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Echo Bay, Great Bear Lake, the Indian Chiefs Grave (r); Untitled (v)

A. Y. Jackson

BIRTH YEAR 1882
BIRTH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
DEATH YEAR 1974
DEATH PLACE Kleinburg, Ontario
MEDIUM Graphite on paper
DATE 1959 (r); n.d. (v)
DIMENSIONS 30.5cm x 22.9cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 0660
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
[Recto] A rough sketch depicts a series of crosses in a graveyard in the foreground, with a fenced grave at the centre, built on a log base with a cross at the head of it. There is a body of water along the middle ground and mountains on the shore in the distance. There are colour notations made in the sketch.[Verso] A loose sketch with trees and shrubs suggested on land in the foreground with loose, quick lines, and a body of water beyond that with mountains in the distance.

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