Noah Koughajuke Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1899 - d. 1976

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    • 20th C. Inuit Stone Seal + Walrus & Spirit Heads
      Sep. 29, 2023

      20th C. Inuit Stone Seal + Walrus & Spirit Heads

      Est: $600 - $900

      **Originally Listed At $350** (1) Noah Koughajuke (disc number E7-210, Lake Harbour / Kimmirut, 1899-1976). Seal. Soapstone carving, n.d. Signed with disc number and syllabics on underside of base; (2) Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (disc number E7-99, Lake Harbour / Kimmirut, 1937-2007). Walrus Head and Spirit Head. Soapstone carving, n.d. Signed with disc number and syllabics on underside of base. A beautiful pair of soapstone carvings: a seal by Noah Koughajuke and a spirit head and walrus head by Nuyaliaq Qimirpik. First, the seal presents a smooth blubbery body as his head stretches forward displaying petite, target motif eyes and a rounded snout with a delineated mouth and nostrils. Alternatively, the other carving displays the head of a walrus with bone tusks rising from an asymmetrical base next to a spirit head with anthropomorphic features surmounted by a protruding seal head. Size of largest (seal): 7.5" L x 3.2" W x 1.9" H (19 cm x 8.1 cm x 4.8 cm) Though many people think of Nuyaliaq Qimirpik as a carver of muskoxen, for a period of 3 years in the late 1960s Nuyaliaq led a group of carvers in Kimmirut in creating a remarkable group of spirit carvings at the request of a local schoolteacher Tony Whitbourne who was buying carvings for the government for the time. he same sort of spiritual flowering of art had occurred in nearby Cape Dorset in the early 1960s, in both graphic art and sculpture; however that florescence was more sustained, is far better documented, and never completely died out. Nuyaliaq’s Walrus and Spirit Head sculpture is an important example of this style. A stone sculpture titled "Horned Spirit And Owl" by Nuyaliaq Qimirpik sold for $9,600 CAD (equivalent to $7,296 USD) on May 28th, 2019 at Waddington's Auction House in Toronto (lot 23). Provenance: private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #178794

      Artemis Gallery
    • NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), INUK HOLDING A WHALE, stone, antler, 5" x 4" x 2" - 12.7 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm.
      Jun. 02, 2014

      NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), INUK HOLDING A WHALE, stone, antler, 5" x 4" x 2" - 12.7 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm.

      Est: $500 - $700

      NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7-210, LAKE HARBOURINUK HOLDING A WHALEstone, antler, signed in syllabics and disc number5" x 4" x 2" - 12.7 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm.

      Waddington's
    • NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7-210, Lake HarbourSEATED MAN WITH CHILD AND SEAL EFFIGY, stone, c. 1962, signed in syllabicsKnown for intimate sculptures of families or mothers with child, perhaps Koughajuke is depicting a father telling his young son
      Nov. 05, 2012

      NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7-210, Lake HarbourSEATED MAN WITH CHILD AND SEAL EFFIGY, stone, c. 1962, signed in syllabicsKnown for intimate sculptures of families or mothers with child, perhaps Koughajuke is depicting a father telling his young son

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7-210, Lake HarbourSEATED MAN WITH CHILD AND SEAL EFFIGY, stone, c. 1962, signed in syllabicsKnown for intimate sculptures of families or mothers with child, perhaps Koughajuke is depicting a father telling his young son of the seal hunt., 6" x 5.5" x 3.25" - 15.2 x 14 x 8.3 cm.Est. $800/1,200Provenance: James Houston, 1968,Private collection, U.S.A,,Note: For a similar work see, George Swinton, Sculpture of the Eskimo, 1972, back cover & page 113, plate 84.Also, Jean Blodgett, Selections from The John and Mary Robertson Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1986, page 64, 65 plates 42, 43From the above publication: "The two figures in the sculpture ... are united by their respective arms that merge without a break."

      Waddington's
    • NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), KIMMIRUT (LAKE HARBOUR)
      Nov. 13, 2011

      NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), KIMMIRUT (LAKE HARBOUR)

      Est: $1,500 - $2,000

      Mother and two children, ca. 1969, green stone, signed in syllabics and with disc no. E7-210, 6.5 x 3.5 x 5 in, 16 x 9 x 13 cm Provenance: John and Mary Robertson Collection Exhibited and illustrated in Jean Blodgett, "Selections from the John and Mary Robertson Collection of Inuit Sculpture," Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University 1986 (cat. #43).

      Walker's
    • NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7-210, Lake Harbour
      Nov. 09, 2009

      NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7-210, Lake Harbour

      Est: $300 - $500

      NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7-210, Lake Harbour HAWK AND PREY, stonecut, 1961, 28/70, unframed, 9" x 9.75" - 22.9 x 24.8 cm.

      Waddington's
    • Inuit Art: NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7- 210,
      Apr. 15, 2008

      Inuit Art: NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7- 210,

      Est: $250 - $350

      Inuit Art: NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), E7- 210, Lake Harbour FOUR SEALS; HUNTER WITH SEAL, stone, signed in syllabics and disc number, 3.25" x 5" x 3" - 8.3 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm.

      Waddington's
    • Inuit Art
      Apr. 24, 2007

      Inuit Art

      Est: -

      NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976), Lake Harbour WALRUS

      Waddington's
    • Brighton Fall 2005 Inuit NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976) Disc No. E7-210 Lake Harbour A green stone sculpture of a walrus with inset tusks 20 30in - 8.00 cm.
      Dec. 04, 2005

      Brighton Fall 2005 Inuit NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976) Disc No. E7-210 Lake Harbour A green stone sculpture of a walrus with inset tusks 20 30in - 8.00 cm.

      Est: $100 - $150

      Brighton Fall 2005 Inuit NOAH KOUGHAJUKE (1899-1976) Disc No. E7-210 Lake Harbour A green stone sculpture of a walrus with inset tusks 20 30in - 8.00 cm.

      Waddington's
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