https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact8337
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- "ON THE BARREN LANDS"; REPRODUCTION
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960053022
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- "ON THE BARREN LANDS"; REPRODUCTION
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.6
- Length
- 34.3
- Width
- 29.8
- Description
- BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCTION OF PEN & INK DRAWING; DEPICTS GROUP OF MUSK OXEN ENCIRCLED BY FOUR WOLVES. "ON THE BARREN LANDS" AND "E.F. HAGELL" FORMERLY HANDWRITTEN ON FRONT OF MATTE. “SERIAL NO. 190” FORMERLY HANDWRITTEN ON BACK OF MATTE.
- Subjects
- ART
- Historical Association
- FINE ARTS
- History
- BY DONORS' FATHER, EDWARD FREDRIC HAGELL (1895-1964). ORIGINAL WORK DONE IN 1928. DESCRIPTIVE LABEL READS "ANY WILD LIFE'S MOST DEADLY FOE IS MAN, BUT THE GREAT WHITE WOLF OF THE ARCTIC IS A TERRIBLE FIGHTING MACHINE AND THE MUSK OXEN COMBAT HIM BY BUNCHING TOGETHER, HORNS OUT THE WOLVES ENDEAVOR TO CUT OUT AN INDIVIDUAL OR TO HAMSTRING ONE AS THE OXEN CHARGE IN SHORT RUNS THE SNARLING TEASING ADVERSARY." SEE PERMANENT FILE. DRAWING REMOVED FROM MATTE AND FRAME MARCH, 2010. *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 CORRESPONDANCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960053022
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-05
- Collection
- Museum
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