Inuit prints : Japanese inspiration : early printmaking in the Canadian Arctic / by Norman Vorano ; with an essay by Asato Ikeda and Ming Tiampo and contributions from Kananginak Pootoogook.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Contributor:

Vorano, Norman David, 1973-

Pootoogook, Kananginak, 1935-2010

Tiampo, Ming

Ikeda, Asato

Canada. Embassy (Japan). Gallery.

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inuit prints--Nunavut--Cape Dorset--Japanese influences--Exhibitions.

Inuit prints.

Inuit prints--Nunavut--Cape Dorset--20th century--Exhibitions.

Prints, Japanese--20th century--Exhibitions.

Prints, Japanese.

Prints, Canadian--Nunavut--Cape Dorset--20th century--Exhibitions.

Prints, Canadian.

Houston, James, 1921-2005.

Houston, James.

Nunavut--Cape Dorset.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

v, 93 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Early printmaking in the Canadian Arctic

Place of Publication:

Gatineau, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, [2011]

Contents:

A word from Dorset Fine Arts

Introduction: early printmaking in Cape Dorset / Norman Vorano

The transnational history of Japanese woodblock prints / Asato Ikeda and Ming Tiampo

Travelling prints: James Houston, Un'ichi Hiratsuka and the early Cape Dorset print studio / Norman Vorano.

Notes:

Issued also in French under title: Estampes inuites, inspiration japonaise.

"This book was released in conjunction with the travelling exhibition ... which was produced by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and opened at the Embassy of Canada's Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo, Japan on January 21, 2011--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 92).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

ISBN:

9780660199702

066019970X

OCLC:

679520464