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Arctic Odyssey

2002
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Arctic Odyssey
  • Artist: Pitaloosie Saila (Inuit, born Cape Dorset, Nunavut, born 1942)
  • Date: 2002
  • Culture: Kinngait
  • Medium: Etching and aquatint
  • Dimensions: 19 3/16 × 23 1/8 in. (48.8 × 58.7 cm)
  • Credit Line: René Balcer and Carolyn Hsu-Balcer Collection, Gift of René Balcer and Carolyn Hsu-Balcer, 2025
  • Object Number: 2025.792.90
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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