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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.02
Description
General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to e…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
The Contest
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.1 x 37.5 cm
Description
General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to each side of the central image.Au verso: “THE CONTEST” tlhc “436” encircled, rhtc “K.6” (remaining number hidden by archival tape)brhc “12” encircled, below “30” encircled
Subject
animal, bear, buffalo
figure, group
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
StS.05.02
Images
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