David Abbey Paige Pastels and Paintings

Object Checklist

 

Exhibit Overview

Letter from Railey to Merrit – April 23, 1930. BPRC (4850).

Letter from G.O. Shirey to Paige – September 2, 1933. BPRC (4850).

Letter from Douglas John Connah to Rear Admiral Byrd – September 29, 1933. BPRC (2663).

 

Gallery

1. Halo; wing of the Fokker airplane crashed on March 12, 1934. Oil on board 40.3 x 50.3 BPRC (455-53).

2. “Making sails on the Bear, at Discovery Inlet, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 26.75 x 20.4 BPRC (456-30).

3. Forecastle Jacob Ruppert. Pastel 30.5 x 23 BPRC (458-7).

4. “The Ruppert passing through a field of growlers on the way to Discovery Inlet – following the Bear, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 10.2 x 12.25 BPRC (455-49).

5. View from the Jacob Ruppert upon the dark sea. Pastel 19.75 x 25.9 BPRC (458-8).

6. Looking at the coastline from Jacob Ruppert. Pastel 23 x 30.5 BPRC (458-3).

7. Bear of Oakland under sails. Pastel 15.6 x 11.54 BPRC (455-38).

8. “Overcast sky on Ross Sea – from the Ruppert – the Bear making up sails at the point of Discovery Inlet, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 9.6 x 13.4 BPRC (455-45).

9. “Making sails at Discovery Inlet for the final departure to civilization, 1935” (Paige). Pastel 12.5 x 9.85 BPRC (455-50).

10. “The Bear leaving the Ruppert after loading coal and exchanging cargo outside Discovery Inlet, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 13.4 x 9.6 BPRC (455-41).

11. “The Bear under full sail; leaving the iceberg behind, bound for home, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 10.2 x 13.4 BPRC (455-42).

12. “The Ruppert following the Bear along the lee of the Barrier to Discovery Inlet, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 11.54 x 15.6 BPRC (455-35).

13. Colorful sky above dark sea. Pastel 20.4 x 26.75 BPRC (456-15).

14. “Approaching a storm – just passing the Antarctic Circle on the way to civilization, 1935” (Paige). Pastel 11.54 x 15.6 BPRC (455-36).

15. “Leaving the icebergs behind – just before a storm over Ross Sea, 1935” (Paige). Pastel 11.54 x 15.3 BPRC (455-47).

16. “Leaving Ross Sea, approaching the Antarctic Circle, on the way home – a cold, early morning, 1935” (Paige). Pastel 10.85 x 16.7 BPRC (455-40).

17. “On Ross Sea – last of the Antarctic Sunset – just before a storm, 1935” (Paige). Pastel 11.54 x 16 BPRC (455-44).

18. “The Bear idling in the lee of East Barrier, waiting for the pack to go out, for the final loading. A group of penguins on pan ice just escaped a school of killer whales, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 10.2 x 12.25 BPRC (455-43).

19. “The Bear idling at the point of the Bay of Whales, waiting for icebergs and pack to go out – with new green ice forming in the foreground, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 10.2 x 12.25 BPRC (455-34).

20. “The Bear entering Bolling bight after loading the Ruppert with equipment she had ferried from the Barrier to the middle of the Bay of Whales where the Ruppert anchored, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 10.2 x 13.4 BPRC (455-37).

21. “Passing Lindbergh Inlet, named by the First Byrd Antarctic Expedition – on the way to the last penguin hunt, 1935” (Paige). Pastel 11.54 x 15.3 BPRC (455-48).

22. “The Bear following the lee of the Barrier to Discovery Inlet, passing through a field of dangerous ice growlers, which are seven tenths submerged in the water, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 12.25 x 15.3 BPRC (455-46).

23. “The Bear leaving Vers-sur-Mer Inlet after escorting the Ruppert for final loading from the Barrier – overcast Sky, 1935″ (Paige).  Pastel 10.2 x 13.4 BPRC (455-39).

24. Bear of Oakland moored at the ice. Oil on board 32.6 x 39.9 BPRC (455-56).

25. “Low tide, with the Bear loading at Bolling Bight – with the midnight Sun, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 11.54 x 15.6 BPRC (455-33).

26. “A gray day. The Bear loading at Vers-sur-Mer Inlet, with pack ice and icebergs in the background in the Bay, 1935″ (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 26.75 BPRC (456-25).

27. “The Bear at the Bay of Whales, just before sailing, isolating 56 men for an indefinite period of time, 1934″ (Paige). Pastel 25.5 x 30.5 BPRC (457-7).

28. View of the station Little America after the wintering, Oct. 25, 1934″ (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (454-24).

29. “The only broadcast recorded on the Bay ice, transmitting the sounds of seals and penguins from their native land to civilization, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (457-8).

30. Aeroplanes buried in the snow – tails of Pilgrim and Condor. Pastel 25.5 x 33 BPRC (458-9).

31. Halo, dogs, snow drift. Oil on board 40.3 x 50.3 BPRC (455-54).

32. Ice formation. Pastel 20.4 x 26.75 BPRC (456-14).

33. “Anti-parhelion, directly opposite the sun – a rare phenomenon, caused by mirror reflections by high drift of hexagonal crystals – from my summer tent on East Barrier with the beacon built by the First Expedition in the background, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (454-27).

34. Ice formation, two men working, tent in the background 1934. Pastel 23 x 30.5 BPRC (458-12).

35. “Just after a storm – with tent town in the foreground, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 26.75 BPRC (456-23).

36. Dogs, sledge, tent, low sun casting long shadows. Pastel 23 x 30.5 BPRC (458-11).

37. Tents, rare clouds. Pastel 25.2 x 32 (David A. Paige, Jr.)

38. Halo, two airplanes and beacon in the foreground. Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (454-19).

39. “Parhelion with the upper arc with almost complete symmetrical form – tangent of the two circles – caused by high drift – very rarely seen, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (454-11).

40. “Parhelion caused by cirrus clouds – a typical clear day, with men skiing on the ice of the Bay of Whales, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (454-17).

41. Moon with colored aureole and a weak halo. Pastel 23 x 30.5 BPRC (458-6).

42. “The first brilliant aurora display. Time: 11 a.m., 1934” (Paige). Pastel 25.5 x 31.2 BPRC (457-1).

43. Single penguin in the dark, aurora. Pastel 33.2 x 37.8 (David A. Paige Jr.).

44. “From East Barrier, with overcast sky – the Bear idling at the Bay of Whales, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (454-13).

45. Unusual cloud formation hiding the sun. Pastel 24.2 x 31.9 BPRC (458-13).

46. Cloud formation. Pastel 20.4 x 26.75 BPRC (457-16).

47. “Sunrise and sunset – the beginning of the Midnight Sun, Oct. 21, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (456-21).

48. “After sunset – at 10 a.m. – digging in for the winter, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 26.75 BPRC (456-31).

49. “Sun dog, a mirage phenomenon – the upper being the real sun, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 25.5 x 30.5 BPRC (457-6).

50. Snowmobiles leaving the vicinity of the station around midnight, Oct. 20 (26?), 1934. Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (456-9).

51. Red sky. Pastel 23 x 30.5 BPRC (456-0).

52. In the area of the station, snowdrift. Pastel 25.2 x 32 (David A. Paige Jr.).

53. “Sunrise after a long Winter Night. Only the tails of the Pilgrim and Condor can be seen. Planes still in their winter hangars, buried under snow, 1934″ (Paige). Pastel 25.5 x 31.2 BPRC (457-5).

54. Tails of the Pilgrim and the Condor; the Kellett gyrocopter in the foreground. Pastel 26.2 x 31.9 BPRC (458-5).

55. Moderate snowdrift, Airplanes – Pilgrim, Condor and the Kellett gyrocopter. Pastel 27.4 x 37.6 BPRC (458-10).

56. Sky, ice, the airplanes – mock sun. Pastel 20.4 x 26.2 BPRC (457-22).

57. “Sun dog with parhelion of 22 1/2 degrees, before the Bear sailed, 1934″ (Paige). Pastel 21 x 26.2 BPRC (457-10).

58. “A 22 1/2 degrees Halo caused by high drift – from my summer tent on East Barrier, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (456-26).

59. “The first drift at East Barrier cache, equipment already buried, overcast sky, visibility 10 feet, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 21 x 26.75 BPRC (457-18).

60. “Gray day. Mother and baby seal basking on the bay ice, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 26.75 BPRC (456-32).

61. “Scientist Perkins drawing a net at a seal-hole on shelf ice [read bay ice] of the Bay of Whales on the lee of a pressure, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (454-20).

62. “Blasting the Bay of Whales for a seismic sounding for the thickness of the ice and depth of the water below, 1934” (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (456-29).

63. Magnetometer in an ice cave – illumination by candle light. Pastel 30.5 x 23 BPRC (458-14).

64. Group of penguins. Pastel 33.2 x 37.8 (David A. Paige Jr.).

65. Yellow sun with distinctive aureole. Pastel 23 x 31.2 BPRC (458-4).

66. Floes contaminated by diatoms. Oil on board 40.3 x 50.3 BPRC (455-51).

67. Dog sledge passing through a pressure ridge – left: a flag marking a safe passage. Oil on board 32.5 x 40.6 BPRC (455-52).

68.”Begining of a drift, showering from the point of West Barrier – on a penguin hunt – a fair warning of a heavy blow, 1934″ (Paige). Pastel 20.4 x 25.5 BPRC (457-28).

69. Greenish sky. Pastel 20.4 x 26.75 BPRC (456-12)

70. Return of the Jacob Ruppert – glistening sun. Oil on board 26 x 30.5 BPRC (455-55).