VINTAGE 7" Walking Bear by Late Tommy Takpanie Sr RCA *Intrepid*

Inuit art: Walking Bear, c.a. mid-1980's
Inuit Artist: Tommy Takpanie Sr. (1936 - 2013) RCA
Size: 7" Long, 2" wide, 2.5" tall
Community: Cape Dorset, NU
Stone: Serpentine
id: b-6608fbjy

This is a high-quality museum/auction type piece by one of the best Inuit artists ever to live - Tommy Takpanie Sr. (1936 - 2013)

It is a Museum caliber piece that is very hard to find for anyone's Inuit art collection. 

What really captivates me regarding this piece is the precise detail Tommy Sr. was able to put into this bear. You even see the subtle details of the bear's bone structure, muscle tone on its back, and its realistic movement.

Moreover, the reflective deep Golden stone really makes this piece illuminate its surroundings.

Exhibitions
Bears of the North
Snow Goose Associates

Collectible Sculpture 1987
Webster Galleries

Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo
Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College

Images from the Arctic
Galerie D'Art Vincent

Images of the Far North
Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York

Inuit Sculpture
Gallery Marie-Louise Wirth

Iqaluit
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

The Bears of Tommy Tukpanie
Presented at the Ninth Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Associations of the English Speaking World, Toronto Convention Centre by Arctic Experience Gallery

Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art Sculpture in Stone
Images of the North

Wildlife and Nature in Art
Arctic Experience

Public Collections
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull

Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City

Glenbow Museum
Calgary

McMaster University Art Gallery
Hamilton

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