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Winter Mountains 8/07

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Artist
Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
2007
Medium
painting on paper
Catalogue Number
TaT.05.01
Description
A watercolour painting of a winter mountain landscape. Just over half of the painting is free space. The bottom half of the painting contains the top portion of a mountain, in the middle ground, that dominates the work. The mountain is snow-covered but some of the grey rock can be seen at the top. …
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Artist
Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
Winter Mountains 8/07
Date
2007
Medium
painting on paper
Dimensions
79.0 x 58.5 cm
Description
A watercolour painting of a winter mountain landscape. Just over half of the painting is free space. The bottom half of the painting contains the top portion of a mountain, in the middle ground, that dominates the work. The mountain is snow-covered but some of the grey rock can be seen at the top. In the foreground is a slope that comes in from the right side and goes diagonally across the the bottom left corner. On the snow-covered slope and many loosely painted green pine trees. A faint purplish wash can be seen in the free space of the background. The colours used are primarily green, blue and grey. In the bottom right hand corner, written in pencil, is the artist signature, the title and date, “TT(?) Banff . Feb 07 Winter, Mts. 8/07”.
Subject
winter
mountain
Takao Tanabe
Credit
Gift of Takao Tanabe, 2012
Catalogue Number
TaT.05.01
Images
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