Lot 1: Richard Harrington Photograph (Canadian 1911-2005)

Richard Harrington Photograph (Canadian 1911-2005) Padleimuit Woman and Child
silver gelatin
dated, titled, and signed in ink below image; verso titled with caption Padleimuit Woman and her child inside their igloo during a period of famine in the Padlei area, Canadian Arctic, 1950; with artist's stamp; photograph taken in 1950, print B printed in 1984, 14 in. x 11 in.
1950
Richard Harrington adventured to the Arctic on six separate trips between 1948 - 1953, for the sole reason of documenting Arctic life. Known as the man with the box, Adderiorli, Harrington's fourth trip was spent in Padlei, a remote community which was starving due to the lack of caribou that year. Harrington captured this hardship in a sensitive light. This image was reprinted by Richard Harrington in 1984, and the negative, along with his diaries, reside in the Archives of Canada in Ottawa.