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Building The Dam - Busy Beavers

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.12
Description
A body of water starts from the cl and makes its way down into the foreground and ends up at the blc and the brc. A piece of land and rocks jet out between the blc and the brc. Standing on this piece of land a beaver is carring a piece of wood or tree section and is heading towards the dam that he …
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Building The Dam - Busy Beavers
Date
1993
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.6 x 40.7 cm
Description
A body of water starts from the cl and makes its way down into the foreground and ends up at the blc and the brc. A piece of land and rocks jet out between the blc and the brc. Standing on this piece of land a beaver is carring a piece of wood or tree section and is heading towards the dam that he is building. All along the left side of the water there are green and orange trees. The sky above the trees is a medium blue colour. On the other side of the dam two other beavers are also working on the dam.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
animal
beaver
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.12
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Artist
Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)
Date
1995
Medium
gesso on wood
Catalogue Number
VtP.02.02
Description
A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.
Artist
Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)
Title
Ship
Date
1995
Medium
gesso on wood
Dimensions
23.0 x 99.0 cm
Description
A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.
Subject
landscape
mythological
boat
Credit
Gift of Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1995
Catalogue Number
VtP.02.02
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