Simon Tookoome Numbered Serigraph 1991 hotsell "Story of How it Was Before (in Olden Times)"

"Story of How it Was Before (in Olden Times)" is a wonderful, very colourful numbered serigraph by noted Inuit artist Simon Tookoome (1934-2010) from Baker Lake.

It show seven human faces, two of which have animal bodies (likely caribou, but possibly muskox)

This 1991 print is silkscreened on paper. Composed in vibrant blues, greens, browns, blacks and whites.

Full Dimensions: approx. 20" high x 26" wide (51 cm x 66 cm)

Numbered: 78/100

Simon's amazing works have been shown in over 160 national and international exhibitions, perhaps more than any other Inuit artist. He was known both as a designer and print maker. Tookoome died in Baker Lake, Nunavut on November 7, 2010.

It is titled below in Inuktitut syllabics and Latin alphabets, signed on lower right in syllabics. On the lower right hand side is "ᓯᒪ ᑐᑯᒥ" (which the artist's name Simon Tookoome in the Inuktitut syllabics).


Interior Image Dimension (inches): 15' x 22" with title under, making it 17' x 22'

THIS IS AN UNMATTED, UNFRAMED PRINT.

Will be shipped in a mailing tube, unless requested otherwise. May be additional charge.

Condition report: Excellent.

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About the Artist

"Simon Tookoome was an artist from Tariunnuaq (Chantrey Inlet), NU who lived with his family on the land. At different times in his life Tookoome was a fisherman, a builder, a teacher, a jeweller, an artist and carver with all professions imbued with traditional Inuit knowledge that he always wanted to share, of a traditional way of life [1].

Tookoome began by carving bone and soapstone in the 1960s but was more interested in drawing as it gave him greater artistic freedom .

Tookoome's graphic style is influenced greatly by his childhood, being raised on the land and hearing traditional stories from his family. Drawing ideas from the land around him Tookoome's aesthetic engages with hybrid animals and shamanic practices, influenced by heavy contour lines and deep, saturated tones of colour.

Utilizing a flat plane, Tookoome's drawings have a graphic quality as well as a clear narrative. ...

Tookoome says he was encouraged to make textile work and wall hangings but prefers carving, drawing and jewellery [3]. Best known for his graphic work, Tookoome has won the Norma Fleck Award for a children's book titled The hotsell Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North, which he published with Sheldon Oberman in 1999 [4]. He was a founding member of the Baker Lake print shop and appeared multiple times in the Inuit Art Quarterly."


Adapted from upikart.ca
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Accomplishments

1998: Awarded first prize in a poster contest for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary by the Canadian Olympic Committee.

1976: Invited to participate in the Eskimo Games of the Cultural Olympics by the Canadian Olympic Committee.