Bear and Seal

Provenance

Canadian Arctic Producers, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, by 1973 [this and the following according to correspondence from JPMorgan Chase, Nov. 18, 2021; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, 1973; by corporate merger to First Chicago NBD, Chicago, 1995; by corporate merger to Bank One, Chicago, 1998; by corporate merger to JPMorgan Chase & Co., Chicago, 2004 [Chase collection record, no. 28818]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.

Bear and Seal

Davie Atchealak, ᑎᕕ ᐊᓯᐊᓪ

Before 1973

Accession Number

266811

Medium

Stone

Dimensions

31 × 31 × 21.5 cm (12 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.)

Classification

N/A

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.