, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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uni-tea, 2000
Michael Massie
Canadian (Inuit), 1962
silver and ebony
32.2 x 22.9 x 9.5 cm
Purchased 2004
National Gallery of Canada (no. 41312)
"We are here only for a short time and, in my opinion, it's more exciting to try as many different things as you can, in as many different mediums as you can. I think that art in general is nothing but an experience of life." - Michael Massie The curved shape of this teapot sculpture evokes the form of the "ulu" - a knife traditionally used by a woman - while the two spiralled projections recall the tusk of the narwhal, once believed to be the horn of the mythical unicorn. Massie is notable for his syncretistic joining of Western art influences with Inuit imagery.
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