H&R 7" Covid Collection Hockey Player Bear by Jimmy Iqaluq

Inuit art: Hockey Player
Inuit Artist: Jimmy Iqaluq
Size: 7" high , 7" wide, 3" deep
Community: Sanikiluaq, NU
Stone: Argillite 
id: d-88377ajjjy
Provenance, June, 2020: This is the last piece we received during the Covid crisis. Jimmy is a huge Montreal Canadiens fan. And he understands that I am an even bigger fan. So in the spirit of the NHL announcing the playoffs would happen, and more importantly, the Montreal Canadians would squeak into the 24th and last playoff spot, Jimmy made this precious, once in a lifetime piece. It is my absolute favorite piece in the entire gallery.

Did you know Jimmy's famous loons with the red eye (one on display at the National Art Gallery of Canada) is the basis of our signature company Logo?

This is an absolutely rare piece. Only made in commemoration for the Montreal Canadiens, the suspension of the hockey season, and their soon to be playoff apparence in this years playoffs.

Jimmy Iqaluq (1947 - present)

Community: Sanikiluaq

Solo exhibition:
"An exhibition of art by Jimmy Iqaluq of Sanikiluaq", Indian and Inuit Art Gallery in the offices of the federal department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Hull, Ontario, Canada, 2005
Exhibitions:
"Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada", Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 1995
"Belcher Island Sculpture", Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Canada, 1980
"Belcher Island Sculpture", Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1981
"Sculpture from Belcher Islands", Images of the North, San Francisco, California, USA, 1981
"Belcher Island Community Sculpture", The Raven Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1981
"Baffin Images", Orca Aart, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1989
"Kunstwerke der Inuit", Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee, Grainau, Germany, 1993
"Share the Vision", Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1994
"Miniaturen", Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany, 1998

PROUDLY CANADIAN SINCE 2008