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: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.961.115
Printer
Kananginak Pootoogook
Publisher
West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, Kinngait
Geography
Place Made: Kinngait, Dorset Island, Baffin Island, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Inscriptions
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 30.19, Indigistory, Gordon Henry, Fall 2019
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
SART 31/SART 72, Painting II/III, Jen Caine, Winter 2022
Studio Art 31.01/72.01, Painting II/III, Jen Caine, Winter 2023
Exhibition History
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.
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.
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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