Pudlo Pudlat, Spirits in the Arctic
Pudlo Pudlat
1916-1992
Inuit/Kinngait (Cape Dorset)
Date
1989
Medium Specific
Stonecut
Edition / State
1/50
Classification
Print
Dimensions
28 x 21 5/8 in. (71.1 x 54.9 cm)
Framed: 32 1/2 x 27 5/8 (82.6 x 70.2 cm)
Framed: 32 1/2 x 27 5/8 (82.6 x 70.2 cm)
Accession Number
2017.35.20.74
Credit
Gift of Gloria and Selig Kaplan
Memo / Artist Statement
Cape Dorset Print #28 from 1989 portfolio.
Biography
Pudlo Pudlat’s (1916-1992) works blend tradition with modern technology, depicting a wide variety of subjects such as helicopters, new technology and scenes of everyday life. Pudlat began as a sculptor, and eventually took up acrylics and coloured pencils. In 1978, Pudlat’s print Aeroplane (c. 1973) was reproduced on a Canadian postage stamp. Between 1990 and 1991, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON showcased his work in the retrospective, Pudlo: Thirty Years of Drawing. Many of his works are still held in the collection of National Gallery today, as well as many other institutions in Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC.
https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/iad/artist/Pudlo-Pudlat
https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/iad/artist/Pudlo-Pudlat
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