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Costume Design by Miles White [Graphic material]

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Date:

1977.

Reference:

R11932-0-2-E, Volume number: 1

Item no. (creator):

No. 2

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3676933

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Toller Cranston collection

Costume Design by Miles White
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Date(s):

1977.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour/collage

Language of material:

English

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Consists of one watercolour/collage titled Costume Design by Miles White.
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Cranston, Toller, b. 1949

White, Miles (1914-2000)
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Cranston, Toller, b. 1949 : Toller Cranston, (born April 20, 1949) is a Canadian figure skater and artist. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1949 and grew up in Kirkland Lake. Cranston is credited by many with bringing a new level of artistry to men's figure skating. He was the Canadian national figure skating champion from 1971 to 1976. Although he never won a world level competition, he scored the highest marks in the free skate at four world championships. He won bronze medals at the 1974 World Figure Skating Championship and the 1976 Winter Olympics. He is the 1988 World Professional Champion.
At the age of 27, he began a long career in professional figure skating. He has also choreographed ice skating and been a commentator on CBC television for figure skating events.
His main artistic outlet is now his painting which often incorporates themes related to skating. He co-wrote the autobiographical Zero Tollerance (1997) with Martha Lowder Kimball.
He was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1976, the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1997, the Order of Canada in 1977 and Canada's Walk of Fame in 2003.

White, Miles (1914-2000) : Miles White did a lot of costume designs for Broadway. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1956 for his costume design for the film "Around the world in 80 Days".

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General note:

The watercolour/collage is a costume design presentation drawing for The Ice Show which Toller Cranston organized in New York city at the Palace Theatre in 1977.

Custodial history:

Purchased from Barbara Mitchell, Independant Fine Art Consultant.

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Portraits

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Private

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2006-00425-5
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R11932]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, archival reference number R11932-2
Copyright: estate of Miles White.
Restrictions on use: None

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