Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
2011McMaster, Gerald, Editor
271 pages (color)
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Akeeaktashuk PUBLICATIONS
1898 Inukjuak, Quebec (formerly Port Harrison) - 1954 Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavat, Canada. Known for: Inuit sculpture, stone, wood and antler carving, portrait, figure, animal, genre.
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s."... Read full biography
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s." Akeeaktashuk was born in Inukjuak (AKA: Inoucdjouac, and formerly Port Harrison), Quebec, on the... Read full biography
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s." Akeeaktashuk was born in Inukjuak (AKA: Inoucdjouac, and formerly Port Harrison), Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, and died while walrus hunting near his home in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. His works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, the... Read full biography
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s." Akeeaktashuk was born in Inukjuak (AKA: Inoucdjouac, and formerly Port Harrison), Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, and died while walrus hunting near his home in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. His works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and at the Smithsonian Institution; they're also in several important private collections and in prominent Canadian museum collections. (2) (3) (4). His mediums were stone, ivory, bone, wood, antler and mixed mediums.... Read full biography
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s." Akeeaktashuk was born in Inukjuak (AKA: Inoucdjouac, and formerly Port Harrison), Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, and died while walrus hunting near his home in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. His works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and at the Smithsonian Institution; they're also in several important private collections and in prominent Canadian museum collections. (2) (3) (4). His mediums were stone, ivory, bone, wood, antler and mixed mediums. His subjects included, portraits, figures, birds, animals and Inuit genre* (e.g. nomadic life, family activities, hunting, fishing, etc.). Hi... Read full biography
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About Akeeaktashuk: Books
Books & Publications (15)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection
2011The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and Survival in the High Arctic
2007McGrath, Melanie268 pages (color)Inuit Art: A History
2000Crandall, Richard C.420 pagesSculpture of the Inuit
1999Swinton, George302 pages (color)The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art
1998
(Exhibition catalog)Lindsay, Ian; Frederica Woodrow Knight, Darlene Wight, Sheila Butler175 pages (color)Biographies of Inuit Artists: Four Volumes
1993Editor, Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs0 pagesIn the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
1993
(Exhibition catalog)McMaster, Gerald et al538 pagesArt and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson1,557 pages (color)Documents in Canadian Art
1987Fetherling, Douglas (Editor)327 pagesThe Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985Marsh, James H. (Editor)2,089 pages (color)The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood to Be Full (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Driscoll, Bernadette; George Swinton128 pages (color)Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection (Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec)
1980Watt, Virginia J., et al207 pages (color)Sculpture of the Eskimo
1972Swinton, George255 pages (color)The Eskimo Art Collection of the Toronto-Dominion Bank
1967Swinton, George112 pagesCanadian Eskimo Art
1956Houston, James (Akeeaktashuk, Cover Illustration)40 pages (color)