JESSIE OONARK, O.C., R.C.A (1906-1985) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
HIGH PLAY, 1972 #15
Printmaker: SUSAN TOOLOOKTOOK (1951-) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
stonecut, 21.5 x 31 in (54.6 x 78.7 cm)
32/50
 
“A capricious composition suggesting the communal igloo where games were played, and dancing, wrestling and athletic feats were performed. Oonark is the first, and so far the only artist to use colour over the whole surface of the image.”
Op. Cit.
 
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, New York, NY.
LITERATURE
Image reproduced in Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler, Ernst Roch, ed., Art of the Eskimo: Prints, (Ottawa: Signum Press, 1974) pp. 228-9.

In the text op. cit, the authors share, “A capricious composition suggesting the communal igloo where games were played, and dancing, wrestling and athletic feats were performed. Oonark is the first, and so far the only artist to use colour over the whole surface of the image.”