 - not framed 63.5 x 94cm (25 x 37in)

Stone carving "Raven", Cape Dorset, 1977 - 13.3cm (5 1/4in) high

Etching "The Fisherman", 1964, 16/50 - not framed 30.5 x 25.4cm (12 x 10in)

Stone carving of a standing figure, community of Hall Beach, tag 7457, artist was born in 1939 - 23.5cm (9 1/4in) high

Stonecut, Dorset 1974, 42/50, signed - unframed 62.2 x 86.4cm (24 1/2 x 34in)

Stone carving "Bird", community of Jugluk, 1981, tag 4-11 781 - height 25.4cm (10in)

Unframed - Kiakshuk, 1/50, 22.9 x 29.8cm (9 x 11 3/4in); Eegvudluk, 47/50, 22.9 x 30.5cm (9 x 12in); Iyola, 3/50, 16.5 x 8.9cm (6 1/2 x 3 1/2in); Ottochie, 3/50, 10.2 x 15.2cm (4 x 6in)

Bone and stone "Totem: Spirit Piece", Repulse Bay - 21cm (8 1/4in) high; due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Stonecut with igloo, bear, Inuit, dogs, ice saw, and more; titled and signed in syllabic, 1975, 14/45, old Waddingtons auction number - unframed 52.7 x 85.7cm (20 3/4 x 33 3/4in)

Whalebone carving "Narwhal", artist was born 1969, Clyde River, tag 8812-1334, Nov.

Colour signed in syllabic, 1973, 23/38, 49.5 x 63.5cm (19 1/2 x 25in); Ulayu, Dorset 1978, 48/50, 45.7 x 61.6cm (18 x 24 1/4in); Tookoome, 1970, 28/50, 47 x 64.8cm (18 1/2 x 25 1/2in); signed in sy

Stone carving "Hunter with Seal", community of Akuliuik, 1984, tag 11A - 14657 - 7.6cm (3in) high, 10.8cm (4 1/4in) wide

Colour stencil "Birds from Netsilik", 1976, 39/50 - not framed 42.5 x 61.6cm (16 3/4 x 24 1/4in)

Stone carving "Bird", #E7-426, label underneath "c. 1960" - height 17.8cm (7in), some scratches on surface

Saggiak, no date, 18/50, 22.9 x 30.5cm (9 x 12in); Emerak/Peter Paluik "First White Man's Ship", 1982, 20/50, 38.1 x 45.7cm (15 x 18in)

Bone carving "Standing Figure", 1980, 5 - 3787 - 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high; due to import restrictions, this item cannot be shipped to the U.S.

Silkscreen "Game of Strength", 1973, 11/46 - not framed 48.3 x 61cm (19 x 24in)

Major stone carving "Bear Eating Walrus", community of Pangnurtung, N.W.T., Sept. '81, carving #8110-988 - length 41.9cm (16 1/2in), height 22.9cm (9in)

Colour stonecut "Spirit Owl", Dorset 1975, 40/50 - not framed 61 x 85.1cm (24 x 33 1/2in)

"Standing Drummer", 19.1cm (7 1/2in) high less drum; J. Oleekatalik "Man Drummer", Spence Bay, 1989, length overall 19.7cm (7 3/4in) - both have drilled bases

Green felt approximately 40.6 x 68.6cm (16 x 27in)

Ottochu, no date, 36/50, 22.9 x 30.5cm (9 x 12in); signed in syllabic, 1963, 30/50, 24.8 x 29.8cm (9 3/4 x 11 3/4in)

"Squatting Woman", #8917-43, 11.4cm (4 1/2in) high; Maudie Ohiktook, "Sitting Man", Spence Bay, Aug. '86, tag #8622 - 8, height 24.8cm (9 3/4in), one hand repaired