Germaine Arnaktauyok "needles and Needle Cases"
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GERMAINE ARNAKTAUYOK (CANADIAN INUIT, B. 1946)
ETCHING ON PAPER, SIGNED, TITLED, AND NUMBERED IN GRAPHITE
A METICULOUSLY DETAILED, INTELLECTUALLY RICH ORIGINAL ETCHING BY REVERED INUIT ARTIST GERMAINE ARNAKTAUYOK, TITLED "NEEDLES AND NEEDLE CASES." THE COMPOSITION COMPASSIONATELY CHRONICLES TRADITIONAL INUIT WOMEN'S DOMESTIC MATERIAL CULTURE, DEPICTING A ROW OF THREE TRADITIONAL BONE NEEDLES THREADED ONTO A SHAPED LEATHER PIECE NEXT TO TWO INTRICATELY CARVED AND ORNAMENTED SEWING CASES.
8 X 11.75 IN PLATE
16 X 19.75 IN FRAMED
BORN IN MANIITSOQ, GREENLAND IN 1946, GERMAINE ARNAKTAUYOK IS AN INUK PRINTMAKER, PAINTER, AND DRAWER ORIGINATING FROM THE IGLOOLIK AREA OF NUNAVUT. ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED INUIT GRAPHIC ARTISTS OF HER GENERATION, SHE IS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE FOR HER DESIGNS (INCLUD...
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