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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.062
Description
A front facing portrait of Chief George McLean (Walking Buffalo) in full regalia, including a large headdress, orange beaded shirt, and blue belt.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief George McLean
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.5 x 63.0 cm
Description
A front facing portrait of Chief George McLean (Walking Buffalo) in full regalia, including a large headdress, orange beaded shirt, and blue belt.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
costumes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.062
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Inkaneep Reserve, Osoyoos, B.C.

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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1987
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.091
Description
Desert hills of Osoyoos in background. Lake Okanagan at midpoint. Brown land in foreground.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Inkaneep Reserve, Osoyoos, B.C.
Date
1987
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
26.1 x 30.5 cm
Description
Desert hills of Osoyoos in background. Lake Okanagan at midpoint. Brown land in foreground.
Subject
landscape
Okanagan
Osoyoos
Indigenous
Inkaneep
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.091
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Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post

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Artist
Harrison Begay (1917 – 2012, American)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
BgH.07.01
Description
Painting shows Navajo girl wearing pleated skirt, colourful wrap, black hair on Appaloosa horse with colourful saddle blanket; only foreground is several desert elements; horse appears to be galloping.
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Artist
Harrison Begay (1917 – 2012, American)
Title
Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post
Date
c. 1950
Medium
gouache on paper
Dimensions
27.6 x 31.1 cm
Description
Painting shows Navajo girl wearing pleated skirt, colourful wrap, black hair on Appaloosa horse with colourful saddle blanket; only foreground is several desert elements; horse appears to be galloping.
Subject
figure, female
Indigenous
animal, horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BgH.07.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.503
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Three Stoney Faces
Date
1945 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Subject
figure
Indigenous
Stoney
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.503
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
graphite; pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.08
Description
General colour: pencil. Portrait of a young girl. Shoulders turned to the right, head turned out and looking left. She has pigtails and two bead necklaces.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
graphite; pastel on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.4 cm
Description
General colour: pencil. Portrait of a young girl. Shoulders turned to the right, head turned out and looking left. She has pigtails and two bead necklaces.
Subject
Portrait
child
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.08
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1940 – 1950
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.815
Description
A large group of First Nations are gathered together in a circle, and most of them are looking on at a gentleman with a drum. In the background there is a group of four tipis placed together.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1940 – 1950
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
23.2 x 30.7 cm
Description
A large group of First Nations are gathered together in a circle, and most of them are looking on at a gentleman with a drum. In the background there is a group of four tipis placed together.
Subject
Pow Wow
Indigenous
crowd
people
drum
music
tipis
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.815
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Untitled [Native Man]

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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Native Man]
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner. Behind his shoulder on the left, a tipi is visible. Smoke is coming out of the top of it. Brown, craggy mountains are visible across the horizon. The sky moves up from yellow to green to blue. Clouds at the top of the image are orange.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
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