Map, Alaska, Pictorial, Far North Frontier, Kleng Rude, Vintage Print, 1959

R. Klengston Rude (1910-after 1973)
Alaska: Far North Frontier
Alaska Arts/Kleng Rude Studio, Studio City, California: 1959
Color-process print
33 x 45 inches, overall
$450

Pictorial map of Alaska, published the year Alaska officially became the 49th state of the United States of America. The map is richly illustrated with naturalistic depictions of wildlife, agricultural products, historical landmarks, oil fields and fisheries. Along the left and right sides, six circular illustrations highlight important events in Alaskan history beginning with Vitus Bering’s 1741 explorations and ending with Alaska statehood. A compass rose over the Gulf of Alaska incorporates the American and Alaskan flags. Geographical entities include rivers, straits, sounds, towns, mountain ranges (drawn in aerial perspective), glaciers (shaded white), and existing and proposed highways. The Arctic Circle is indicated by a dashed line. The map also includes a section of the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories to the east, which are depicted in less detail and dominated by a large illustration of a Native American totem pole. The map border is rendered in a geometric beadwork design, inspired by artwork of indigenous Northwest Coast tribes.

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