Owl's Overture Item Number: 2834/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
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.
Narrative
Purchased from Marion Scott Gallery by the donor for the MOA collections, on recommendation from the MOA Inuit curator.
Specific Techniques
Etching, aquatint, sugar lift and hand-painted.
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
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Creator
- Kenojuak Ashevak (Maker) and Harold Klunder (Technician)
- Previous Owner
- Lorne Balshine
- Received from
- Lorne Balshine (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
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