The Dwarf Who Became a Giant

Tivi Etook, Inuit / Canadian, born 1928
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic

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1972

Stonecut print on paper

14/30

Image: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

2011.64.10

Publisher

George River Cooperative, Kangiqsualujjuaq

Geography

Place Made: Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik, Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Native American

Print

Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern

Not on view

Inscriptions

Embossed: blind stamp; numbered, lower left, in graphite: signed and dated, in graphite, lower right: signature, in Inuktitut syllabics; 1972

Course History

ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012

ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2013

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020

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.

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, listed p.99.

Published References

Arctic Quebec 1973, Levis, Quebec: La Federation des Cooperaties du Nouveau Quebec, 1973, catalouge no. 36.

Provenance

Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, Quebec; 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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