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Hill, Charles C., 1945-,

Emily Carr : new perspectives on a Canadian icon / - Ottawa : Vancouver, B.C. : National Gallery of Canada ; Vancouver Art Gallery : Douglas & McIntyre, c2006. - 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Issued also in French under title: Emily Carr, nouvelles perspectives sur une légende canadienne. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2 June-4 Sept. 2006; Vancouver Art Gallery, 7 Oct. 2006-7 Jan. 2007; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 24 Feb.-20 May 2007; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 21 June-23 Sept. 2007; and the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 25 Oct. 2007-26 Jan. 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-334).

Foreword / Pierre Théberge, Kathleen S. Bartels -- Preface & acknowledgements / Ian M. Thom -- Reconstructing Emily Carr in Alaska / Jay Stewart & Peter Macnair -- The other French modernity of Emily Carr / Johanne Lamoureux -- The presentation of self in Emily Carr's writings / Shirley Bear & Susan Crean -- Backgrounds in Canadian art : the 1927 exhibition of Canadian west coast art : Native and modern / Charles C. Hill -- A chronology of love's contingencies / Marcia Crosby -- Emily Carr : clear cut / Andrew Hunter -- Locating Emily Carr : major writings on her work and life, 1945 to 1990 / Ian M. Thom -- Exhibiting Carr : the making and remaking of a Canadian icon / Gerta Moray -- Notes -- Works in the exhibition -- Authors' biographies.

ISBN: 9781553651734 (hardcover) 1553651731 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2006411421

Subjects--Personal Names:
Carr, Emily, 1871-1945 --Exhibitions.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art, Canadian--20th century--Exhibitions.
Indian art--Canada--Exhibitions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Pacific Coast (B.C.)--In art--Exhibitions

Dewey Class. No.: 709.2