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 his all day, and what a wonderful cast of company these figures make, executed in graphite and crayon on very heavy weight wove art paper, all appearing engaged in everyday activities of ice fishing and playing, with this wonderful floating boy with spear after a seal at top, and another dragging one at bottom, lending the whole drawing a sense of being cyclical as well as portraying simultaneous vignettes. Wonderful faces, lyrical gestures, terrific color, and the large scale of the drawing lends each of the figures a substantial presence, and sense of being specific individuals, comprising a community. Terrific.
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 thick, heavy weight paper is in great shape, just a tiny bit of staining at lower right, minor. 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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