KANAYOOK (KANAYOOK AYUGAITANAK), E9-1662 (INUIT / CANADIAN, B. 1942), POVUNGNITUK (PUVIRNITUQ), NUNAVIK
ORIGINAL COLOUR STONECUT ON WOVE PAPER, TITLED "A BEAR CATCHES A FISH AND A SEAL FOR FOOD" (CAT. NO. 33), 1973, NUMBERED 5/30, INSCRIBED IN INUKTITUT SYLLABICS IN LOWER MARGIN AND ON THE STONE LOWER LEFT, BEARING THE RARE RED RUNNING OTTER POVUNGNITUK STUDIO STAMP LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA
14.75 X 21.75 IN AT SIGHT
21.25 X 28.25 IN FRAMED
PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL 1973 POVUNGNITUK ANNUAL PRINT COLLECTION UNDER CATALOGUE NO. 33 IN A RESTRICTED EDITION OF ONLY 30 IMPRESSIONS, "A BEAR CATCHES A FISH AND A SEAL FOR FOOD" RANKS AMONG THE DYNAMIC MASTERWORKS OF HUDSON BAY GRAPHIC ART. CONCEIVED BY KANAYOOK (B. 1942), SON OF CELEBRATED SCULPTOR AYUGAITANAK AND FORMER MANAGER OF THE POVUNGNITUK PRINT SHOP (UNTIL 1972), THE COMPOSITION DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL BALANCE OF MONUMENTAL FORM AND KINETIC ENERGY. PRESERVED IN CRISP CONDITION WITH FULL GRAPHITE MARGINS, COLOUR INTAGLIO STONEWORK, AND THE HISTORIC RED RUNNING OTTER STUDIO CHOP EXCLUSIVE TO 1973�1974 RELEASES, THIS IMPRESSION (5/30) CONSTITUTES A FIRMLY DOCUMENTED MUSEUM-CALIBRE NUNAVIK RELIEF PRINT.
KANAYOOK AYUGAITANA ‘BEAR CATCHES A FISH AND SEAL’
KANAYOOK (KANAYOOK AYUGAITANAK), E9-1662 (INUIT / CANADIAN, B. 1942), POVUNGNITUK (PUVIRNITUQ), NUNAVIK ORIGINAL COLOUR STONECUT ON WOVE PAPER, TITLED "A BEAR CATCHES A FISH AND A SEAL FOR FOOD" (CAT. NO. 33), 1973, NUMBERED 5/30, INSCRIBED IN INUKTITUT SYLLABICS IN LOWER MARGIN AND ON THE STONE LOWER LEFT, BEARING THE RARE RED RUNNING OTTER POVUNGNITUK…