Catalog Number |
CAS 2006-0009-0024 | |
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 wearing a red parka dragging a seal across a snow and ice covered landscape, with numerous ice floes and a patch of open sea in the background; Sky is tinted turquoise green and the snow is tinged red and blue; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska†is imprinted in lower right corner; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “Christmas Greetings AND BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY 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. 15E1 Printed in U.S.A.†| |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9 |