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Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.286
- Description
- View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue …
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- Title
- Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue (with some outlines of dark blue). The bottom edge of the glacier is a cliff of ice, which extends from the righthand side of the picture and almost reaches the lefthand side. At the top of the sketch, a strip of blue sky is found on the left and an area of brown wash is on the right.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- glacier
- winter
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.286
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