Kananginak Pootoogook

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Kananginak Pootoogook, Games of strength, 33/50, 1976

34 x 25 in.

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Kananginak Pootoogook, Young Arctic Owl, 31/100, 1976

Stencil, 34 x 24 1/2 in.

A vigorous young Arctic owl by Kananginak, stretching its wing and flexing its talons. Kananginak was a meticulous observer of wildlife, and this image incorporates all of the owl's features into a dynamic, slightly abstract pose.

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Kananginak Pootoogook, Eider duck, 1962
8 x 6 in.
Unsigned artist's proof. This quirky engraving shows Kananginak experimenting with foreshortening. It was unusual for Inuit printmakers to use perspective, let alone tackle the difficult problems of foreshortening.

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Kananginak Pootoogook, Eider duck, 1962

8 x 6 in.

Unsigned artist's proof. This quirky engraving shows Kananginak experimenting with foreshortening. It was unusual for Inuit printmakers to use perspective, let alone tackle the difficult problems of foreshortening.

Kananginak Pootoogook, Raven-Muskox Transformation
Stone, 6 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
In what can only be described as an in-joke, Kananginak has imagined a raven transforming into a muskox. Kananginak's musk oxen were probably the most common subject for his carvings, and this transformation places a massive raven's head atop the body of a musox with the sweeping, flowing fur for which Kananginak was known.
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Kananginak Pootoogook, Raven-Muskox Transformation

Stone, 6 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.

In what can only be described as an in-joke, Kananginak has imagined a raven transforming into a muskox. Kananginak's musk oxen were probably the most common subject for his carvings, and this transformation places a massive raven's head atop the body of a musox with the sweeping, flowing fur for which Kananginak was known.

03547-1

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