As part of a banner year for a Sheojuk Etidlooie, Kiinanguaq (Like a Face) was one of 9 prints of hers to be included in the 1997 Annual Print Collection. Printed by Studio PM (as was lot 51, Three Bears), it was one of the 5 etching & aquatint prints Etidlooie made for that year’s collection, a medium that was a staple of her brief career. As a frequent collaborator, Paul Machnik used steel plates to allow for a more tonal quality than the traditional copper plates being used by the studio, and hand-applied colour directly onto the plate (à la poupée)to give Etidlooie’s (and other artists’) works a new sense of light and colour. Kiinanguaq has a texture that can fool the viewer into thinking this print could be a multi-media work, the layers of subtle shading providing a wonderful illusion of light and shadow.