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| Item Call Number |
N 8260 B465 1986 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16119 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - N 8260 B465 1986
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Benjamin Charles Steele :
- Remainder of title - prisoner of war : an exhibition of eighty drawings and three paintings... /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - edited, with an introduction by Alan Newbert ; essay by James Todd ; captions by Shirley Steele with Benjamin C. Steele
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Billings, Mont. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Dept. of Art, Eastern Montana College,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1986.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - viii, 44 p. :
- Other physical details - chiefly ill. ,
- Dimensions - 23 x 23 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Cover title: Ben Steele, prisoner of war. "An exhibition of eighty drawings and three paintings in the Northwest Gallery of Art at Eastern Montana College ..."
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - An exhibition catalog which features the drawings of a Montana cowboy who joined the Air Corps to escape the hardship of the Great Depression. He wound up in the Philippines, and was at Clark Field when the war started. He fought in Bataan and became a prisoner of war when Gen. King surrendered.
Although without formal training in drawing, Steele documented what he saw in Clark Field, the Death March, prisoner of war camp life, the Tayabas work detail, and prisoner conditions in Japan. After the war, he painted scenes from memory. Through these drawing and paintings, Steele has left graphic and powerful images which show bravery in action, man’s inhumanity to man, and also man’s descent into primitive life while keeping hope alive.
After the war, he studied art formally and taught at Eastern Montana College, where he donated his works of art. This catalog publishes thirty-one of Steele’s eighty drawings and three paintings. A chronology of Steele’s life and complete listing of his works are appended. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Steele, Benjamin Charles.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Form subdivision - Pictorial works
- General subdivision - Exhibitions.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Exhibitions.
- Form subdivision - Pictorial works
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - art works (sketches)
- Uncontrolled term - atrocities against POWs
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Clark Field bombing
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW life
- Uncontrolled term - Tayabas work detail
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Newbert, Alan
- Personal name - Steele, Benjamin C.
- Personal name - Steele, Shirley
- Personal name - Todd, James
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