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Artist
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 – 2013, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KeN.04.01
Description
General colour: black and blue. Black silhouettes of birds and figures on charcoal blue ground. Three figures, two at the top. Bird in lower left corner stands on a rock. Center bird has four legs and a pinwheel tail.The National Gallery of Canada also has this print in their collection.
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Artist
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 – 2013, Canadian)
Title
Complex of Birds
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
45.3 x 55.4 cm
Description
General colour: black and blue. Black silhouettes of birds and figures on charcoal blue ground. Three figures, two at the top. Bird in lower left corner stands on a rock. Center bird has four legs and a pinwheel tail.The National Gallery of Canada also has this print in their collection.
Subject
animal, bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
KeN.04.01
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Artist
Napatchie Pootoogook (1938 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NeP.04.01
Description
Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture,…
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Artist
Napatchie Pootoogook (1938 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Sea Dreams
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 60.5 cm
Description
Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture, below this image is another scene. An animal/man with horns, holding a spear and horns is facing another animal/man, behind them a small bird. They are all standing on a large, black whale. brc artist's carver's chop in red and Dorset chop in black.
Subject
activity, hunting
fishing
mythological
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
NeP.04.01
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Artist
Jessie Oonark (1906 – , Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
OoJ.04.01
Description
A line rendering, abstract definition, of a fully clad Inuit woman. Artist's and carver's chop in red, and Dorset chop blc. Written on back in graphite: 287 - DOR/F.A. 1960
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Artist
Jessie Oonark (1906 – , Canadian)
Title
Inland Eskimo Woman
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
52.4 x 31.1 cm
Description
A line rendering, abstract definition, of a fully clad Inuit woman. Artist's and carver's chop in red, and Dorset chop blc. Written on back in graphite: 287 - DOR/F.A. 1960
Subject
figure, woman
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
OoJ.04.01
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Two-Faced Sea Spirit

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Artist
Eegyvudluk Ragee (1920 – 1983, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
EeG.04.02
Description
Bold, almost all black image centered on paper. Facing left the spirit has two faces on an animal-part-fish.Bottom reads “Two-faced Sea Spirit Stone Cut 47/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island ‘60 Eejyvudluk” Back reads “205 DOR/L 1960 - “7””Red chop denotes Egevadluq Ragee, black igloo chop denotes West …
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Artist
Eegyvudluk Ragee (1920 – 1983, Canadian)
Title
Two-Faced Sea Spirit
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 37.5 cm
Description
Bold, almost all black image centered on paper. Facing left the spirit has two faces on an animal-part-fish.Bottom reads “Two-faced Sea Spirit Stone Cut 47/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island ‘60 Eejyvudluk” Back reads “205 DOR/L 1960 - “7””Red chop denotes Egevadluq Ragee, black igloo chop denotes West Baffin Eskimo Coop.Since only two chops are present, this tells us that the artist, Egevadluq, was the artist as well as the printer.
Subject
mythological
sea
spirit
face
fish
aquatic
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EeG.04.02
Images
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