- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; paint; glass; metal; paper; cotton; oil paint; fluid
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1304 a-aa
- Description
- a) blue painted wood box with metal fasteners; on the top of the box, on the viewer-left side, there is text that reads: “KODAK TRANSPARENT OIL COLORS FOR COLORING [sic] PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, N.Y.”, which has been directly applied onto the box with …
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- Title
- Paint Box
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; paint; glass; metal; paper; cotton; oil paint; fluid
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 14.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- a) blue painted wood box with metal fasteners; on the top of the box, on the viewer-left side, there is text that reads: “KODAK TRANSPARENT OIL COLORS FOR COLORING [sic] PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, N.Y.”, which has been directly applied onto the box with silver paint; the inside of the of the box lid has many dried paint smears of various colours on it (including: green, red, black); inside there are five main compartments of various sizes, and has not been painted so that it remains a natural wood colour; b) - p) fifteen tubes of oil paints of the following colours in the top compartment: “FLESH SHADOWS COOL”, “RAW SIENNA”, “VIOLET”, “ORANGE”, “FLESH”, “MEDIUM GREEN”, “SCARLET”, “YELLOW”, “NEUTRAL (?)”, “FLESH SHADOWS WARM”, “ROSE”, “DARK GREEN”, “OPAQUE WHITE”, “CHINESE BLUE”, “WARM BROWN”q) one ounce glass bottle of “CLEANING FLUID” in the bottom left compartment; holding clear liquid r) one ounce glass bottle of “SIZING FLUID” in the bottom left compartment; holding clear, orange-brown liquid s) - v) four wood sticks with sharpened ends in bottom right compartment; one stick has been fashioned into a skewer - cotton has been moistened and twirled around one end of the stick in order to form a rounded, cotton-tipped end; the cotton has dried red paint on its tip w) loose absorbent cotton in centre right compartment; some of which contains dried paint (red, black)x) tube of “TRANSPARENT MEDIUM” in centre right compartment (above cotton)y) 20-page long white booklet sitting flat on top of the compartments: “INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING KODAK TRANSPARENT OIL COLORS [SIC]”; sections inside the booklet include: “SELECTION OF PAPER / HOW TO USE THE COLORS / DILUENTS / APPLICATION OF COLORS / PORTRAITS / COLORING A TYPICAL PORTRAIT / COLORING HAIR / GUIDE TO COLORS [sic] AND MIXTURES / PERMANENCY”z) 28-page long silver booklet:“INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING KODAK EIGHT-TUBE OIL COLOR [sic] SET”; sections inside the booklet include: “HOW TO USE THE COLORS / PORTRAITS / COLORING PORTRAITS [sic]/ COLORING LANDSCAPES [sic] / CLEANING BORDERS / AIR BRUSH / PRESERVING AGAINST DUST AND DIRT / SEPIA TONED PICTURES / COLORING EASTMAN TRANSLITE PAPER [SIC] / LANTERN SLIDES / GUIDE TO COLORS AND MIXTURES [sic]”aa) rectangular glass palette which has dried green, purple, yellow, and white paint smears on it
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1304 a-aa
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