#10 • Jessie Oonark "Pipe Dreams" Print

Part of March 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $1,000.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

A signed and numbered 21/50 stonecut and stencil titled "Pipe Dreams", c.1985 by Inuk artist Jessie Oonark (1906-1985) of the Utkuhiksalingmiut (the people of the place where there is soapstone), now Nunavut, Canada. Oonark started painting later in life, at approximately fifty-four years old, and continued for the next nineteen years, becoming one of Canada's most well-known Inuit artists. This contemporary artwork depicts a fish-like creature with a wide ribbed body in alternating complimentary blue and orange colors for a high level of contrast; it has a humanesque face, appearing to be smoking a green pipe. Piece is shrink-wrapped on board and measures approximately 31.75" x 34".