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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.06
Description
A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spill…
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Indoor World
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 56.3 cm
Description
A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spilled an apple and orange and a teacup. Two rooms on either side with furniture.
Subject
whimsey
figure
female
Pat Askren
Credit
Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.06
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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
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Artist
Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
ZeJ.02.01
Description
A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.
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Artist
Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)
Title
Violation
Date
1979
Medium
oil on paper
Description
A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.
Subject
figure
male
female
abstract
whimsey
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
ZeJ.02.01
Images
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