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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Modern Native American Art
Los Angeles - On August 30, Bonhams will sell the Wendy and Les Fisher Collection of Canadian Inuit Sculpture in their Modern Native American Art sale. The collection, which Dr. Lester Fisher – renowned director of the Lincoln Park Zoo and beloved Chicago personality – and his late wife Wendy amassed together throughout their lives, features 98 lots of primarily Inuit art, including wonderful sculptures, prints, and one original drawing. The works mainly center on animals and human-animal transformations as subject matter. Leading the group is a Judas Ullulaq sculpture, a hunter with goggles holding a caribou, carved in stone with wood and bone elements. The work is estimated to achieve $15,000 – 20,000.
Bonhams Director of Native American Art Ingmars Lindbergs commented, "Dr. Les Fisher is really excited to be able to share his beautiful collection of Inuit art with buyers who will enjoy it as much as he and his late wife Wendy did. The phenomenal animal sculptures were arranged throughout the couple's home; they lived with the beloved and beautiful works every day for many years. By that token, the works were also only viewed by their close friends and family members, so the entire collection is wonderfully fresh to market."
Another highlight within the sale is a stone sculpture by Luke Anowtalik, a human-animal transformational figure topped with antlers. This work is estimated at $4,000 – 6,000. And a third sculpture highlight is a piece by Barnabus Arnasungaaq, an abstract muskox with smiling human face in its chest, also a transformation figure. This work is estimated at $1,000 – 1,500.
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