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Artist
Thorbun/Nevis Interface
Date
1982
Medium
mixed media on paper
Catalogue Number
ThN.27.01 b
Description
Whimsical mixed media piece that may have been exhibited in Exceptional Pass exhibition. Cardboard sleeve for actual artwork that is stamped with a Canadian Flag. Features a map, polaroid photograph, and silver paper all on cream paper.
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Artist
Thorbun/Nevis Interface
Title
The Blaze and All
Date
1982
Medium
mixed media on paper
Dimensions
57.3 x 72.5 cm
Description
Whimsical mixed media piece that may have been exhibited in Exceptional Pass exhibition. Cardboard sleeve for actual artwork that is stamped with a Canadian Flag. Features a map, polaroid photograph, and silver paper all on cream paper.
Subject
whimsey
astronomy
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
ThN.27.01 b
Images
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Artist
Thorbun/Nevis Interface
Date
1982
Medium
mixed media on paper
Catalogue Number
ThN.27.01 c
Description
Whimsical mixed media piece that may have been exhibited in Exceptional Pass exhibition. Cardboard sleeve for actual artwork that is stamped with a Canadian Flag. Five photographs are adhered to a silver-plastic paper.
Artist
Thorbun/Nevis Interface
Title
Green Fields and All
Date
1982
Medium
mixed media on paper
Dimensions
57.3 x 72.5 cm
Description
Whimsical mixed media piece that may have been exhibited in Exceptional Pass exhibition. Cardboard sleeve for actual artwork that is stamped with a Canadian Flag. Five photographs are adhered to a silver-plastic paper.
Subject
whimsey
astronomy
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
ThN.27.01 c
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
Artist
Thorbun/Nevis Interface
Date
1982
Medium
mixed media on paper
Catalogue Number
ThN.27.01 a
Description
Whimsical mixed media piece that may have been exhibited in Exceptional Pass exhibition. Cardboard sleeve for actual artwork that is stamped with a Canadian Flag.
Artist
Thorbun/Nevis Interface
Title
Untitled
Date
1982
Medium
mixed media on paper
Dimensions
57.3 x 72.5 cm
Description
Whimsical mixed media piece that may have been exhibited in Exceptional Pass exhibition. Cardboard sleeve for actual artwork that is stamped with a Canadian Flag.
Subject
whimsey
astronomy
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
ThN.27.01 a
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled [Chess Set]

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Artist
Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
c. 1975
Medium
ceramic
Catalogue Number
StR.06.01
Description
This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see t…
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Artist
Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Chess Set]
Date
c. 1975
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
chess set: 45.72; table: 45.72 x chess set: 71.12; table: 76.2 x chess set: 91.44; table: 101.6 cm
Description
This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see the chess match. The chess pieces resemble turtle-like animals standing upright and wearing armor. The chess board is textured and the height of it is varied in different places. The chess set is primarily brown, white and tan.
Subject
whimsey
chess set
figure
mythological
architecture
fantasy
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
StR.06.01
Images
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