MUNGITOK KELLYPALIK (1940-2014) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Canada Geese, 1959 #36
Printmakers: JOANASSIE SALAMONIE (1938-1998) and KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK, R.C.A. (1935-2010) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
stonecut, 22 x 27.5 in (55.9 x 69.8 cm)
29/50
stonecut, 22 x 27.5 in (55.9 x 69.8 cm)
29/50
Mungitok was just seventeen when he became involved in the first graphics experiments in Cape Dorset. He is credited as the creator of five early prints, followed by another five...
Mungitok was just seventeen when he became involved in the first graphics experiments in Cape Dorset. He is credited as the creator of five early prints, followed by another five in the inaugural 1959 collection, including the present Canada Geese. Unlike his other multi-bird contribution, Blue Geese on Snow, there is an attempt at spatial relationship between the subject and their environment that is defined by their overlapping forms and the variety of their scales.
References: James Houston, Eskimo Prints, (Toronto: Longman, 1971) p. 107 Image reproduced in “Eskimo Art Organized”, Edmonton Journal, 4 March 1960, p. 23; Christine Lalonde and Leslie Boyd Ryan, Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset 1959-2009, (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009), cat. 15, reproduced p. 29 along with the pen and ink drawing (cat. 16) and block (cat. 17) for the print.