Name/Title
[Untranslated Title], 1996Entry/Object ID
2021.11Description
Drawing of three eider ducks—one smaller female duck on the left and two larger male ducks in the middle and on the right.Artwork Details
Medium
Colored pencil and felt tip ink on paperContext
Kananginak Pootoogook (1935–2010) was perhaps the most prolific artist to emerge from the Kinngait community and his works were included in all but three of the annual collections between the years of 1959–2010. Instrumental in developing the art scene in Kingait for over 50 years, Kananginak was an accomplished printmaker who produced copper engravings, stonecuts, stencils, lithographs, etchings, and sculptural work. Known in particular for his expertise in representing Arctic wildlife, Kananginak’s specialty was depicting native birds. This work is particularly representative of this latter aspect of Kananginak’s artistic output and is unique in that it is an original sketch, as opposed to the stonecut prints for which the Kinngait artists are best known.Acquisition
Accession
2021.06-13Source or Donor
Dick Hamilton, Jan HamiltonAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Dick and Jan HamiltonMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Pootoogook, KananginakRole
Print MakerDate made
1996Ethnography
Cultural Region
Hamlet
KinngaitIsland
Dorset IslandTerritory
NunavutCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaCulture/Tribe
Inuit
First Nation, Native American
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
BottomTranslation
When the (male?) eider ducks have arrived in the Arctic, the mate(?)/mating place(?) is ready(?) so they want to get close(?), end of June, Nunavut, Kinngait, Kananginaaq 1996Material/Technique
PencilLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
DrawingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Indigenous peoples, DucksDimensions
Height
20 inWidth
26-1/4 inColor
Brown, Blue, Yellow, Black