1960 Vintage GEORGE AHGUPUK Inupiaq Eskimo Drawing MOTHER & CHILD Native Alaska

Description

George Aden Ahgupuk (Iñupiaq/Eskimo-American, 1911–2001)
Iñupiaq Mother and Child
Ink and wash on reindeer skin
Circa 1960
Signed at lower left "Ahgupuk" and inscribed at lower right "Reindeer Skin"; paper dust cover on the reverse with handwritten label inscribed "1960, Fairbanks Alaska"
Sight size 5-3/4" x 3-5/8"; matted and framed under glass to an overall size of 9-3/8" x 8"
In very fine, attractive condition, with no evident defects (not examined outside frame)
Comments: Ahgupuk was among the first Native Alaskan artists to take up painting and drawing as an alternative to traditional ivory engraving. His works are in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Alaska State Museum, University of Alaska Museum, and Anchorage Museum of History and Art.
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