Inuit Soapstone Sculpture of Crouched Figure , Signed and Numbered tole painted cigarette tin with carved notch at the

with carved notch at the end that also looks a bit like an old key

Teppich produced a series of 24 figurines in total

and the French title--"L'Homme avec son ours" (Man with his bear)--written on the underside perfectly articulates the best friend status of this particular bear

" (In 1929 the company outfitted Charles Lindberg for his  his historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean

Inuit Soapstone Sculpture of Crouched Figure , Signed and Numbered tole painted cigarette tin with carved notch at theI am completely taken with this the sculpture, which, like so much of the best Inuit art, holds a range of gestures and emotions in balance in a beautiful, and nuanced way. To me, this figure with wonderfully broad shoulders echoing the breadth of one lowered and one raised knee appears almost buddha like in his posture and poise, while his one cocked foot asserts complete engagement with his surroundings and readiness to rise at any moment. A number