Mark Emerak, 1901 to 1983, Native Canadian Inuit artist. A stonecut print in red of four Inuk hunters carving up a seal. Signed in the lower right. Titled A Good Feed in the lower left. Holman (NWT) print series. Dated 1973. Numbered 25 out of 50. A map of Canadian Eskimo settlements on the backside. Provenance: TC&TC The Collective and The Collection NYC. White mat, silver frame. Collectible Native Ethnic Tribal Graphic Art Mark Emerak was born in 1901 near Cambridge Bay in the southeastern portion of Victoria Island. In 1914, Emerak met Diamond Jenness and other explorers and anthropologists documenting the native cultures on North West Canada. Jenness eventually published a song of Emerak’s in an anthology many years later. After his wife’s death in the early 1950s, Emerak moved his family into the community of Ulukhaktok. He began drawing in 1966 at Catholic Father Henri Tardy’s suggestion and began to receive encouragement almost immediately. His development as a graphic artist is fascinating: Emerak’s first drawing was of solely a bow and arrow; Tardy encouraged him to draw more, so his next drawing was of the same bow and arrow with a very small hand. He went on to produce more than 900 drawings and 41 of these were made into prints. Though known because of his prints, he never participated in printmaking himself. His work has a unique spirit and often depicts communal moments in daily life.