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Maxwell Bates

BIRTH YEAR 1906
BIRTH PLACE Calgary, Alberta
DEATH YEAR 1980
DEATH PLACE Victoria, British Columbia
MEDIUM Watercolour on textured embossed paper
DATE 1977
DIMENSIONS 59.5cm x 44.5cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1468
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 depicts four figures standing in line across a background of newsprint painted in beige with a large black rectangle in the upper middle area. The shortest figure is standing on the left side, dressed in a red-brown top and pants. The second figure on the left is dressed in blue, with their back to the viewer. The central figure is wearing a yellow sweater and brown skirt and the figure on the right is wearing a striped red outfit and has a large mass of short brown hair.

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