Owls / Kenojuak Ashevak

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Owls

Creator(s):

Kenojuak Ashevak (Artist)

Culture:

Indigenous Canadian; Inuit

Date:

1968

Materials/Techniques:

ink on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.228-0.238mm cream colored, machine-made, wove paper, NOT finish, low sizing. Fibers evenly distributed in transmitted light. Embossed circle in the lower PL corner.

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Etching

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. Irvin Braverman

Accession No:

14.892

Previous Number(s):

TL2006.12.7; 1400.892; N/A; TL 2006.12.7

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 9 27/32in. (25.0cm)
Width: 12 23/32in. (32.3cm)

Image:

Height: 7 61/64in. (20.2cm)
Width: 9 27/32in. (25.0cm)

Mat:

Height: 13 25/32in. (35.0cm)
Width: 17 23/32in. (45.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Kenojuak Ashevak

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Ashevak, Kenojuak

Birth Date:

1927

Death Date:

2013

Nationalities:

Inuit (Canadian Arctic Native style)

Roles:

Inuit draftsman and printmaker, 1927-2013

Gender:

female

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Owls" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "41/50" in bottom center on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "$30.00" in lower right on verso

Signed: Signed by hand in pencil, "Kanojuak 1968" in lower right on recto

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Animals, beaks, birds (animals), Canada, Canadian Arctic Native styles, Dots (Art), eyeballs, eyes (animal components), Feathers, flying, gray (color), grey (colour), Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Inuit, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, owls (birds), spots, wings (animal components)

Cite this Page

Ashevak, Kenojuak. Owls. 14.892. 1968. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/14892 (10/25/2019).

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