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Samurai Jack background

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Item

Date:

[ca. 2004].

Reference:

R429, Volume number: 47

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

4517072

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John Bell collection

Samurai Jack background
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Date(s):

[ca. 2004].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 drawing: pen and black ink with opaque white on wove paper; 20.5 x 28.0 cm.
Support 20.500 x 28.000 cm

Language of material:

English

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John Bell collection [graphic material]

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Item consists of 1 drawing done in pen and black ink of two city scapes. The drawing was done as part of the original backgrond for the animated show "Samurai Jack".

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Artist: Rivoche, Paul

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General note:

Samurai Jack was a cartoon series about a warrior from Feudal Japan who is trapped in a dystopian future. The show revolved around Jack trying to return to his own time to prevent an evil daemon from ever taking over.

This item was drawn for the episode "The Four Seasons of Death" which aired on October 8th, 2004 as part of the fourth season of the show. The episode involved Jack facing four seperate menaces for each season of the year. It was the only episode of Samurai Jack that Paul Rivoche worked on.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed in red ink, in the print, center and center right: sc. 228/ sc. 193.

Inscribed in red ink, in the print, center: Samurai JAck Show 622-049/ BG Designs/ Rivoche.

Inscribed in red ink, in the print, bottom right: 17 of 19

Source:

Private

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2005-00139-2

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66
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R429]

[Consultation 90 Open]

47 Item no. assigned by LAC 66

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R429-66

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