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Modern Costume

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1943

Reference:

Box number: 2000805700

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2936414

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Ronald McRae fonds

Modern Costume
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Date(s):

1943

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour, gouache, pencil
Support 35.000 x 25.400 cm

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The drawing depicts a man in a geometric design costume in blue, purple and yellow. According to the programme this costume was not used in 'The Army Show', April 1975 - condition at accessioning: the drawing is soiled, discoloured and bears smudges when pencil marking were erased. The mount has pinholes in each corner., When accessioned the drawing was mounted with glue on grey paper. The mount has a red pencil border framing the drawing.

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Artist: McRae, Ronald

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General note:

Removed from: Series: Army Show costume designs
Design for "The Army Show," 1943, By Ronald McRae (unverified)
Recto l.r., in pencil: Stapels / & / Sinclair / Modern (unverified)
Verso on mount, in pencil: Single / Staples / Style Q2 (unverified)

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: l.r. "Staples / & / Linda / Modern" in pencil; on the mount: recto l.r. "16" in red ink (no. corresponds to artist's list of costumes).

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Portraits

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1975-008 PIC
00026
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access to be given through an art archivist

Box [1975-008]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2000805700 Item no. assigned by LAC 26

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00026] C-111456

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1975-8-26
Copyright: Government of Canada

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