Lot 98a
PITSEOLAK ASHOONA (1904-1983)
Note:
“My name is Pitseolak, the Eskimo word for the sea pigeon. When I see pitseolaks over the sea, I say, “There go those lovely birds - that’s me, flying!”
-Pitseolak Ashoona
(from Pitseolak, exh. cat., West-Baffin Eskimo Co-operative [Cape Dorset, NWT])
Released in the 1999 collection of Dorset Fine Arts
The proceeds of this lot will be donated to BirdLife International