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Metadata
Title |
Portrait of Bill Reid |
Object Name |
Painting |
Catalog Number |
2005.5.1.1 |
Creator |
Chris Hopkins |
Date |
2005 |
Scope & Content |
Item is a painting of Bill Reid. Reid is shown on the left side of the portrait. He is seated and leaning over the totem pole he is in the process of carving. A light can be seen in the distance. Written on lower right: C Hopkins This portrait was commission in 2005, 7 years after Bill Reid's passing. The artist, Chris Hopkins, worked from a photograph of Reid taken by Reid's wife, Martine. In the original photograph, Reid is carving at the Skidegate carving shed, crafting the totem pole that the town raised in 1978. Due to the fact that the pole is near completion, it is likely that this picture was taken in 1977 or 1978. Thus Reid is likely 57-58 years old in this portrait. |
Level of description |
Item |
Collection |
Kovalik Collection |
Parent Catalog Number |
2005.5.1 |
Copyrights |
Aug. 24, 2006: Artist (Chris Hopkins) sold copyright on the painting and the drawing to the Bill Reid Foundation in perpetuity. The Bill Reid Foundation may assign this copyright interest for commercial application in its absolute discretion. |
Ownership |
Simon Fraser University Bill Reid Collection |
People |
Reid, Bill Hopkins, Chris |
Subjects |
Carving Sculptors Totem poles |