Black Eagle

John Ihle

John Ihle spent time in Northern Canada in 1969 and began a series of collagraphs in 1970 he titled the "Canadian Series", which he set aside to work with photo etching, and continued through 1976. He added other images into the mid 1980s. Many of the images were printed in small editions, such as this.

Ihle was known to sell his plates as "paintings" and further editioning was often not possible.

Black Eagle was the name given a number of First Nations chiefs as well as a lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics for Canada which won the bronze medal in the lacrosse tournament..