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Pitseolak, Mary (artist); Pootoogook, Eegyvudluk (printmaker)
In the Night Sky Dans le ciel nocturne
1961 1961

Both Mary Pitseolak and Angotigolu Teevee come from families of artists. These two prints were released in 1961 as part of the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection. Both depict transformative figures in shadowed silhouette that traverse or climb the night sky, reflecting its importance to Inuit cosmology._

Pitseolak, Mary (artist); Pootoogook, Eegyvudluk (printmaker)
Cape Dorset (Kinngait) NWT (NU) 1931 (Pitseolak); Ikirsak camp, South Baffin Island NU 1931 (Pootoogook) Cape Dorset (Kinngait) NWT (NU) 1931 (Pitseolak); Ikirsak camp, South Baffin Island NU 1931 (Pootoogook)
In the Night Sky Dans le ciel nocturne
1961 1961
Stonecut on paper, 25/50 Gravure sur pierre, 25/50
height / width: 35.60 x 76.40 cm; 14.02 x 30.08 in.
Gift of John Robertson, 1985 Don de John Robertson, 1985
28-043

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