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Pitseolak Ashoona (Inuit/Cape Dorset/Kinngait, 1904-1983). "Bird and Seabeasts" stone-cut print, 1967. Edition 31 of 50. Signature, edition number, date, title, and medium handwritten in pencil below image. Also signed in the plate. A magnificent stonecut by Pitseolak Ashoona, one of the first generation of Inuit printmakers, depicting a large bird with outspread wings perching upon a pair of "seabeasts". Pitseolak is best known for imaginative depictions of animals, monstrous creatures, and spirits as well as works that documented the Inuit and their traditions. "Birds and Seabeasts" is also in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Size (stone-cut print): 19.75" L x 22" W (50.2 cm x 55.9 cm) Size (frame): 28.25" L x 29.7" W (71.8 cm x 75.4 cm)

About the artist: Pitseolak Ashoona discovered her artistic potential in the Cape Dorset program spearheaded by James and Alma Houston. She honed her drawing skills and developed her unique style during the 1960s. Then, in the 1970s, Pitseolak achieved widespread recognition. Her book entitled "Pictures Out of My Life" was published in English as well as Inuktitut in 1971 and adapted into a film of the same title in 1973. Apitseolak's honors include being inducted into the Royal Academy of Arts in 1974, having a retrospective organized by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development that toured in Canada and the US (1962-1974), including the National Gallery of Canada and the Smithsonian Institution, and finally, her induction into the Order of Canada in 1977.

Provenance: private John Lindemann collection, Broomfield, Colorado, USA, inherited from brother, Eugene Lindemann, Brooklyn, New York, USA, acquired from Saskatchewan in the early 1970s

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#178022

Signature, edition number, date, title, and medium handwritten in pencil below image. Also signed in the plate. Artwork is mounted under glass in a stunning custom wood frame with a double matte. Artwork has not been examined outside the frame; it appears to have a few crease marks, a couple of minute stains, and slight toning commensurate with age, but is otherwise in overall good condition, replete with vivid imagery and vibrant hues. "Jubilee Gallery 7-88 / 117 Henry St. Brooklyn Hts. EM" identifying the framer is handwritten on a black gallery paper on the verso. A few scuffs on the wooden frame have been skillfully touched up. Frame is very attractive and fit with suspension wire.