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This new Guide to the Collections presents over 400 works from the WAG's permanent collection, with each object illustrated in colour and accompanied by an extended text. Represented here are works spanning ten centuries and featuring a range of media selected from the Gallery's holdings in European and Canadian art, works on paper, photography, decorative arts, contemporary studio and inuit art. Included in the Guide is an illustrated essay on the history of the Gallery, and a bibliography of selected WAG publications, including collection and exhibition catalogues. --Book Jacket.

Out of the richness and breadth of The Winnipeg Art Gallery's collection, Mary Jo Hughes has created a survey of Canadian historical art. Images express artistic trends of the 19th and 20th centuries and speak of changing social, political and aesthetic issues: exploration, colonization, nationalism, growth, conflict, the search for a unique Canadian expression, and acceptance of the modern world.

Catalogue documenting an exhibit of Inuit sculptures from 5 Baffin Island communities. Includes articles by Inuit artists.