DRAWING

Description: CHILD'S PENCIL CRAYON DRAWING ON BROWN PAPER IN WHITE MATTE. DRAWING FEATURES A TREE WITH BIRD AND NEST IN IT. BEHIND TREE IS A FENCED YARD AND A HOUSE. THERE IS A BODY OF WATER BEYOND YARD IN BACKGROUND. IN FOREGROUND IS A SMALL CREEK WITH A BRIDGE AND WALKWAY. AT BOTTOM RIGHT READS "TEDDY 2 YRS. 6 MOS.". DRAWING IS TAPED TO MATTE BOARD AT BACK AND ALSO HAS "TEDDY [ILLEGIBLE] AGE 2 YRS 6 MO.". THERE IS A WHITE PIECE OF PAPER WITH YELLOW ADHESIVE TAPE RESIDUE AROUND EDGES THAT WAS ONCE TAPED TO BACK OF DRAWING. DRAWING ALSO COMES WITH A PIECE OF CLEAR PLASTIC (TORN).

History: DRAWING DONE BY E.F. HAGELL AT THE AGE OF 2 YEARS. DONOR IS THE GRANDSON OF E.F. HAGELL. DONOR RECEIVED THIS WORK FROM HIS GREAT AUNT'S ESTATE, VIOLET COWIE, IN VICTORIA - E.F. HAGELL'S SISTER. DONOR THINKS IT IS E.F. HAGELL'S EARLIEST SURVIVING WORK. DRAWING WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY HAGELL WHILE THE FAMILY LIVED IN THE LETHBRIDGE AREA. DONOR RECALLS HIS GREAT AUNT SHOWING HIM THE DRAWING WHEN HE VISITED HER IN THE MID TO LATE 1960S. SHE TOLD HIM THAT HIS GRANDFATHER DID A LOT OF ANIMAL AND BARNYARD SCENES AT AN EARLY AGE. DONOR HAD DRAWING IN HIS POSSESSION SINCE ABOUT 1979. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.