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Orford Lake

Philip Surrey

BIRTH YEAR 1910
BIRTH PLACE Calgary, Alberta
DEATH YEAR 1990
DEATH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
MEDIUM Watercolour, graphite and gouache on paper
DATE 1946
DIMENSIONS 26.5cm x 19.4cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1382
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 a lakeside scene, with a dock in the foreground and three figures clad in beachwear standing on it. The foremost figure is wearing a yellow bathing suit (clothing) and holding a white towel across their backside. There are bathers in the water in the mid-ground, as well as people in rowboats. In the background are blue and brown mountains on the shore. A blue sky is overhead with a few white clouds in it.

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