Bathers

Lawren P. Harris

BIRTH YEAR 1910
BIRTH PLACE Toronto, Ontario
DEATH YEAR 1994
DEATH PLACE Ottawa, Ontario
MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATE 1953
DIMENSIONS 76.8cm x 76.8cm x 1.9cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1262
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A painting of four nude females against a blue background. The figures are painted with very sharp, angular lines and do not have hands or feet. A square of light is illuminating the bodies, set at an angle over them. Their shadow is cast in the lower right area of the image. The ground surface in the foreground, as well as a section in the background on the right, is painted in taupe.

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