DRAWING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- IF WALLS HAVE EARS, THE BUTTS HAD EYES
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1964
- Materials
- PEN, INK
- Catalogue Number
- P20060027108
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- IF WALLS HAVE EARS, THE BUTTS HAD EYES
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1964
- Materials
- PEN, INK
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 25.5
- Length
- 32
- Description
- DRAWING DEPICTS A NATIVE MAN LYING ON HIS BELLY IN THE GRASS. THE NATIVE MAN IS FEATURED LOOKING INTO THE DISTANCE AT A GROUP OF HORSE DRAWN WAGONS AND HORSEBACK MEN TRAVELING ACROSS THE TERRAIN. THE WORK IS SIGNED BUT NOT DATED. BACK OF WORK HAS LABEL WITH TEXT THAT READS “GLENBOW ALBERTA INSTITUTE”, “CALGARY 3, ALBERTA”. TEXT ALSO STATES THE ARTIST, TITLE, DATE, SIZE, MEDIUM AND CATALOGUE NUMBER “72.24.20”.
- 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
- P20060027108
- Acquisition Date
- 2006-08
- Collection
- Museum
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