Sketchbook #7
Jessie Oonark
(Canadian (Inuit), 1906–1985)
before 1970
Object PlaceCanada, Nunavut, Canada
Medium/Technique17 drawings in colored felt-tipped pen over graphite
DimensionsOverall: 31.1 × 22.9 × 1.3 cm (12 1/4 × 9 × 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling
Accession number2019.615
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSketchbooks
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1969, commissioned from the artist by Jack and Sheila Butler, Baker Lake, Canada; 1970, acquired from the Butlers by Alma G. Houston (d. 1997); upon her death, by descent to her son, John Houston, Houston-North Gallery, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia; June 24, 2005, sold by Houston North Gallery to Fred and Joyce Sparling, Pittsboro, NC; 2019, gift of Fred and Joyce Sparling to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)
