Striking Signed Inuit Black Stone Duck trompe l'oeil and a bit of moodiness

and a bit of moodiness to those quiet purples and grays--maybe ethereal is a better word

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and shelves stacked with mis-matched teacups

It is cut of galvanized tin and very sharp around the edges

While I purchased it in Massachusetts

Striking Signed Inuit Black Stone Duck trompe l'oeil and a bit of moodinessI find the form of this one so beautiful, with the neck and body forming a nearly perfect 90 degree angle, like a perfectly bent elbow, and then almost an exact 45 degree angle could be drawn from beak to tail. I have often said my favorite Inuit pieces hold multiple states or opposing gestures in harmonic balance, which I think this carving does in the most succinct way possible, body pointing straight ahead, head turned straight back. Lovely. 3 l x