Quarrel for a Seal

Patrick Akovak, Inuit / Canadian, 1931 - 2006
Canadian Inuit
Central Arctic
Arctic

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1967

Stonecut print on paper

2/40

Image: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

2011.64.1

Publisher

Holman Eskimo Cooperative, Ulukhaktok

Geography

Place Made: Ulukhaktok, Inuvik, Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in graphite, lower left to right: #8 Eskimo Western Arctic 1967 Quarrel for a Seal by Akovak 9/40; stamped, lower left, in red: Holman chop [ulu with the word HOLMAN]

Course History

ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012

ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2013

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020

Studio Art 28.01, Studio Art 74.01, Printmaking II/III, Tricia Treacy, Spring 2024

Publication History

John R. Stomberg, A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein collection; Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, 2021, listed p. 99.

Published References

Holman Eskimo Graphic Art, Holman: Holman Eskimo Cooperative, 1967, catalogue no. 4.

Provenance

Collected by Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, January 1, 1970; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.

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