Image

Helen Kalvak

Bear Hunt

Description

Maker

Helen Kalvak (Canadian, 1901-1984
b. in Tahiryuak Lake, Canada

Culture

Inuit

Title

Bear Hunt

Year

1966

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

stone cut

Supports

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 35.6 x 48.3 cm (14 x 19 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Dated in pencil at LL:#4 Eskimo Western Arctic 1966; signed in pencil at LR:by Kalvak 11/40; inscriptions in pencil at LC. Blind stamp with Inuktitut letters for "genuine at LR, Holman community stamp above it.

Marks: Dry stamp at LR; wet stamp at LR.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Houston

Object Number

77.148.16

Type

Projects & Publications

Articles

Inuit Printmaking and the Concept of Purity

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Tombstone

Helen Kalvak (Canadian, 1901-1984
b. in Tahiryuak Lake, Canada
d. in Ulukhaktok, Canada)
Joseph Kitekudlak (Canadian, b. 1945), printer
Bear Hunt, 1966
Stone cut on rice paper
Plate/Image: 35.6 x 48.3 cm (14 x 19 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Houston 77.148.16

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