Attempted Flight, 1997

2019 CAPE DORSET COLLECTION "BIRDS OF BAFFIN"

Stonecut
Printer: Kiakshuk
Paper: Kizuki Kozo Natural
56 x 76 cm

Kananginak Pootoogook 1935-2010

Kananginak had been involved with drawing and printmaking since the late 1950’s when the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op first initiated the graphic arts program at Cape Dorset. Kananginak’s first print, a collaborative image with his father, Pootoogook, was included in the first catalogued collection of Cape Dorset prints in 1959.  His work has been included in all but three annual collections since that time.

Dorset Fine Arts is pleased to release from its archives “Birds of Baffin” a folio of six never before seen limited edition stonecut prints by Kananginak Pootoogook. Printed at Kinngait Studios in Cape Dorset between 1984 -2001 these prints are outstanding examples of Kananginak’s tremendous talent and his admiration for Arctic wildlife.