Block, Wood

Artefact

Estevan Art Gallery & Museum
2015.1.119
Relief wood carved picture block. Front: solid wood stained dark blue. There are 4 parts that have been cut away, two in the center, one along the top and one in the bottom left corner. The bottom left cut out measures 2cm wide and 4.5cm long. The next cutout is in the lower right section, the bottom left corner begins 9cm from the bottom. This cutout angles down to the right and measures 14.5cm wide by 12cm long. The third cut out is in the upper left section with the bottom right corner touching the top left of the second cutout, and measures 10.5cm wide by 10.5cm long, not on a diagonal. The top cutout is a trianle shape that is cut 2.5cm down from what would have been the top right corner and angles up to the top left corner. The majority of the block has been chiseled down using a circular headed tool. Leaving 4 relief designs. At the bottom design is a rectangle measuring 16.5cm wide by 3.3cm long. Connected at the top right corner is a second design, following the right edge of the second cutout measuring 3cm long and 15cm wide and then along the right edge 2.3cm wide by 9.8cm. The third relief section runs on a slight diagonal above the third cut out and runs across the entire width of the block but with jagged rather than smooth edges. There is an additional relief carved piece descending vertically from the jagged design 10.6cm from the right edge, which is 2.2cm wide. Extending up the right side 13cm is the last jagged part. This jagged design provides an outline for the word "fair" which is carved backwards across the diagonal part. Sides: plain wood with residual staining Back: covered in strips of peeling paper
Wood (basswood or pine)
Longueur: 45.1 cm; Largeur: 32.6 cm; Hauteur: 2.2 cm;
Notes: Height refers to the thickness of the board. Measurements were taken at the widest and longest points of the block.


"MILTON TWO ERS, WIS" in bottom left edge. Part of inscription is cut off.
Gift of the Derksen Family