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Portrait of Grey Owl (Archie Belaney), Canadian Nature Conservator

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Date:

1956

Reference:

Box number: OP-0379

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2909497

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Recueil de vues prises au Canada - 1844

Portrait of Grey Owl (Archie Belaney), Canadian Nature Conservator
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Date(s):

1956

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 painting / peinture : tempera on paper laid down onto masonite
Support 32.800 x 40.500 cm
Secondary support 32.900 x 40.500 cm

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no language

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This work is probably done after a photograph. Belaney died in 1938., A sheet laid down on the verso of the board gives a description of "Tradition" by the artist, Maxwell Armfield.
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Artist: Armfield, Maxwell, 1882-1972

Depicted: Grey Owl, 1888-1938

Grey Owl, 1888-1938
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Availability of other formats note:

Copy negative number: C-127107.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Homage to Maxwell Armfield. Curators: London Fine Art Society, 1970, cat. no.: No. 50., Exhibition Title: Critical Acclaim: A Selection of Portraits from the National Archives of Canada. National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1999.05.18 - 1999.11.14

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in brushpoint and blue oil, recto l.r.: MA [monogram]; typewritten of yellow paper laid down, verso t.: "Grey Owl" / by Maxwell Armfield RWS; pen and blue ink on paper laid down, u.c.: PORTRAIT OF "GREY OWL" / Canadian Nature / Conservator by / MAXWELL ARMFIELD RWS / [in pen and black ink] [illegible] / TUDOR LODGE BREAMORE HANTS.[stroked out in red ink]; printed on paper in black ink and laid down, c.: TRADITION / At least until the Eighteenth Century no artist would have thought of working / except in the current Tradition. / ... / M.A. 1969

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Portraits

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Private

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1985-175 PIC
00001
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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Box [1985-175]

[Consultation 90 Open]

OP-0379 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1985-175]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-127107 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1985-175-1
Copyright: Estate of Maxwell Armfield

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