#6 • Rie Muñoz "Eskimo With Crab" Beach Plank Cheese Board c.1967

Part of The Works of Rie Muñoz Art Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $500.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

A hand-painted cheese board on wood by Alaska artist Rie Muñoz. In August 1967, the artist spent a month in Skagway during which she sketched and painted watercolors of the area, and additionally went beachcombing to gather old beach planks that had turned silver in the sun. Rie would sketch a design, she and her son would paint them, and then Rie would outline the image in black. She and Juan sold the boards for $5 to $10 each to tourists passing through Skagway that summer. This example depicts an Alaska Native women in a black kuspuk, grasping an Alaska king crab within her hands; it is entitled "Eskimo with Crab" and initialed "R.M" by the artist en verso. The board has a drilled hole at one end with a leather thong for hanging; the board measures approximately 9" x 6.75" wide.