Four Musk Oxen

Osuitok Ipeelee; Inuit

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Object Label

Osuitok Ipeelee created this lively print of four musk oxen racing across the frozen tundra. It was part of the first graphics collection produced by Cape Dorset Graphics of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, an organization started by James Houston (an artist and Northern Services Officer of the Canadian government) in 1959 to secure recognition of Inuit artists and economic opportunities for Native people. The prints of the collection were produced by an Inuit committee from drawings submitted by Native men and women. The first exhibition of thirty-nine prints toured Canada and the United States to great critical acclaim, leading to a continuation of the printmaking program, which is still active today.

Caption

Osuitok Ipeelee (1922–2005); Inuit. Four Musk Oxen, 1959. Stencil (sealskin), paper, 11 15/16 x 21 15/16 in. (30.3 x 55.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 60.58.2. © Osheetok Ipeeli, courtesy of Dorset Fine Arts. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Four Musk Oxen

Date

1959

Medium

Stencil (sealskin), paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

11 15/16 x 21 15/16 in. (30.3 x 55.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Oshaweetuk" and his seal

Credit Line

Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Accession Number

60.58.2

Rights

© Osheetok Ipeeli, courtesy of Dorset Fine Arts

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