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Artworks
ANNIE POOTOOGOOK (1969-2016) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Three Generations of Women Artists, 2003coloured pencil and ink on paper, 26 x 20 in (66 x 51.1 cm)
inscribed and signed, "ᐱᓯᐅᓚ / ᓇᐸᓯ / ᐊᓂ".LOT 47
ESTIMATE: $7,000 — $10,000Annie Pootoogook often depicted herself together with her mother, Napachie Ashoona, and her grandmother, Pitseolak Ashoona. This drawing, however, is unique in her oeuvre. Instead of portraits, Annie chose to...Annie Pootoogook often depicted herself together with her mother, Napachie Ashoona, and her grandmother, Pitseolak Ashoona. This drawing, however, is unique in her oeuvre. Instead of portraits, Annie chose to celebrate the continuity of artistic tradition in three generations of women in her family. Three stacked images are drawn in the distinct styles of her grandmother, her mother, and herself. The activities shown in the drawings are appropriate for each generation; at the top, Pitseolak’s image shows traditional life on the land; next, Napachie’s image of a kayaker is drawn in her late-career style. These “historical” black-and-white drawings contrast with the drawing at the bottom, a brightly coloured image of figures depicted in a typical Annie Pootoogook contemporary Interior. In case the viewer does not comprehend the artist’s intent, each small drawing bears the “signature” of the artist whose style is so cleverly portrayed. Lovely.
References: For more information on the artist and her art see Jan Allen, Annie Pootoogook: Kinngait Compositions, (Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, 2011); Nancy Campbell, Annie Pootoogook: Cutting Ice, (Toronto: Goose Lane Editions and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2017); Nancy Campbell, Annie Pootoogook, (Toronto: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, 2005), p. 26; Nancy Campbell, Annie Pootoogook m(Calgary: Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design, 2007).Provenance
Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto;
Collection of John & Joyce Price, Seattle, WA.Exhibitions
In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun: Sami and Inuit Art 2000-2005, travelling exh., Hamilton, Ontario, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 14 January - 7 May 2006; St. John's, Newfoundland,The Rooms, 16 Feb - 20 April 2007; Winnipeg, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 19 May - 19 August 2007; Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Yukon Arts Centre, 10 January - 9 March 2008; Ottawa, Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, 23 May - 17 August 2008, no cat no.Publications
Jean Blodgett, In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun: Sami and Inuit Art 2000-2005, (Hamilton: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2007), no cat. no., reproduced p. 53.