Uamajasi--a name which I have found a couple of references to as Naujaat, situated on the Arctic Circle, on the shores of Hudson Bay, in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut.
I could look at this all day, and what a wonderful cast of company these figures make, executed in graphite and crayon on very heavy weight wove paper (thick like Fabriano paper), the majority facing front with expressions that look less as if smiling for the camera and more as if curious about who is looking at them and what we are up to! Perhaps most of all I love these two wonderful boys in their complementary green and red parkas and and opposing gestures at lower left, with fabulous faces in profile, and mother with child looking rather like a skunk in its snowsuit! The large scale of the drawing lends each of the figures a substantial presence and sense of being specific individuals, comprising a community. Really wonderful I think.
30 1/4" x 22 3/4" and in excellent condition. Because of its size I shot it in fairly crummy lighting with some shadow--the color is richer and pencil a bit bolder in person. The heavy weight paper is in great shape, no tears or stains. I will ship rolled--which is how I received it; 30 minutes with a little weight on it and it will lie completely flat.
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