"Summer Campers"

Date1974

Mediumstonecut

Dimensions15 × 22 1/2 in. (38.1 × 57.2 cm)

Donor credit lineIn memory of Adaline Havemeyer Perkins Rand

Object number1998.57.12

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionIn the 1950s, the Canadian government encouraged eastern Arctic Inuit communities to take up printmaking as an economic and creative outlet. Graphic art was historically rare in the region, but Inuit artists adapted to the new medium, which had similarities to carving. They pictured daily life, cultural stories, and events. Printmaking cooperatives like Cape Dorset and Pangnirtung in Nunavut continue the tradition today. This print is captioned "Summer Campers Stone Cut 42/50 Dorset 1974 Pitseolak." It shows a family of four: a father, mother, and two children in a sleeping bag, surrounded by stones. There is a knife above father's head and harpoons outside the circle.ProvenanceGift In memory of Adaline Havemeyer Perkins Rand

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