Gathie Falk | Credits | Art Canada Institute

Copyright & Credits

Acknowledgements

From the Author

I am deeply indebted to Anna Hudson and Sara Angel for seeing me as the right person to take on this exploration of Falk’s work. My own understanding of Falk is rooted in the writing of the many art historians, critics, and curators who have engaged with her practice over the course of her long career, and I am especially grateful for the foundational insights and overviews provided in the work of Robin Laurence, Jane Lind, and Ann Rosenberg. The words and images on these pages would not have been possible without the kind and committed support of Jocelyn Anderson, Rosie Prata, and Monique Johnson. My deepest gratitude is, of course, reserved for Gathie Falk, who is just as remarkable as her work.

From the ACI

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The ACI recognizes the additional private collectors who have given permission for their works to be published in this edition.

IMAGE SOURCES

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Credit for Cover Image

Gathie Falk, *Single Right Men’s Shoes: Blue Running Shoes*, c.1973. (See below for details.)

Credits for Banner Images

Biography: Gathie Falk in 2019. (See below for details.)

Key Works: Gathie Falk, *196 Apples*, 1969–70. (See below for details.)

Significance & Critical Issues: Gathie Falk, *Pieces of Water: Royal Wedding*, 1981. (See below for details.)

Style & Technique: Gathie Falk, *Home Environment*, 1968. (See below for details.)

Sources & Resources: Gathie Falk, *Night Sky #6*, 1979. (See below for details.)

Where to See: Gathie Falk, *Single Right Men’s Shoes: Bootcase with 6 Orange Brogues*, 1973. (See below for details.)

Credits: Gathie Falk, *Heavenly Bodies Again #20*, 2016. (See below for details.)

Credits for Works by Gathie Falk

*Abstract 4*, 2018. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Agnes (Black Patina)*, 2000–2001. Collection of Equinox Gallery, Vancouver. © Gathie Falk.

*Antony*, 2001. University of Lethbridge Art Collection, gift of Mr. Jim Coutts, Nanton, Alberta, 2010 (2010.48). © Gathie Falk.

*Apples*, 1994. Private collection. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Heffel Fine Art Auction House.

*Art School Teaching Aids: Hard-Edge Still Life*, 1970. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of Joan Lowndes (2001.36.12). © Gathie Falk.

*Ballet for Bass-Baritone* (Tom Graff singing), 1971, performance at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo credit: Judi Osburn.

*The Banquet*, 1963. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of McMichael Canadian Art Collection. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Rachel Topham Photography.

*Beautiful B.C. Thermal Blanket—Gloria*, 1980. Collection of the University of Alberta Museums Art Collection (1982.14). © Gathie Falk.

*Beautiful British Columbia Multiple Purpose Thermal Blanket* (detail), 1979. Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery. Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Beautiful British Columbia Multiple Purpose Thermal Blanket* (installed in the foyer of the B.C. Central Credit Union), 1979. Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery. Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*A Bird Is Known by His Feathers Alone* (performance at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, in 1972), 1968. Visual Resources Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa.

*A Bird Is Known by His Feathers Alone* (performance props), 1968. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund and purchased with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program (2000.17.a-IIIIIII). © Gathie Falk.

*Bookcase with Pile of Fruit*, 1976. Private collection. Courtesy of Waddington’s Auctioneers and Appraisers, Toronto. © Gathie Falk.

*Border in Four Parts*, 1977–78. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (23188.1-4). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Border in Four Parts* (detail), 1977–78. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (23188.1-4). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Cake Walk Rococo* (with Tom Graff, performance at the Vancouver Art Gallery), 1971. Photo credit: Vincent Trasov.

*Cement with Fence #1*, 1982. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Cement with Grass #1*, 1982. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Chair with Plastic Christmas Tree*, 1985. Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, gift of Mavor Moore and Alexandra Browning (1999.015.005). © Gathie Falk.

*Cherry Basket*, c.1969. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Chorus*, 1972, performance at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, in 1975. Visual Resources Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa.

*Chorus* (performance at the Vancouver Art Gallery), 1972. Photo credit: Nomi Kaplan.

*Cinnamon Buns I*, 2017. Collection of Rob Bell and Diane Walker. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Crucifixion I*, 1966. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Rachel Topham Photography.

*Development of the Plot III: #1 The Stage Is Set*, 1992. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Dreaming of Flying, Canoe*, 2007. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (42343). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Dress with Boy*, 1997. Private collection. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Dress with Candles*, 1997. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (39892). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Dress with Insect Box*, 1998. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund (98.63). © Gathie Falk.

*Dressed Canoe*, 2014. Installation view of *The Things in My Head* at Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, 2015. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

*Eight Red Boots*, 1973. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (18157). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Eighteen Pairs of Red Shoes with Roses* (installation detail), 1973. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (18158.1-36). Courtesy of Oakville Galleries. © Gathie Falk.

*14 Rotten Apples*, 1970. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Endowment Fund (70.110). © Gathie Falk.

*Girl Walking Around Square Room in a Gallery* (diagram of choreography for film and performance at the Vancouver Art Gallery), 1969. © Gathie Falk.

*Heavenly Bodies Again #20*, 2016. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Herd I*, 1974–75. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Purchased with donations from Mr. and Mrs. W. Pitts, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paul Saunders, Mrs. Gordon R. Southan, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Stewart, Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia and Canada Council Matching Grant (82.9.a-x). © Gathie Falk.

*Home Environment*, 1968. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund, Gift of Abraham Rogatnick, Gift of Douglas Chrismas (86.32). © Gathie Falk.

*Home Environment*, 1968. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund, Gift of Abraham Rogatnick, Gift of Douglas Chrismas (86.32). Installation view of *Gathie Falk* at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2002. Courtesy of the Visual Resources Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa. © Gathie Falk.

*Lawn in Three Parts*, 1978. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund (87.108.a-c). © Gathie Falk.

*My Dog’s Bones* (installed at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, in 2002), 1985. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of the Visual Resources Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa. © Gathie Falk.

*My Work Shirt*, 2016. Private collection. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Nice Table with Earthshifter and Details*, 1995. Collection of the Kelowna Art Gallery, purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program, 2002. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Yuri Akuney, Digital Perfections.

*Night Sky #3*, 1979. Private collection. Courtesy of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Rachel Topham Photography.

*Night Sky #6*, 1979. Private collection, Mississauga. Courtesy of Cowley Abbott, Toronto. © Gathie Falk.

*Night Sky #16*, 1979. Collection of Ivan Fecan and Jae Kim. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Heffel Fine Art Auction House.

*150 Cabbages*, 1978. Installation view at Artcore, Vancouver. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Jim Gorman.

*196 Apples*, 1969–70. Promised gift of the artist to the Vancouver Art Gallery. Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Picnic with Birthday Cake and Blue Sky*, 1976. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (18772). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Picnic with Clock and Bird*, 1976. Collection of Equinox Gallery, Vancouver. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

*Picnic with Clock and Egg Cups*, 1976. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (18846). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Picnic with Clock and Tulips*, 1976. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery, Vancouver. © Gathie Falk.

*Picnic with Fish and Ribbon*, 1977. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (18845). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Picnic with Red Watermelon #2*, c.1976. AMS Permanent Collection, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Daniel de Regt.

*Piece of Water: President Reagan*, 1981. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Funds donated by the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (81.7). © Gathie Falk.

*Pieces of Water #3: Parliament Bells*, 1982. Private collection. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Pieces of Water #10—El Salvador*, 1982. Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Women’s Committee Cultural Fund & Canada Council Matching Funds (1983.066.001). © Gathie Falk.

*Pieces of Water: Royal Wedding*, 1981. Collection of Mayberry Fine Art. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*The Problem with Wedding Veils*, 2010–11. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

*Red Angel* (performance documentation at Western Front, Vancouver, 1977), 1972. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Morris/Trasov Archive. © Gathie Falk.

*Red Angel* (performance documentation at the National Gallery of Canada, 1975), 1972. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Nomi Kaplan.

*Red Angel* (performance documentation at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1972), 1972. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Glenn Baglo.

*Red Angel* (performance props), 1972. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Purchase with assistance from the Estate of P.J. Glasser, 2016 (2016/171). © Gathie Falk.

*Red Angel*, 1972. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Installation view of *The Things in My Head* at Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, 2015. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

*Salute to the Lions of Vancouver* (detail), 1990. Canada Place, Vancouver. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Nikki M. Quintal.

*Single Right Men’s Shoes: Blue Running Shoes*, c.1973. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of J. Ron Longstaffe (83.41.a-i). © Gathie Falk.

*Single Right Men’s Shoes: Bootcase with 6 Orange Brogues*, 1973. Collection of Equinox Gallery, Vancouver. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

*Skipping Ropes* (performance at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, in 1975), 1968. Visual Resources Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa. Photo credit: Mayo Graham.

*Small Purse*, c.1970. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Soft Chair with Pants and Hammer Heads*, 1986. Collection of J. Sergei Sawchyn. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Soft Couch with Suit*, 1986. Private Collection. Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Some Are Egger Than I* (performance at the New Era Social Club, Vancouver), December 31, 1969. Photo credit: Michael de Courcy from the Intermedia Catalogue.

*The Staircase*, 1962. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Michael Gibson Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

*Standard Shoes, The Column* (detail), 1998–99. Collection of Oakville Galleries, purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, the Corporation of the Town of Oakville and the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, 2000 (2000.03). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Isaac Applebaum.

*Still Life with UBC Jug*, 1962. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Rachel Topham Photography.

*Support System with Michaelmas Daisies #1*, 1987. Private collection. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Heffel Fine Art Auction House.

*Theatre in B/W and Colour – Bushes with Fish in B/W*, 1984. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (29516.2). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Theatre in B/W and Colour – Bushes with Fish in Colour*, 1984. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (29516.1). © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: NGC.

*Theatre in Black and White and Colour: Light Bulbs with Grass*, 1984. Macdonald Steward Art Centre Collection at the Art Gallery of Guelph, purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, 1984 (MS1984.109). © Gathie Falk.

*There Are 21 Ships and 3 Warships in English Bay*, 1990. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of the Artist (2007.25.1a-b). © Gathie Falk.

*30 Grapefruit*, 1970. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Endowment Fund (70.112). © Gathie Falk.

*Three Cabbages*, 1978. Weisz Family Collection. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Heffel Fine Art Auction House.

*26 Blood Oranges*, 1970. Private collection. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

*Two Egg Cups with Single Egg*, date unknown. Collection of Andrea Margles. Courtesy of Cowley Abbott, Toronto. © Gathie Falk.

*Veneration of the White Collar Worker*, 1973. Private collection. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Equinox Gallery.

*Venice Sink with Postcards from Marco Polo #13*, 1990. Private collection. © Gathie Falk. Photo credit: Heffel Fine Art Auction House.

*The Waitress*, 1965. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. © Gathie Falk.

Credits for Photographs and Works by Other Artists

*Arearea*, 1892, by Paul Gauguin. Collection of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Photo credit: Google Art Project.

*Blaues Pferd I*, 1911, by Franz Marc. Collection of the Lenbachhaus, Munich. Photo credit: Google Art Project.

*Canadian Pacific to Canada*, c.1920, by A.C. (Alfred Crocker) Leighton. Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection, University of British Columbia Library, Vancouver (CC-OS-00391). Courtesy of the University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections.

*Crazy Quilt*, c.1890, by an unknown artist. Collection of the Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, from the Opekar / Webster Collection (T94.0380). Courtesy of the Textile Museum of Canada.

Cover of *Apples, etc.* (Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2018). © Figure 1 Publishing.

Cover of *Gathie Falk* (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 2000). Reprinted with permission from the publisher.

Cover of *Gathie Falk: Revelations* (McMichael Canadian Art Collection and Figure 1 Publishing, 2022). © McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

Cover of “Gathie Falk Works” (*Capilano Review* 1 and 2, no. 24 and 25, 1982). © The Capilano Review.

Diorama of an Elk depicting rutting season in Riding Mountain National Park. Courtesy of the Manitoba Museum. © Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB.

Gathie Falk (far right) with her first elementary class, Surrey, B.C., 1953, photographer unknown. Courtesy of Gathie Falk.

Gathie Falk, Glenn Allison, and Elizabeth Klassen installing *Veneration of the White Collar Worker #2*, 1973. Photo credit: Tom Graff.

Gathie Falk and Tom Graff in front of a thrift shop, Saskatoon, 1971. Courtesy of Figure 1 Publishing. Photo credit: Elizabeth Klassen.

Gathie Falk in 2019. Photo credit: Tom Gould.

Gathie Falk in a dress of her own design sewn by her mother, c.1940. Courtesy of Gathie Falk.

Gathie Falk in her studio working on *Winter Tree*, 2012. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

Gathie Falk’s parents, Agatha and Cornelius Falk, c.1914. Courtesy of Gathie Falk.

Gathie Falk with co-workers at a Winnipeg packing plant, c.1945. Courtesy of Gathie Falk.

*Gathie’s Cupboard, Polyptych* (panel 2), 1998, by Jane Martin. Collection of the artist. Courtesy Copyright Visual Arts-CARCC, 2022. © Jane Martin.

*Humidor*, 2004, by Liz Magor. Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery. Courtesy of Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. © Liz Magor. Photo credit: Richard-Max Tremblay.

Installation view of *Border in Four Parts* in *Gathie Falk* at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2002. Courtesy of the Visual Resources Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa.

Installation view of Development of the Plot series in *Gathie Falk* at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2002. Courtesy of the Visual Resources Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa.

Installation view of *Four Places: Allan Detheridge, Gathie Falk, Liz Magor, An Whitlock* at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1977. Photo credit: Joe Gould.

Installation view of *Gathie Falk* at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2002. Courtesy of the Visual Resources Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa.

Installation view of *The Things in My Head* at Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, 2015. Courtesy of Equinox Gallery. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

*Jar of Apricots*, 1758, by Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Purchase, 1962 (61/36). © Art Gallery of Ontario.

*John’s Mountie Boots*, 1973, by Marilyn Levine. Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina (1973-12 a&b). Photo credit: Don Hall, courtesy of the MacKenzie Art Gallery.

*Lamentation over the Dead Christ*, c.1483, by Andrea Mantegna. Collection of the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mennonite Girls’ Club, Winnipeg, with Gathie Falk seated far right, 1944. Courtesy of Gathie Falk.

*Object*, 1936, by Meret Oppenheim. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (130.1946.a-c).

*105 Chrysanthemums* (detail), 2016, by Cindy Mochizuki. Collection of the artist. © Cindy Mochizuki. Photo credit: SITE Photography.

*Peanut Serving Bowl* and *Peanuts*, 1972, by Glenn Lewis and Michael Morris. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, purchased with support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program, 2014 (MT.014.03). © Glenn Lewis. © Michael Morris. Courtesy of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.

Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1930s–40s. Courtesy of Hip Postcard.

*Rainbow Picnic*, 1970–71, by Michael Morris. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, purchased with support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program and the Morris and Helen Belkin Foundation, 2016 (BG4875). © Michael Morris. Courtesy of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.

*Reason over Passion*, 1968, by Joyce Wieland. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, purchased 1970 (15924).

*Rice Krispie Piece*, 1968, by Glenn Lewis. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Glenn Lewis.

*The Scholar’s Study: Still Life*, 2018, by Carol Sawyer. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Carol Sawyer. © Carol Sawyer.

*Sitting Woman (Dodo)*, 1909, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.

*Still Life with Plaster Cupid*, c.1894, by Paul Cézanne. Collection of the Courtauld Gallery, London. Photo credit: Google Art Project.

*Taping of the Critics*, 1972, by Glenn Lewis and Michael Morris. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Morris/Trasov Archive, gift of Bob and Mary Steele, 1993 (BG10369). © Glenn Lewis. © Michael Morris. Courtesy of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.

*Ten-Mile Point*, 1952, by William D. West. Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Anonymous Gift (1952.012.001). Courtesy of the AGGV.

*Untitled (Cap)*, 1970, by Marilyn Levine. Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Gift of Robert Hayes (1999.001.004). Courtesy of the AGGV.

*Vancouver—Looking North on Granville St.*, 1958, by Ernie H. Reksten. City of Vancouver Archives (2010-006.161).

Walter Neufeld and his brother Menno. Courtesy the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

Walter Neufeld with the Neufeld Junior String Orchestra, Abbotsford, B.C., 1963. P15652 Courtesy of The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Gathie Falk : life & work / Michelle Jacques.
Names: Jacques, Michelle, author. | Falk, Gathie, 1928- Works. Selections. | Art Canada Institute, issuing body.
Description: Issued also in French under title: Gathie Falk : sa vie et son œuvre.
Identifiers: Canadiana 20220219818 | ISBN 9781487102852 (HTML) | ISBN 9781487102869 (PDF)
Subjects: LCSH: Falk, Gathie, 1928- | LCSH: Falk, Gathie, 1928-—Criticism and interpretation. |
LCSH: Artists—Canada—Biography. | LCGFT: Biographies.
Classification: LCC N6549.F34 J33 2022 | DDC 709/.2—dc23