SOLD Inuit Soapstone Figure with Wonderful Face and Inlaid Eyes (Repairs to Feet) Edwin deming clean condition

clean condition

but is definitely reflective of his era at Bennington

) and sculptural rolls of yarn for hair

and super fun to use

but the paint is long gone if so

SOLD Inuit Soapstone Figure with Wonderful Face and Inlaid Eyes (Repairs to Feet) Edwin deming clean conditionThe whites of the eyes on the face of this fellow lend him a wonderful intensity I think, and as he surely once held tools in his hands, likely a harpoon in one, and or a string with fish, I might guess he was staring wide eyed at his catch. Object less now, I love the ambiguity of his pose, as if he might be holding up anything with a combination of pride and awe and reverence. It appears that his feet were re glued to the base at some point, but