Mild cockling and creasing of image. Paper has fallen down from the mat on the left side, and as a result is showing the backing board in the TR corner.
Surface is all together dirty. Numerous smudges and other surface accretions and is especially bad in the top horizontal register, which has multiple large smudges. Canvas is loose in the TL corner due to storage (another painting was leaning on it). T
Residue of tape in area CB of glass. Frame has small abrasion marks on top arm.
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame- wood
Inscriptions
Note attached to back: Cecil E. James came to Canada in 1914 from Manchester, England. He started studies in art at the University of Saskatchewan in 1928, and is now operating an art gallery in Saskatoon. He has painted Canadian scenes from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, but most of his work is of the Canadian Prairies. One could safely say that his paintings are in private collections in almost every country of the world. To name a few principals possessing a James painting: The Archbishop of Canterbury; His Excellency, Governor-General Roland Michener; John Diefenbaker, former Prime Minister of Canada; The Canadian Embassy in Berlin; Mr. H.W. Sturdy, British Government representative; Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; Saskatchewan House, London; Dairy Pool; Colonel Sanders of Kentucky; Pioneer Grain Co.; The Hon. Jean Lesage; Saskatchewan Power Corporation; Saskatchewan Arts Board.
Several splashes of brown paint across bottom half most probably inherent to image. TL corner of paper is creased. Top edge has some surface paper peeled off.
Daphne Odjig (Mrs. Chester Beavon), an Odawa native, she has been born and raised on the Wikwemikong Indian Reserve of Manitoulin Island, 180 miles NW of Toronto. Moved to Manitoba in 1963. In her work she uses pastels, acrylics, pen and ink and collage to create vivid prints of Indian folklore as well as murals and illustrations for children's books. She produced a mural for the Pequis Indian School, Winnipeg, and her work appeared on Christmas cards as well as two illustrated children's books. Her work has been seen in Osaka (Japan), France, Belgium, Vancouver, North Dakota and many places in Manitoba. Odjig's images are represented in numerous collections across Canada. She has been a member of the B.C. Federation of Artist's and is on the Board of the Manitoba Arts Foundation Folk School. (1996 inventory)