DRAWING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WAPITI
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1964
- Materials
- PEN, INK, CRAYON
- Catalogue Number
- P20060027022
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WAPITI
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1964
- Materials
- PEN, INK, CRAYON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 28.5
- Length
- 36
- Description
- DRAWING DEPICTS FIVE DEER GRAZING IN A FIELD. THE DEER ARE FEATURED ALL LOOKING UP TOWARDS SOMETHING THE VIEWER CAN NOT SEE. THE LARGEST DEER IS DISPLAYED IN THE CENTER OF THE WORK HAS LARGE ANTLERS. A MOUNTAIN PEAK IS FEATURED IN THE BACKGROUND. THE WORK IS SIGNED BUT NOT DATED. BACK OF WORK HAS TEXT THAT READS “HAGELL ‘WAPITI”, “HE.56.31.18”. ABOVE TEXT IS A RD STICKER.
- Subjects
- ART
- Historical Association
- FINE ARTS
- History
- GLENBOW MUSEUM DONATED THE ART COLLECTION AS PART OF A DEACCESSION PROJECT IN 2006. EDWARD FREDRIC "TEDDY" HAGELL WAS BORN JUNE 20, 1895 IN COALDALE, ALBERTA. HE BECAME A WELL KNOW LOCAL (LETHBRIDGE) ARTIST. DURING HIS CAREER AS AN ARTIST, HAGELL PAINTED AND DREW ABOUT 1500 WORKS. FOR DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO THE GLENBOW'S ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS COLLECTION, PLEASE SEE LIBRARY BINDER. *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.
- Catalogue Number
- P20060027022
- Acquisition Date
- 2006-08
- Collection
- Museum
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