Dogs See the Spirits
Kenojuak Ashevak, Inuit / Canadian, 1927 - 2013, Canadian Inuit, Arctic
1960
Seal skin stencil print on paper
38/50
Sheet: 19 1/4 × 27 7/8 in. (48.9 × 70.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.961.115
Printer
Kananginak Pootoogook
Publisher
West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, Kinngait
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
20th century
Object Name
Classification
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed and signed, in graphite, lower left to right: DOGS SEE THE SPIRITS SKIN STENCIL 38/50 CAPE DORSET BAFFIN ISLAND 1960 KENOYUAK
Course History
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
NAS 30.19, Indigistory, Gordon Henry, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Tradition and Transformation: Twentieth Century Inuit Art from the Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Gene Y. Kin Class of 1985 Gallery, Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 22, 2014-December 6, 2015.
Eskimo Art, Baker Library and Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1961, Sponsored by the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs and the Canadian Consulate in Boston brought to Dartmouth College by Mrs. Stefansson.
Published References
Eskimo Graphic Art 1960, issued under the authority of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, Cape Dorset, no. 19/60, 1960 [ West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative‘s 2nd Annual Print Collection]
Provenance
Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (possibly through the Boston Museum of Science, selected from the exhibition of Eskimo Art brought to Dartmouth College by Evelyn Stefansson in 1961); sold to present collection, 1961.
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