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Description: BLACK WOODEN RECTANGULAR UPRIGHT FRAME. BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCTION OF PEN & INK DRAWING; WHITE MATTE BOARD. DEPICTS THREE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP LEAPING THROUGH RAVINE. TITLED AND SIGNED IN PENCIL AT BOTTOM "SPIRIT OF THE ROCKS"; "E.F. HAGELL". BROWN PAPER BACKING, WITH DESCRIPTIVE LABEL AT BOTTOM.

History: BY DONORS' FATHER, EDWARD FREDRIC HAGELL (1895-1964). ORIGINAL WORK DONE IN 1931. DESCRIPTIVE LABEL READS "THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S FINEST AND MOST DARING MOUNTAINEERS. IN THEIR AGILITY AND SPEED WHEN NEGOTIATING SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE RAVINES AND CANYONS AND IMPASSABLE BUTTRESSES AND ROCK-BOUND MOUNTAINSIDES, THEY ARE POSITIVELY INSPIRING. THE RAM SEEN IN HIS ROCKY KINDGDOM IS INDEED THE LIVING SPIRIT OF THE ROCKS." ***NOTE: DRAWING AND MATTE REMOVED FROM FRAME. MOVED TO COMPACT STORAGE 16 APRIL 2008*** *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.