La Chasse Galeries

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La Chasse Galeries

Item ID number:

3971926

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Date:

n.d. [mid-20th century].

Reference:

R13282-1-1-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3971926

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Dr. W. Kaye Lamb collection

La Chasse Galeries
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Date(s):

n.d. [mid-20th century].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 print : colour Compotina ; 24.1 x 33.2 cm (plate mark).

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Saul Field (1912-1987) was a printmaker, painter, and filmmaker who was born in Montreal, where he studied briefly at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts. He became interested in prints, and in 1963 co-invented (with his artist wife, Jean Townsend) the acidless Compotina plate - a spontaneous method of achieving colourful hand pulled graphics.

This print, done in shades of green and black, portrays the Quebecois legend of the "chasse galerie" - a story in which people make a deal with the devil in order to ride speedily in a flying canoe to a destination of their choice. The print depicts the night sky with a flying canoe overhead and a group of faceless people dancing in a circle on the ground.

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Artist: Field, Saul 1912-1987

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Signed. Inscribed.
Recto, l.c., in manuscript pencil: La Chasse Galeries / for Dr. W. Kaye Lamb (AP) / Saul Field

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Canoes and canoeing

Legends - Canada

Québec

Flying boat
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13282]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13282-1

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Date modified:: 2023-03-24

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