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Artist
Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)
Date
2013
Medium
camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper
Catalogue Number
SmC.18.02
Description
Coloured image of boler interior. browns, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. Two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. Landscape is a mountainous terrain with large body of water and some ever green trees. Interior furniture includes two …
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Artist
Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake Boler
Date
2013
Medium
camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper
Dimensions
121.92 x 152.4 cm
Description
Coloured image of boler interior. browns, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. Two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. Landscape is a mountainous terrain with large body of water and some ever green trees. Interior furniture includes two benches, fold down table and box in bottom right corner. The table holds an unfolded map, some books and a mug. The reflected image on the walls is projected upside down because it is done using a camera obscura technique. This print belongs to the 76 Boler series. “Nearly true stories of a wandering 76 Boler”
Subject
mountains
Bow Lake
camera obscura
boler
Credit
Gift of Colin Smith , Calgary , 2018
Catalogue Number
SmC.18.02
Images
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Household Thermometer

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.30.1002
Date
c. 1950
Material
glass; metal; paper
Catalogue Number
104.30.1002
Description
A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.
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Title
Household Thermometer
Date
c. 1950
Material
glass; metal; paper
Dimensions
20.7 x 25.7 cm
Description
A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
Bow Lake
animal
deer
Credit
Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
104.30.1002
Images
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