About Pitseolak Ashoona

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Disc Number E71100
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    Pitseolak Ashoona CM, RCA (1904 - 1983)

    An important Inuit graphic artist and printmaker, Pitseolak Ashoona (aka: Pitseolak, aka: E71100*) was born on Nottingham Island (south-west of Baffin Island), Northwest Territories, Canada and died in Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut. She is discussed in virtually every comprehensive Inuit Art* history book, her drawings and prints have been included in dozens of major exhibitions, and her works are in numerous museum collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and the British Museum.

    The following is courtesy of the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative*.

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