[Untranslated Title], 1996

Name/Title

[Untranslated Title], 1996

Entry/Object ID

2021.11

Description

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 paper

Context

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

2021.06-13

Source or Donor

Dick Hamilton, Jan Hamilton

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dick and Jan Hamilton

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Pootoogook, Kananginak

Role

Print Maker

Date made

1996

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Hamlet

Kinngait

Island

Dorset Island

Territory

Nunavut

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Inuit
First Nation, Native American

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Bottom

Translation

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 1996

Material/Technique

Pencil

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Drawing

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Indigenous peoples, Ducks

Dimensions

Height

20 in

Width

26-1/4 in

Color

Brown, Blue, Yellow, Black