Painting Item Number: Na1593 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Painting with eyes of various colours. The right side has a multi-layered shape with the following from top to bottom: baby blue with a red eye outlined by a pointed purple-blue oval; green with a green eye outlined by a pink oval and a brown eye outlined with a wavy purple-blue line with white at either side; and purple with a green eye outlined by a tapering pink oval. The left side has nine more multi-coloured eyes. The background is spotted purple. Name in green pencil crayon, in the lower left corner, reads 'Parnee'. The painting is on a relatively square, brown paper piece.
Item History
- Made in Apex Hill, Nunavut, Canada during 1958
- Collected during 1958
- Owned by Gordon Yearsley before November 13, 1980
- Received from Gordon Yearsley (Donor) on November 13, 1980
What
- Name
- Painting
- Identification Number
- Na1593
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 68.8 cm, width 61.3 cm, depth 0.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Gordon Yearsley
- Received from
- Gordon Yearsley (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Apex Hill, Nunavut, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1958
- Collection Date
- during 1958
- Ownership Date
- before November 13, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on November 13, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- paintings; works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0669/0021