Kananginak Pootoogook "amaulik Common Eider" 1965
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KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK, RCA (CANADIAN INUIT, 1935–2010)
ENGRAVING ON PAPER, SIGNED, TITLED, DATED, AND NUMBERED 31/50 LOWER MARGIN
THE ORIGINAL ENGRAVING, ENTITLED "AMAULIK COMMON EIDER", CAPTURES AN ARCTIC DUCK EXTENDING ITS BODY IN A KINETIC, FORWARD-STRETCHING POSE WITH OPEN BILL.
9.75 X 11.75 IN PLATE
16.5 X 21.25 IN FRAMED
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK WAS A MONUMENTAL PIONEER OF CANADIAN INUIT GRAPHIC ART, ACCLAIMED AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY WEST BAFFIN ESKIMO CO-OPERATIVE IN CAPE DORSET (KINNGAIT). AN EXTRAORDINARY PRINTSMITH, DESIGNER, AND HISTORIAN OF THE ARCTIC NATURAL WORLD, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN INITIATING THE EXCLUSIVE CAPE DORSET PRINTS COLLECTION ANNUAL RELEASES IN 1959. HIS COMPOSITIONS ARE CELEBRATED GLOBALLY FOR THEIR REMARKABLE COMBINATION OF ACUTE ZOOLOGICAL OBSERVA...
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