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On the Road to Banff

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Artist
Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1983
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
TaT.04.02
Description
The top two thirds of the work is blue-streaked sky, a range of snowclad mountains appear on the horizon, the lower third represents the earth with undulating bands of colour ranging from light yellow at the top to dark blue at the bottom, giving green variations throughout.
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Artist
Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
On the Road to Banff
Date
1983
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Dimensions
48.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
The top two thirds of the work is blue-streaked sky, a range of snowclad mountains appear on the horizon, the lower third represents the earth with undulating bands of colour ranging from light yellow at the top to dark blue at the bottom, giving green variations throughout.
Subject
landscape
prairies
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of William Rimmer, 1987
Catalogue Number
TaT.04.02
Images
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Artist
Utagawa Yoshitora
Date
1853
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoU.04.01 a-c
Description
This print features 9 woman and 1 man playing musical instruments in a room with a green floor, yellow walls, and a large window which spans through all the panels. Through the window a tree with blossoms can be noticed. Lamps and dishes of goodies are lain about. The first panel contains three w…
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Artist
Utagawa Yoshitora
Title
Twelve Symphonies
Date
1853
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 73.5 cm
Description
This print features 9 woman and 1 man playing musical instruments in a room with a green floor, yellow walls, and a large window which spans through all the panels. Through the window a tree with blossoms can be noticed. Lamps and dishes of goodies are lain about. The first panel contains three woman kneeling on the floor facing the right. The woman in the blc is playing a drum. Between the first and second panel spans a colourful gong type instrument on a black stand. In the second panel kneel three people (2 women and one man) The man is playing a flute. The third panel has three women: one playing a long stringed instrument.
Subject
figures
group
women
man
activity
musical gathering
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
YoU.04.01 a-c
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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