PUDLO PUDLAT (1916-1992) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
stencil, 23.75 x 18.25 in (60.3 x 46.4 cm), framed
11/50
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000
While Pudlo Pudlat is well known for depictions of hydro wires, helicopters, and airplanes, his early drawings are marked by experimentation, both in style and in subject matter. This 1961 print (one of ten Pudlos in that year’s collection) is based on an early graphite drawing [1]. More complex than its title suggests, the “bird image” depicts a fusion of bird/seal/bear/whale forms. The use of negative space and alternating dark and light areas suggest that Pudlo was working out different methods of graphic expression as well. The impact of the image is further enhanced by the printer who varied solid black with soft ethereal pochoir.
1. See Pudlo’s original drawing in the National Gallery of Canada’s 1990 catalogue, Pudlo: Thirty Years of Drawing, cat. 1.
Provenance
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.Join Our Mailing List
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