The Return of the Sun
Artist
Kenojuak Ashevak
(Inuit, 1927 - 2013)
Date1961
MediumColor stonecut on paper
DimensionsOverall: 18 7/8 × 28 3/4 inches (47.93 × 73.03 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Frances Gray
Object numberF96-50
Signedbottom margin, pencil: The Return of the Sun Stone Cut #39/50 Cape Dorset, N.W.T. 1961 Kenojuak
Markingsmaker's marks at top right: unidentified mark (Kenojuak's stamp?)/printer's mark/identification of Cape Dorset print/certification stamp of approval of the Eskimo Arts Council
Edition/State/Proof39/50
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DescriptionCenter, green face with radiating petals surmounted, top, by large black confronted birds joining bills, standing atop two tall black animals reared on hind feet, each facing one of a pair of other upright, bending animals joined at their backs, just below sun form.Copyright© Estate of Kenojuak Ashevak / Dorset Fine Arts
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