Owl's Overture
Item number 2834/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Print of an owl with yellow wings and a grey body facing forward, flanked on the right by a blue bird in profile and on the left by a purple bird. Also on the left is a red seal. Animals are outlined in black. Background printed colour is grey, on a white paper base. Edition 29/50. Etching and aquatint print. Inscription in pencil along bottom of image "Owl's Overture Etching & Aquatint 29/50 Dorset 2010 Kenojuak". Two stamps are embossed into the paper at bottom left. The print is on horizontally rectangular off-white paper, mounted on off-white matboard and framed.
Specific Techniques
Etching, aquatint, sugar lift and hand-painted.
Narrative
Purchased from Marion Scott Gallery by the donor for the MOA collections, on recommendation from the MOA Inuit curator.
Item History
- Made by Kenojuak Ashevak (Maker) and Harold Klunder (Technician) in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada during 2010
- Owned by Lorne Balshine before December 3, 2010
- Received from Lorne Balshine (Donor) on December 3, 2010
What
- Name
- Owl's Overture
- Identification Number
- 2834/1
- Type of Item
- Overall
- height 80.0 cm, width 103.0 cm
- Image
- height 60.0 cm, width 80.0 cm
- Frame
- height 87.2 cm, width 110.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Creator
- Kenojuak Ashevak (Maker) and Harold Klunder (Technician)
- Previous Owner
- Lorne Balshine
- Received from
- Lorne Balshine (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- during 2010
- Ownership Date
- before December 3, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on December 3, 2010
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- excellent
- Accession Number
- 2834/0001
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