A place in history : twenty years of acquiring paintings, drawings and prints at the National Archives of Canada / introduction by Jim Burant ; texts contributed by Jim Burant, Jennifer Devine, Lucie Dorais,...: SA2-213/1990E-PDF

"The National Archives of Canada is proud of its long tradition of recognizing and collecting this crucial and complex documentation of our past. This catalogue, and the exhibition that it accompanies, is an opportunity to invite Canadians to reflect on a selection of some of the most treasured records acquired over the last twenty years and now held by the Documentary Art and Photography Division. It is an affirmation of the power and value of the picture in communicating our history to our children. The selections from the twentieth century all emphasize the continuing presence of this power, particularly in communicating our values through visual symbols"--Foreword, page iii.

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Publication information
Department/Agency National Archives of Canada, issuing body.
Title A place in history : twenty years of acquiring paintings, drawings and prints at the National Archives of Canada / introduction by Jim Burant ; texts contributed by Jim Burant, Jennifer Devine, Lucie Dorais, Lydia Foy, Eva Major-Marothy, Martha Marleau, Terresa McIntosh, Susan North, Douglas E. Schoenherr, Allison Thompson.
Variant title Twenty years of acquiring paintings, drawings and prints at the National Archives of Canada
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Other formats Paper-[English]
Note(s) Digitized by Publishing and Depository Services Program.
"An exhibition presented at the National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, 30 October 1990-31 March 1991."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Letter to the Public / Jean-Pierre Wallot -- Foreword / Lilly Koltun -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Notes for Use -- Abbreviations, Terminology and Symbols -- Catalogue, I, "As long as the sun shall shine": The First Peoples -- II, Artists in a New Land -- III, Timeless Mementos -- IV, Our Times: Art as Record in the 20th Century -- Plates -- Index.
Issued also in printed form.
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario : National Archives of Canada = Archives nationales du Canada : Supply and Services Canada, 1991.
©1991
Author / Contributor Burant, Jim, contributor.
Description 1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
Catalogue number
  • SA2-213/1990E-PDF
Subject terms National Archives of Canada -- Art collections.
National Archives of Canada -- Exhibitions.
Archives nationales du Canada -- Collections d'art.
Archives nationales du Canada -- Expositions.
Art, Canadian -- Exhibitions.
Art canadien -- Expositions.
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