Park (r) ; Untitled (v)

Marian Scott

BIRTH YEAR 1906
BIRTH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
DEATH YEAR 1993
DEATH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATE c. 1938
DIMENSIONS 51.4cm x 47cm x 2.5cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1522
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 dark image depicts three stylized seated figures in the foreground on the right, surrounded by tall stylized figures across the background. The three figures, from left to right, are wearing a blue dress, a mauve dress and a red shirt with blue pants. The figures in the background are dressed in robes of the same or similar tones, with the addition of one in a brown robe. The figures in the foreground are seated with hands in their lap, while the ones in the background are standing, walking to the right. (Verso) A primarily blue abstract painting with a form in the central-right area of the image consisting of two conjoined oval-shaped forms outlined in black at the top and white at the bottom. The middle of the form at the centre has yellow and red paint and a black squiggle with a line around it a a row of dots in a semi-circle above it. The surrounding space is filled with swirling strokes of blue paint with some purple white and black mixed in.

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