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Career art and design [graphic material, photographic material, textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1947-1997.

Reference:

R3078-161-8-E

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4663651

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E. Philip Weiss fonds

Career art and design
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Series includes:

29 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1947-1997.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

28 paintings : gouache on board
66 photographs : black & white prints
1 souvenir album : with 16 black & white photos, and 9 manuscript items
.05 m textual record : files 14 to 28

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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E. Philip Weiss fonds [multiple media]

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Accession includes artworks, photographs and documents from Phil Weiss's years working at the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission (1947-1960) and as the Director of the National Design Branch of the Department of Industry Tade and Commerce, and his work with the Canadian Executive Service Overseas. This group of records reflect his career involvement in the art of design and exhibitions in the context of the Canadian Federal Government.

The artworks in this series are small gouache on board paintings which were for the most part used on a larger Map of Canada design. These small designs include scenes representative of the Canadian identity including a Mountie, a buffalo, a beaver and other unique animals, Canada's aboriginal peoples, and activities such as hunting, fishing, golfing and swimming, and even an artist at his easel.

Photographs primarily document the career work of the artist which includes working for the Canadian Exhibition Commission (1947-1960), and the Canadian Executive Service Overseas (ca. 1950) and a presentation album from the Canadian National Design Council at the point of his retirement from that endeavour (1997). A souvenir album with photographs and a handful of paper items is part of this series. This group also includes 3 photographs of Weiss's prize-winning Tribute sculpture, and 1 of Weiss with his battalion overseas, housed together for accessibility., Manuscripts related to these years include doucments pertaining to the overseas industries fairs, of the 1950's, specifications and research for the work of the Design Council regarding office design for health and comfort, involving Treasury Board and Health Canada and several reports and published items regarding Expo 67, and further Work Environment design concepts. Several items document Weiss's work with CESO.

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Artist: Weiss, Philip, 1924-2017

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Item level descriptions (Electronic) Artwork. R3078-43 to -68, -206 to -207. MIKAN database. (90: Open)

Word descriptions. (Paper) R3078-2004. Art accession file in the Art Library. (90: Open)

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General note:

Item 60 has artwork on recto and verso. Two item-level descriptions were created for this item. There are 28 indivisual paintings, for which there are 29 item-level descriptions.

Custodial history:

These documents have been in the custody of the artist until donation to the institution.

Arrangement note:

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Photographic material has been arranged in 6 files:
File 3: Canadian Industry Mural (?)
File 4: Canadian Executive Service Overseas
File 5: Canadian Government Exhibition Commission
File 6: National Design Council, Souvenir retirement Album, Textual material has been arranged in 15 files:
File 14: British Industries Fair, 1950
File 15: Canadian International Trade Fairs, 1951-1954
File 16: Optimal Specifications for Government Office .... 1966
File 17: Design Canada .... at Expo, 1967
File 18: Design Policy proposal, National Design Council, 1968
File 19: The Office Environment ...., 1970-1975
File 20: The Business Quarterly .... 1973
File 21: National Design Council reports, 1973-1976
File 22: The Ottawa Citizen, clipping, 1975
File 23: Draft paper, Towards a Model for Integration .... 1977
File 24: A .... Manager's Guide to Acoustics ....1977
File 25: Toward a Model .... research notes, 1977
File 26: Work Environment Design, ...1977
File 27: Work Environment Design, TB approval .... 1978
File 28: Canadian Executive Service Overseas (CESO) letters, reports, 1978-1980

Container note(s):

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4 : National Design Council (souvenir album) No. 67
5 : File 3 Canadian Industry Mural (?) Nos. 5-12;
File 4 Canadian Executive Services Overseas, Nos. 13-18;
File 5 Canadian Government Exhibition Commission, Nos. 19-66

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2004-01635-3
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Consultation with the assistance of an art archivist.

Volume [R3078] 27--28

[Consultation 90 Open]

27 Item no. assigned by LAC 43--55; 206--207

[Consultation 90 Open]

28 Item no. assigned by LAC 56--68

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R3078] 4--5

[Consultation 90 Open]

4 File number 6

[Consultation 90 Open]

5 File number 3--5

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R3078] 6--7

[Consultation 90 Open]

6 File number 14--24

[Consultation 90 Open]

7 File number 25--28

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives of Canada.
Copyright: artwork : Philip Weiss

Copyright: photographic and textual material : various
Accession nos.: R3078-68, -206 to -207.

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