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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SKETCH
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960054001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SKETCH
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.9
- Length
- 72.5
- Width
- 62.2
- Description
- HAND DRAWN INK SKETCH OF 1913 POST OFFICE IN WOOD FRAME. FRAME IS FANCY BEVELED PIECES WITH DOVE TAIL JOINTS. WOOD HAS SCROLL WORK CARVED INTO ITS SURFACE WITH GOLD PAINTING OVER WHITE. FRAME HAS BLACK MATTING AND FLAT GLASS PANE. SKETCH IS OF 1913 POST OFFICE IN LETHBRIDGE. HAS MAPLE LEAF CANADIAN FLAG. IN BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER IS ARTIST'S SIGNATURE "JERRY ARNOLD". EDGES AND CORNERS OF FRAME ARE WORN.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- ART
- Historical Association
- FINE ARTS
- History
- SKETCH WAS DRAWN FOR USE BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST, JERRY ARNOLD, WAS COMPILED FROM WEB SOURCES INCLUDING DOWNTOWNLETHBRIDGE.COM AND SOUTHERNALBERTA.COM. JERRY ARNOLD HAS WORKED AS A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST FOR MUCH OF HIS ADULT LIFE. IN 1994 HE OPENED THE JERRY ARNOLD GALLERY AND CUSTOM FRAMING BUSINESS ON 3RD AVENUE SOUTH. THE GALLERY SHOWCASES A VARIETY OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE ART, AS WELL AS A COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. ARNOLD WORKS FROM HIS STUDIO, LOCATED IN THE GALLERY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960054001
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-05
- Collection
- Museum
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