Panel 3 in a series of 20 panels. Drawing of a stylized bear. Animal sits upright, with legs spread to each side and digits on front paws held wide. It is coloured in bright yellow, black and grey, and decorated in formline type designs on its face, ears and torso. The background at top shows floating images of eyes and faces in mist and foliage, with a dark skeletal figure laying amongst the stones of a river bed at bottom left. The drawing is split between 2 equally sized panels, one sitting on top of the other. Covered with plexi frame.

• Narrative

  Image publication © Courtesy of Simon Fraser University Galleries, Burnaby, British Columbia.

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• Type of Item drawing
• Culture Canadian
• Measurements height 154.0 cm, width 103.0 cm, depth 5.6 cm (frame) height 151.0 cm, width 101.0 cm (image)

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• Creator Jack Shadbolt
• Previous Owner Arne Mathisen, Bertha Margaret Mathisen
• Received from Bertha Margaret Mathisen

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• Made in Burnaby

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• Creation Date during 1976
• Ownership Date before 1998, before November 8, 2012
• Acquisition Date on November 8, 2012

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• Item Classes paintings
• Condition excellent
• Accession Number 2980/0003