PICTURE, TINFOIL

Description: FRAME DIMENSIONS ABOVE. FLAMENCO DANCER TIN FOIL CUT OUT USING PAINT AS A MASK TO CUT OUT OR DEFINE IMAGE. GLASSED, WOOD FRAME.

History: RECOVERED FROM VICTORIA MANSIONS ON 3 AVE SOUTH. ARTIST, MRS. BORAS FORMER OWNER OF MANSIONS. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY MENTION OF A MRS. BORAS IN CONNECTION TO VICTORIA MANSIONS, A ROOMING HOUSE COMPLEX THAT WAS LOCATED ON 3 AVE AND 10 ST SOUTH FROM 1909 UNTIL IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN MARCH 1993. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES ON VICTORIA MANSIONS. COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED A BIOGRAPHY OF AB CHERVINSKI, THE DONOR OF THIS OBJECT, WITH INFORMATION FROM LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1982, 1989, AND 2011. ADAM ABRAHAM 'AB" CHERVINSKI WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 24, 1920 IN LETHBRIDGE. AS A TEENAGER HE WORKED AS A MESSENGER BOY FOR THE CPR TELEGRAPH OFFICE. CHERVINSKI BRIEFLY LIVED IN ONTARIO DURING HIS SERVICE WITH THE AIR FORCE, BUT RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE WORKED FOR ALBERTA GOVERNMENT TELEPHONES FOR 37 YEARS. HE WAS A LIFELONG COLLECTOR OF ANTIQUES, AVID LOCAL HISTORIAN, AND HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MUSICAL THEATRE. AB CHERVINSKI DIED ON JUNE 2, 2011. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970107001-GA FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT CHERVINSKI. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ADAM ABRAHAM CHERVINSKI. EXTENSIVE RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE THE DONOR'S LIVING NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.