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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1

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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2005 – 2005
Medium
oil on masonite board
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.39
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of cloud…
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1
Date
2005 – 2005
Medium
oil on masonite board
Dimensions
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of blue, above which there are a series of vertical forms in green, blue and grey which could represent trees. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in orange paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/W”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.39
Images
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