Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective

Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective
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Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
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ISBN-10 : 0764941917
ISBN-13 : 9780764941917
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Book Synopsis Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective by : Leslie Boyd Ryan

Download or read book Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective written by Leslie Boyd Ryan and published by Pomegranate Communications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1956 artist James Houston came to Cape Dorset as the northern service officer with the Canadian government's Department of Northern Affairs. One of his duties was to foster the production of carvings and other handicrafts by the Inuit residents. By 1959 the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative had been formed, laying the groundwork for a legendary printmaking tradition. Today the annual release of Cape Dorset prints, produced by the Co-operative's Kinngait Studios, is eagerly anticipated by collectors around the world. Cape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective is the first book to tell the full story of this historic printmaking community. - Publisher.


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