Art - Ambrose McEvoy
Inventory of artwork by Arthur Ambrose McEvoy.
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2014-1 Miss Winifred Barnes
Stage beauty Winifred Barnes (1892-1935). 3/4-length, full-face portrait of a young woman, landscape background.
LocationOttawa
Medium (select)oil on canvas
Height (inches)40
Width (inches)30
Framedno
Year (earliest)1921
Year (latest)1921
Finished work?yes
Notessittings in diary of 1921
Condition reportcanvas is very brittle and linen has split along lower tacking margin with multiple tears at tacking edge, bottom right small losses to canvas along tear,bottom edge small surface abrasions near top left & right edge.Paint loss has occurred bottom fi...
2014-2 three quarter length Female portrait
3/4-length, full-face, oil on light weight canvas, stretcher with one horizontal cross bar:missing three keys Condition: Canvas is brittle, but has not slackened. No distortion. surface has been varnished. Surface dirt is present, otherwise condition re ...
LocationOttawa
Medium (select)oil on canvas
Height (inches)40
Width (inches)30
Framedno
Year (earliest)1910
Year (latest)1920
Finished work?no
Condition reportAbove
Examined 8th June 2014
2014-3 Female portrait
3/4-length portrait, sitter angled and head turned and full face.
LocationOttawa
Medium (select)oil on canvas
Height (inches)40
Width (inches)30
Framedno
Year (earliest)19187
Year (latest)1927
Finished work?yes
Condition reportDescription/Condition: Canvas has split and retracted from the bottom stretcher member with loss of paint at bottom edge. One tear lower centre (10 cm long) with deformation of canvas and paint loss. Surface is clouded by aged wax coating. Needs ...
2014/4 Portrait of a girl, unfinished
three quarter length portrait, sitter facing left full face. Warm tones
LocationOttawa
Medium (select)oil on canvas
Height (inches)40
Width (inches)30
Framedno
Finished work?no
Condition reportPainting has been heavily keyed out and the tacking margin has snapped along bottom edge, and partly along left side and top. Canvas is brittle, slack and deformed in ridges. some pant loss has occurred to the left of the sitters head. paint loss ...
2014-5 1st sitting for a portrait of a young girl in blue
Portrait of a young girl seated cross-legged, first sitting executed principally in Blue and white on a light background.
LocationOttawa
Medium (select)oil on canvas
Height (inches)40
Width (inches)30
Framedno
Year (earliest)1918
Year (latest)1926
Finished work?no
Condition reportGenerally sound, possibly varnished. stretcher bars closed tight. Some water stains on the reverse. Canvas is brittle-but no deformation Considerable surface dirt on painted surface. No obvious surface coating. Sigs of ware damage on canvas verso...