Dance
Helen Kalvak, Inuit / Canadian, 1901 - 1984
Canadian Inuit
Central Arctic
Arctic
1972
Pen on paper
Image: 18 × 23 1/2 in. (45.7 × 59.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2011.64.19
Geography
Place Made: Ulukhaktok, Inuvik, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower left: KALVAK; inscribed, in grphite, loower left: 7?; Embossed: Holman chop [ulu with word HOLMAN]
Exhibition History
Inuit Art
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein Collection, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 4, 2021–February 6, 2022.
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, Plate 29, p.54, listed p.99.
Provenance
Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; sold to Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, September 1, 1973; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.
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