Dancers with Shadows / Irene Tiktaalaaq Avaalakiak

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Dancers with Shadows

Creator(s):

Irene Tiktaalaaq Avaalakiak (Artist)

Culture:

Indigenous Canadian; Inuit

Date:

1978

Materials/Techniques:

ink on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.097-0.107mm Eastern paper, bast fiber. Moldmade, Full sheet, deckled edges, and heterogenous fiber lengths. Brown fiber bundles interspersed.

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Linocut

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. Irvin Braverman

Accession No:

14.894

Previous Number(s):

TL2006.12.9; 1400.894; N/A; TL 2006.12.9

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 24 51/64in. (63.0cm)
Width: 31 3/16in. (79.2cm)

Image:

Height: 20 5/64in. (51.0cm)
Width: 25 19/32in. (65.0cm)

Mat:

Height: 27 9/16in. (70.0cm)
Width: 39 37/100in. (100.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Irene Tiktaalaaq Avaalaaqiaq

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Tiktaalaaq Avaalaaqiaq, Irene

Birth Date:

1941

Nationalities:

First Nations (culture)

Roles:

Inuit printmaker, sculptor, born 1941

Gender:

female

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Dancers with Shadows 10/31 1978." in lower center on recto

Signed: Signed by hand in pencil, "D. Avaalakiak [syllabic]" in lower right on recto

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

black, blue, dancers, Happy, Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Inuit, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, male, parkas, people, shadows

Cite this Page

Avaalakiak, Irene. Dancers with Shadows. 14.894. 1978. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/14894 (07/09/2019).

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