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Pitseolak Ashoona
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b. 1904 Nottingham Island, N.U. d. 1983 Cape Kinngait, N.U.
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Canadian, Inuit
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Pitseolak Ashoona, was born in 1904 in the Northwest Territories. She is known for prints and drawings which explore spirits and monsters, as well as depicting the everyday activities of the Inuit before the arrival of Europeans. She began working with printmaking in the late 1950's after experiments with this medium were begun in Cape Dorset by James Houston. All three of her children also work in the arts. Her stories of Inuit life are retold in an animated documentary produced by the NFB and based on an oral biography; Pitseolak: Pictures out of My Life. Her granddaughter, Annie Pootoogook is considered among one of Canada's most well recognized contemporary painters. Pitseolak was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1974, and died in Cape Dorset in 1983.
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untitled (bird drawing)
1950-1983
Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Works on Paper
felt tip marker on paper
overall: 50 cm x 66 cm
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Gift of Dr. Maurice Yacowar
Facing the Wind
1982
Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Works on Paper
stonecut print on paper
image size: 44 cm x 35 cm; paper size: 48.7 cm x 38 cm
6/50
Gift of Martie Workman
Composition
1966
Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Works on Paper
possibly stonecut print on paper
frame: 75.5 cm x 97 cm x 2 cm
26/50
Gift of Dr. Maurice Yacowar
Summer Spirits
1975
Nottingham Island, Nunavut, Canada
Works on Paper
lithograph
overall: 42.00 cm x 55.00 cm x 0.00 cm
1/50
Gift of Dr. Eric and Mrs. Clara Belle Webb
The Race
1975
Nottingham Island, Nunavut, Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 47.50 cm x 47.00 cm x 0.00 cm
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