Artwork of the Day!! Sun, Dec 11, 2022, is by Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013): "Raven with Plumed Tail", graphite and felt pen, 1992/93. $3,500.00.

Artwork of the Day!! Sunday, December 11, 2022, is by Canadian Inuit woman artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013). A Sunday, non-print offering. Another image in a series available for a short distraction from the 24-hour news cycle - and possible purchase.

"Raven with Plumed Tail" is a drawing, done with graphite and felt pen, done in 1992/93 by Baffin Island-born Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013). The image area measures 17-1/8 x 22-1/2 inches. The drawing is both pencil signed and ink signed with syllabic signature in the lower right.?It is inscribed at the bottom: "Raven with Plumed Tail", "Pen", "1/1"; "Dorset 1992/1993" on the recto, and on the verso, in pencil: "CD-2377-ad-92/93-03-50.9x66" (Cape Dorset numbering system). The drawing was done by the artist on a sheet of white wove "Curtis Rag" paper that measures 20-1/8 x 26-1/8 inches. The drawing was done for the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op, their chop in the lower right corner. A reference and provenance for this work is Cape Dorsett: 040-2377-ad-92/93-03. The inventory number for this work is 22272.

This unique color drawing by the famous Inuit woman artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) is available from the gallery for $3,500.00. Please contact the gallery with any questions.

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A drawing in graphite, colored with a felt pen by Cape Dorset artist Kenojuak Ashevak. The subject is a raven with a plumed tail. The West Baffin Eskimo Co-op annotated in pencil on the verso: "CD-040-2377-ad-92/93-03-50.9 x 66". These numbers translate to: "CD"= Cape Dorset, "040"= Drawing, "2377"= the catalogue number for the artist's work, "ad"= a - graphite, and d - felt pen, "92/93"= date done., 50.9 x 66= size.Wikipedia notes:

"Raven Tales are the traditional people and animals creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast but are also found among Athabaskan-speaking peoples and others. Raven stories exist in nearly all of the First Nations throughout the region but are most prominent in the tales of the Tlingit and Tahltan people.

Raven and eagle are known by many different names by many different peoples and is an important figure amongst written and verbal stories. His tales are passed down through the generations of story tellers of the people and are of cultural and historical significance. It's important to note that, from some storytellers' perspective, Native myths such as the Raven Tales, as opposed to tall tales and little stories for children, are not entertainment and are cultural property of the clan or individual that the story originates from. It is customary that others should not tell stories that are owned by another clan, especially if they do not live in the same area."

The Inuit Blogspot comments: "Birds are very important to the Inuit culture, for many different reasons. Many kinds of birds travel up north to the Arctic in the spring, then travel back south in the fall. According to Inuit scientists and hunters, there are over a hundred species of birds in the Arctic regions, of which nearly all are migratory.

There are only a few kinds of birds that spend the winter in the Arctic, including the raven, the snowy owl, and the rock ptarmigan. Inuit women and children hunt birds (mostly geese, ducks, and rock ptarmigan) and use them for food and materials.

Skins of larger birds are used as towels, to make slippers and (if there was a shortage of caribou) parkas as well." (https://inuitevanh.blogspot.com/2014/04/birds-of-inuit.html)

Kenojuak Ashevak became one of the first Inuit women in Cape Dorset to begin drawing. She worked in graphite, colored pencils, and felt-tip pens, and occasionally used poster paints, watercolors, or acrylics. She created many carvings from soapstone and thousands of drawings, etchings, and stonecut prints all sought after by museums and collectors. She designed several drawings for Canadian stamps and coins, and in 2004 she created the first Inuit-designed stained-glass window for the John Bell Chapel in Oakville, Ontario. In 2017, the $10 bill released in celebration of Canada's 150th birthday features Kenojuak's stone-cut and stencil printed work called "Owl's Bouquet" in silver holographic foil.

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