#123 • Large Inuit marble sculpture of a polar bear possibly by Paul Malliki (Repulse Bay)

Part of Rice Collection PART II and FINAL (timed auction by Beck Estates)

High bid $4,179.00

Status: Sold

Category: Sculpture

Large Inuit marble sculpture of a polar bear; 21"L x 14"H. No base. Purchased in 2000 at Arctic Art for $10k. Paul Malliki (b:1956); Inuit art sculpture carver; Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada. His work can be found in many private and public collections and is in demand at galleries across North America, including Fehley Fine Arts Gallery in Toronto and the Judy Birch Gallery in Virginia and Nova Scotia.  He has had many prestigious commissions, including presentation gifts to Prime Minister Brian Mulrony and Jean Cretien, and the Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.  In 2000. he was also commissioned to produce a carving of ptarmigan for the Official Symbols Project for the Legislative building in Iqaluit, and in 1999 was 1 of 6 artists who made the Nunavut Mace.  He was also invited to participate in the sculpting symposium- Stories in Stone, and has been repeatedly invited to attend the Nunavut Arts and Crafts Associations annual Arts Festival.