Painting Item Number: A9062 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Octopus. Mainly red with black and green facial details and a series of white dots on arms. Painting is cut out and taped/glued on to card.
Narrative
One of a set originally painted in a spiral drawing book while Mungo Martin was in a Vancouver hospital in 1951.
Item History
- Made by Mungo Martin ? (Maker) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during 1951
- Collected by Harry Hawthorn during 1951
- Owned by Mungo Martin before 1951
- Received from Mungo Martin (Seller) and Museum Purchase (Funding source) during 1951
What
- Name
- Painting
- Identification Number
- A9062
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 56.2 cm, width 71.8 cm
- Image
- height 47.2 cm, width 61.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Mungo Martin ? (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Harry Hawthorn
- Previous Owner
- Mungo Martin
- Received from
- Mungo Martin (Seller) and Museum Purchase (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1951
- Collection Date
- during 1951
- Ownership Date
- before 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- paintings; works on paper
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2064/0021