Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

"ON THE IRON-BOUND ROOF OF THE WORLD"

Date

1934

Materials

PEN, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.2

Length

56.6

Width

38.1

Description

PEN AND INK DRAWING DEPICTING HERD OF SEVEN MOUNTAIN GOATS ATOP A MOUNTAIN. PAPER YELLOWISH AND EDGES EXHIBIT ACID DAMAGE DUE TO MAT BOARD THAT HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DRAWING PREVIOUSLY. SEE ALSO CONDITION REPORT ON FILE.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

THIS DRAWING, ENTITLED, "ON THE IRON-BOUND ROOF OF THE WORLD," WAS EXHIBITED AT THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC ART 12TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION AT THE ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS, AND THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY. IT WAS LISTED TO BE SOLD FOR $100.00 AT THE LATTER TWO EXHIBITIONS. THE TITLE CARD ACCOMPANYING THE DRAWING READ: "THE HARDEST AND MOST BARREN OF ALL THE CANADIAN GAME RANGES IS PROBABLY THAT PART TRAVERSED BY THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. HIGH, WINDSWEPT RANGES, SUMMER SNOWS, AND THE SEARCHING AIR OF THE HIGH ALTITUDES, WITH THE SCARCITY OF FODDER, TO SAY NOTHING OF ITS SHEER STEPS, MAKE IT IMPREGNABLE TO ANY OTHER GAME, AND INCIDENTALLY PRACTICALLY FREE FROM MOST OF THE MEAT EATERS - EXCEPT MAN." DONOR MARION BROWN MARRIED E. F. HAGELL'S BROTHER ALBERT C. HAGELL IN 1952. BROWN STATED THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND POSSESSED APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN OF TED'S WORKS, MOST OF WHICH WERE ACQUIRED BY ALBERT PRIOR TO HIS MARRIAGE TO BROWN. ADDITIONALLY, BROWN SPECULATED SOME WORKS MAY HAVE COME INTO POSSESSION OF HER HUSBAND WHEN HIS SISTER (BROWN'S SISTER-IN-LAW) VIOLET COWLEY PASSED AWAY IN VICTORIA, B.C. BROWN'S HUSBAND PASSED AWAY IN 1968. BROWN HAD THE DRAWING IN STORAGE PRIOR TO LENDING IT TO THE GALT MUSEUM FOR AN EXHIBITION IN 2007. AS OF 2009, FOUR OF HAGELL'S WORKS REMAIN ON DISPLAY IN BROWN'S HOME. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT RECORD. *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

P20080009000

Acquisition Date

2008-03

Collection

Museum

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