painting
| Object Name: | painting |
| Title: | Welcome |
| Artist/Maker: | Adele Kereliuk |
| Category: | painting |
| Technique: | pen |
| Medium: | ink, gilt |
| Support: | paper |
| Accession Number: | 1977.1 |
| Exhibition Title: | 1996 MAG, Saskatoon, SK. |
| Origin-Province: | Ontario |
| Origin-Country: | Canada |
| Origin-Continent: | North America |
| Culture: | Canadian |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1974 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1975 |
| School/Style: | Canadian |
| Description: | Depicts a Ukrainian girl in the traditional welcoming pose, with braided bread (kolach) and salt, welcoming future in-laws or vice versa. "We welcome you with bread and salt." The design of the shirt was taken directly from a shirt of handmade fabric which was embroidered by the artist's great grandmother. |
| Height: | 17.9 |
| Width: | 13.4 |
| Unit-Linear: | cm |
| Image Height: | 11.9 |
| Image Width: | 8.4 |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Subject/Image: | Ukrainian, in authentic costume girl, in welcome pose with bread (kolach)and salt figure |
| Signature: | In brown ink, lower centre: Ageiia (Adelia) |
| Department: | Collections |
| Institution: |
Mendel Art Gallery
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| Institution City: | Saskatoon |
| Institution Province: | Saskatchewan |
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