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Jessie Oonark

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Item

Date:

April 8, 1976.

Reference:

R613-592-1-E, Box number: KAR 449

Item no. (creator):

13802

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3916502

Context of this record:

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Yousuf Karsh fonds

Karsh studio photographic records

Famous glossies and portraits

Jessie Oonark
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Date(s):

April 8, 1976.

Place:

Baker Lake (Qamanittuaq), Nunavut:

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph : silver gelatin print ; 25.8 x 28.6 cm on sheet 27.94 x 35.4 cm.
Positive Paper Silver - gelatine
Image 25.800 x 28.600 cm
Support 27.900 x 35.400 cm

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a photograph of artist Jessie Oonark

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Photographer: Karsh, Yousuf, 1908-2002

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(Paper) Oonark (Eskimo Artist) Baker Lake, Northwest Territories Inuk. Photographed with Kenojuak. Colour FA-197 Reference Room (90: Open)

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General note:

Internationally renowned Inuit artist Jessie Oonark was known for her extraordinary sense of design, and for her role in the development of modern graphic and textile arts at Qamanittuaq (Baker Lake), Nunavut.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Book Launching of Karsh, A Sixty-Year Retrospective. Curator: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario; 1996.10.10-1996.12.15., Karsh: Image Maker. Portrait Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives Canada and the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario; 2009.06.12- 2009.09.12., Further Venue: Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 2010.01.30-2010.05.30

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Unsigned.

Subject heading:

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Portraits

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1987-054 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Box [KARSH, YOUSUF 1987-054] KAR 449

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit : Yousuf Karsh, Library and Archives Canada, Arch ref. no. R613-592, e010751821
Copyright : Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Restrictions on use: For items in copyright: for private study and research purposes, Library and Archives Canada will provide only colour or black and white photographs up to an 8x10 in. format. The photographs will be blindstamped or embossed. For exhibition loans, please contact Loans and Exhibitions, Library and Archives Canada, 550 De la Cité Boulevard, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0N4. For public, commercial, or other uses contact: www.karsh.org.

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