The Bear

Creator Sorosiluto Ashoona (Canadian, 1941 - 2011)

Date1979

Mediumcolour lithograph

DimensionsMat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)

Credit LineGift from the Dr. Michael Braudo Collection, 1991

Object number91/329

Category

Prints

ProvenanceFrom Goota Ashoona's (the daughter of Surusilutu) visit on September 18, 2025: - “I remember the orange faces… I might have coloured it after school” - What is in the tank? Gas? Fish? - The background is probably something the printer did

LocationNot currently on display

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