Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2006-0009-0023 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Card | |
| Culture | Inupiat | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska and New York | |
| County | Anchorage and New York | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage and New York | |
| Maker's Name | George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1937-1942 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Paper; Ink | |
| Description | Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a drawing of a man being pulled on skis by three dogs through a very sparsely forested landscape in deep snow, with a row of mountains in the background; Man’s parka is colored red, the sky and foreground are colored turquoise green, and the snow is tinged blue and red; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska†is imprinted in lower right corner; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year.â€; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Watercolor by George A. Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 15E6 Printed in U.S.A.†| |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9 | |