Catalog Number
|
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.”; 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 | |