The Jerry Twomey Collection
at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Inuit Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic
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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