Nuna Parr (1949). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, carver, draftsman* and printmaker, Nuna Parr (aka: Noona Parr; disc number* E7764) was born near Cape Dorset, Baffin Island and has lived in or... Read full biography
Nuna Parr (1949). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, carver, draftsman* and printmaker, Nuna Parr (aka: Noona Parr; disc number* E7764) was born near Cape Dorset, Baffin Island and has lived in or near Cape Dorset for most of his life. His sculptures and carvings have been included in many... Read full biography
Nuna Parr (1949). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, carver, draftsman* and printmaker, Nuna Parr (aka: Noona Parr; disc number* E7764) was born near Cape Dorset, Baffin Island and has lived in or near Cape Dorset for most of his life. His sculptures and carvings have been included in many exhibitions held at important venues such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery*, the Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe), and the United Nations General Assembly building... Read full biography
Nuna Parr (1949). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, carver, draftsman* and printmaker, Nuna Parr (aka: Noona Parr; disc number* E7764) was born near Cape Dorset, Baffin Island and has lived in or near Cape Dorset for most of his life. His sculptures and carvings have been included in many exhibitions held at important venues such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery*, the Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe), and the United Nations General Assembly building (New York). His works are in the collections of several Canadian museums including the National Gallery of Canada. His mediums include stone, antler, felt pen, pencil and serigraph. His subjects are arctic wildlife like bears, birds and walrus; Inuit... Read full biography
Nuna Parr (1949). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, carver, draftsman* and printmaker, Nuna Parr (aka: Noona Parr; disc number* E7764) was born near Cape Dorset, Baffin Island and has lived in or near Cape Dorset for most of his life. His sculptures and carvings have been included in many exhibitions held at important venues such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery*, the Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe), and the United Nations General Assembly building (New York). His works are in the collections of several Canadian museums including the National Gallery of Canada. His mediums include stone, antler, felt pen, pencil and serigraph. His subjects are arctic wildlife like bears, birds and walrus; Inuit spirituality and legends; and Inuit genre* especially hunting. His styles are Inuit Art* and Realism*. The askART auction results have some... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (13)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Wight, Darlene Coward
36 pages (color)
Native American Art (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
2010
Ward, Gerald W.R. et al
192 pages (color)
Cape Dorset Sculpture
2005
Norton, Derek and Nigel Reading
136 pages (color)
The Jerry Twomey Collection at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: Inuit Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Wight, Darlene Coward
128 pages (color)
Inuit: When Words Take Shape (Exhibition of Natural HIstory Museum of Lyon, 2003-2008) (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Brousseau, Raymond, et al
144 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2001
Crandall, Richard C.
464 pages (color)
Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada
1995
Editor, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
64 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks (Amway, Ada, Michigan and Arctic Images Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1989
Edited, United Nations et al
79 pages (color)
The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Wight, Darlene Coward
120 pages
Cape Dorset Sculptors and their Sculpture
1981
Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. James and Terry Ryan
40 pages
The Inuit Sea Goddess (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Swinton, Nelda
60 pages
Cape Dorset (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)