Wainwright Inlet Full of Fish / Paul Patkotak

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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Wainwright Inlet Full of Fish

Creator(s):

Paul Patkotak (Artist)

Culture:

Native Alaskan; Iñupiaq

Date:

1943

Materials/Techniques:

ink on hide

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 1.196-1.206mm treated hide from an animal, drawing on the outer-layer, inner-layer is soft, veins and hair follicles visible. Stiff from treatment.

Classification:

Drawings

Object Type:

Ink Drawing

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. Pat and Patti Lester

Accession No:

13.3889

Previous Number(s):

TL2005.2.2

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 7 7/8in. (20.0cm)
Width: 10 33/64in. (26.7cm)

Image:

Height: 6 13/16in. (17.3cm)
Width: 9 29/64in. (24.0cm)

Mat:

Height: 13 25/32in. (35.0cm)
Width: 17 23/32in. (45.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Paul Patkotak

Role(s):

Artist

Marks: Stamped in black ink, "WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA." upside down in top center on verso; Stamped in black ink, "HAND-MADE ALASKAN ESKIMO U.S. INDIAN ARTS and CRAFTS BOARD L.D." upside down in upper right on verso

Inscriptions: Inscribed by hand in ink, "Wainwright inlet full of fish." in bottom center on recto

Signed: Signed by hand in ink, "Paul Patkotak" in lower left on recto

Cite this Page

Patkotak, Paul. Wainwright Inlet Full of Fish. 13.3889. 1943. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/133889 (08/14/2019).

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