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Figures in Fading Light

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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1975
Medium
ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.01
Description
Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear backgro…
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Figures in Fading Light
Date
1975
Medium
ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
Dimensions
59.6 x 82.3 cm
Description
Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear background behind the figures.
Subject
figure
group
Credit
Purchased from James Agrell Smith, 1978
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.01
Images
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Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Date
1973
Medium
acrylic on paper
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.01
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle -…
Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Title
LIfe Cycle
Date
1973
Medium
acrylic on paper
Dimensions
152 x 30.5 cm
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle - all powerful symbols.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.01
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