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Lot # J425
System ID # 18859470
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Robert Mayokok Original Ink Drawing
- Artist: Robert Mayokok
- Medium: Ink & Ink Wash on Paper
- Signed Lower Right
- Wood Frame Matted With Glass, Custom Frame and Mat By Grace E. Cleland
About the Artist:
Robert Mayokok (1903 -1983) was a native Alaskan artist, writer, adventurer. After surviving the devasting effects of the 1918 flu epidemic in his village, young Mayokok turned to hunting, trapping and herding. He accompanied a herd of reindeer to the 1939 New York World’s Fair. In the 1950s, after recovering from tuberculosis, Mayokok took up drawing and painting. A prolific artist, he would sell his depictions of Eskimo life from Anchorage galleries. Mayokok’s popularity resulting in an invitation to demonstrate his craft at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. Museums holding his work include the California Academy of Sciences, the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, the University of Alaska Museum at Fairbanks, the Ketchikan Museum, and the Kodiak Historical Society.
Condition:
Good, As Shown
Size:
Overall: 6.75" X 8.5"
Visible: 3.5" X 5.75"
