| Object Name: | |
| Title: | The Seasons |
| Artist/Maker: | Pudlat, Pudlo |
| Other Artist: | Niviaqsi, Pitseolak |
| Other Artist Role: | technician |
| Object Type: | |
| Category: | REPRESENTATIONS |
| Sub-category: | works on paper |
| Technique: | engraved printed |
| Medium: | ink |
| Support: | paper |
| Catalogue Number: | Na850 |
| Origin-Province: | Nunavut |
| Origin-Country: | Canada |
| Origin-Continent: | North America |
| Natural Region: | Baffin Island |
| Culture: | Inuit |
| Geo Cultural Area: | Arctic America |
| Cultural Context: | contemporary art |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1976 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1976 |
| Description: | Stylized representations of Inuit seasonal activities. Winter: landscape with igloos, stars across top with triangular design; shaman's tent at top left; large sled at top right; dogsled with two men at bottom left. At bottom on right summer: landscape wi |
| History of Use: | Contemporary Inuit prints were first produced at Cape Dorset in 1957. Although precursors to printmaking can be seen in women's skin applique work and in men's incising of ivory, stone and bone, the impetus for printmaking was as a commercial venture. This venture was established jointly by Inuit artists and John Houston, the civil administrator for Cape Dorset. Other Inuit communities quickly followed the commercial success of Cape Dorset's West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative. Printmaking developed as a communal activity following a Japanese, rather than a Western, model of serigraph production. Each year the cooperatives produce a series of limited edition prints which are sold in the retail art market. In 1965, the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council was established from the Canadian Eskimo Art Committee to ensure high standards were maintained. Printmaking, along with stone carving, provide cash income for communities which have undergone rapid and significant change, during the late 20th century, from traditional hunting based societies to settled communities dependent on consumer goods. The prevalent images depicted in Inuit art are of traditional life, arctic animals and mythology. Recently, contemporary subjects have been depicted by a minority of artists. |
| Height: | 57 |
| Width: | 87 |
| Unit-Linear: | cm |
| Department: | Museum of Anthropology |
| Institution: |
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| Institution City: | Vancouver |
| Institution Province: | British Columbia |
| Institution record: | Full record provided on the museum's site |
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