Pudlo Pudlat print

The Big Lemming
Print

Location: Offices, northwest corner of the Library's main floor

Pudlo Pudlat (1916-1992) lived as a hunter and made his home in small camps along the southwest coast of Baffin Island until the early 1960s. It was upon moving to Kiaktuuq, during a bout of tuberculosis, that Pudlo met James Houston, who encouraged his talent. Pudlo then began a practice that would come to encompass over 4,500 drawings, 180 prints and several sculptures, many of which can be found in the Cape Dorset Graphics Collection.

Due to his illness, Pudlo flew south, as well as to other areas in the north, on several occasions. The objects he encountered on his travels are prominent in his subject matter.

[Text courtesy of Hudson North Gallery]

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