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Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0024   CAS 2006-0009-0024; Card
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.”; 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