About this Publication

Scientist/geneticist Jerry Twomey was one of the very early collectors of Inuit art. He was one of the first to research individual artists, exhaustively classifying his collection by artist, community and family group. Beginning in the early 1950s and over the next 30 years, he had gathered nearly 4,000 sculptures by artists from every art-producing community, including Nunavik (Arctic Quebec), Qikiqtaalik (Baffin) and Kivalliq (Keewatin). Reflecting Twomey's own research and organized by region, community and artist, the publication also contains a biographical essay revealing the fascinating story of a man who, having purchased his first three Inuit carvings for $8.00 in 1952 from the Hudson's Bay Company, went on to create the world's largest private collection.

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