DRAWING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BETTER THEN A JEEP
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1964
- Materials
- PEN, INK
- Catalogue Number
- P20060027073
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BETTER THEN A JEEP
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1964
- Materials
- PEN, INK
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 37
- Length
- 51.5
- Description
- DRAWING DEPICTS A MAN RIDING HIS HORSE DOWN A STEEP SNOWY HILL. A HORSE CARING A DEAD MOOSE IS DISPLAYED BEHIND THE MAN. TWO OTHER HORSES ARE FEATURED CARING HEAVY LOADS IN THE BACKGROUND. FALLEN TREES ARE FEATURED IN THE FOREGROUND. WORK IS SIGNED BUT NOT DATED. BACK OF WORK HAS TEXT THAT READS “HAGELL ‘BETTER THEN A JEEP’”, “HE.60.23.5”. ABOVE TEXT IS A RD SQUARE STICKER. PLEASE SEE CONDITION REPORT IN PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION.
- 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
- P20060027073
- Acquisition Date
- 2006-08
- Collection
- Museum
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