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Tavern

Maxwell Bates

BIRTH YEAR 1906
BIRTH PLACE Calgary, Alberta
DEATH YEAR 1980
DEATH PLACE Victoria, British Columbia
MEDIUM Ink on paper
DATE 1961
DIMENSIONS 46.5cm x 38.6cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1557
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 rough ink sketch depicts five figures in a tavern; with three figures seated at a table in the foreground, and two figures seated at a table in the background on the right side of the page. Glasses and bottle sit a top all the tables. The figure who is sitting on the left is wearing a pinstripe suit. The floor boards of the tavern are drawn with vertical lines and there is an arched doorway behind the people seated in the background on the right.

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