Human-Bear Transformations

1. Simeonie Keenainak. (1932-...) Pangnirtung, Nunavut - Dancer Playing Drum, 1990 (whalebone, caribou antler, leather, tendons 58,0 x 47,0 x 32, 0 cm)

2. Qanaq Palluq. (1936-...) Clyde River, Baffin, Nunavut - Fight Between Man and Bear (whalebone, caribou antler 40,0 x 75,0 x 30.5 cm)

3. Attributed to Palu. Baffin, Nunavut - Hunter and Bear (serpentinite, leather 26,6 x 39,0  x 23,5 cm)

4. Thomas Sivuraq. (1941-...) Baker Lake, Kivallik, Nunavut - Transformation, 2004 (basalt 24,04 x 14,7 x 8,5 cm)

5. Abe Ukuqtunnuaq. (1944-...) Talloyoak, Kittimeot, Nunavut - Transformation, 1999 (pyroxene 31,8 x 37,5 x 15,8 cm)

6. Padlaya Qiatsuk. (1965-...) Cape Dorset, Baffin, Nunavut - Shaman Playing Drum, 2001 (serpentinite, caribou antler, leather 23,3 x 22, 0 cm)

7. Pauloosie Tukpanie. (1960-...) Iqualuit, Baffin, Nunavut - Transformation, 2005 (serpentinite 22,7 x 23,5 x 12,5 cm) 

8. Quveanatuliak Takpaungai. (1942-...) Man transformed into bear playing Accordion, 2006 (serpentinite) 

9. Davie Atchealak. (1947-2006) Iqualuit, Baffin, Nunavut - Dancing Bear, 1990 (whalebone 32,5 x 33,5 x 23,0 cm). The dancing bear represent a shamanic transformation between a bear and a human.

10. Nanelik Temela. (1939-...) Kimmiruk, Baffin, Nunavut - Dancing Bear, 2002 (serpentinite)

11. Davie Atchealak. (1947-2006) Cape Dorset, Baffin, Nunavut - Dancing Bears, 2006 (whalebone 43,7 x 31,3 x 10,2 cm)

12. Pauta Saila. (1916-...) Cape Dorset, Baffin, Nunavut - Standing Bear, 2002 (serpentinite, ivory 24,1 x 13,0 x 5,5 cm)

13. George Arluk. (1949-...) Arviat, Kivallik, Nunavut - Bear and Man, 1988 (soapstone 31.8 x 23,5 x 13,6 cm)

14. Iola Abraham Ikkidluak. (1936-2003) Kimmirut, Baffin, Nunavut - Transformation, 2000 (serpentinite 43,2 x 40,5 x 19,0 cm)

15. Lydia Qayaq. (1954-...) Clyde River, Baffin, Nunavut - Bear and Cub (serpentinite 12,0 x 20,7 x 8,9 cm)

16. James Ungalaq. (1964-...) Igloolik, Melville Peninsula, Nunavut - Hunter, Bear and Dogs, 2005 (whalebone 14,5 x 50,5 x 15,5 cm)

17. Eugene Epkanaq. (1939-...) Melville Peninsula, Nunavut - Hunting Scene on Walrus Jawbone, 1990 (10.0 x 19,0 x 22,5 cm)

18. Emily Pagnerk Illuitok. (1943-...) Kugaaruk, Nunavut - Hunting Scene, 2004 (walrus ivory, whalebone 6.3 x 23,5 x 5,5 cm)

19. Eugene Epkanaq. (1939-...) Melville Peninsula, Nunavut - Walrus Jawbone Carving (Man, Walruses, Bear and Narwhal), 2005 (20.9 x 20,1 x 12,6 cm)

20. Ashevak Tunnillie. (1956-...) Cape Dorset, Baffin, Nunavut - Bear Walking, 2004 (white marble)

Drawings of Pendulums

The figures reproduced here are the paths of oscillation of two or more pendulums, coupled together so that their movements can be recorded. The apparatus was constructed by Prof. Alfred Gysi of Zurich. These images are published in the article : "Artistry of the Pendulum" by Hans Naef on page 436 of Graphis, N°16 1946.

Zao Wou-Ki - Rambles

Set of five color etchings and aquatints for Randonnes (Rambles) with texts by Roger Caillois, printed by Atelier Bellini on Rives paper and published by Yves Riviere in Paris, Executed in 1974.

Luigi Veronesi - Artworks

1. Chromatic visualization of "Klavierstück V" by Karlheinz Stockhausen (fragment). 30 x 64 cm. (1974). 

2. Chromatic visualization of "The Night's Music" by Bela Bartok (fragment). 30 x 64 cm. (1974).   

3. Set design for "King of Hunger" by Leonid Andreev, scena VI. Tempera, 35 x 50 cm. (1938). 

4. Book cover of "Entr'acte" by René Clair. 17 x 24 cm. Published by Società editrice Poligono, Milan (1945).

5. Book cover of "René Clair" by Glauco Viazzi. 17 x 24 cm. Published by Società editrice Poligono, Milan (1945).

6. Book cover of "L'età ingrata del cinema" (L'âge ingrat du cinéma) by Léon Moussinac. 17 x 24 cm. Published by Società editrice Poligono, Milan (1950).

7. Book cover of "Ragionamenti sulla scenografia" by Baldo Bandini and Glauco Viazzi. 17 x 24 cm. Published by Società editrice Poligono, Milan (1945).

8. Book cover of "Le Isole Aran" (The Aran Islands) by John Millington Synge. 12 x 18,5 cm. Published by Rosa e Ballo, Milan (1944).

9. Photogram, 18 x 24 cm. (1937). 

10. Solarized Photogram. 30 x 40 cm. (1964).

11, 12. Frames of Film n. 6 (1941). 

Luigi Veronesi (Milan, 1908-1998)

The Four-Legged Bird - Illustrations by Fernando Puig Rosado (1976)

Fernando Puig Rosado is a spanish illustrator and satirical cartoonist born on April 1, 1931 in Don Benito, Spain. In 1960 he moved to France, where he began to work for various publishing houses, especially for the youth press. His style is humorous, often surreal and contains elements of black humor and nonsense. The illustrations shown here are scanned from the book "Le Quadrupède" published by Advisor éditions in 1976.