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- Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian) 12
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- Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian) 4
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- Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.01
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…
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- Title
- Bear Dancer I
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 105.0 x 75.5 cm
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.
- Credit
- Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.01
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Big Bear Medicine
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- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …
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- Title
- Big Bear Medicine
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92.5 x 92.5 cm
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.
- Subject
- religious
- Indigenous
- animal
- bear
- Credit
- Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
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Buffalo preliminary sketches
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- Date
- prior to 1996
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.02
- Description
- Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.
- Title
- Buffalo preliminary sketches
- Date
- prior to 1996
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 20.4 cm
- Description
- Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.02
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The Cock and the Jewel
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- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.02
- Description
- One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
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- Title
- The Cock and the Jewel
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.6 x 18.3 cm
- Description
- One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
- Subject
- animal
- chicken
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.02
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- Date
- 1914 – 1924
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.03.03
- Description
- Pencil sketch with colour notes, light and heavy pencil lines with shading. Central mountain in background, slopes to left and right, another mountain indicated on the right. Drawing on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, bl nd br rounded corners. On back more pencil written notes.
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- Title
- Coronet Peak
- Date
- 1914 – 1924
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.2 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Pencil sketch with colour notes, light and heavy pencil lines with shading. Central mountain in background, slopes to left and right, another mountain indicated on the right. Drawing on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, bl nd br rounded corners. On back more pencil written notes.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.03.03
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.01
- Description
- Colour: black on white. The horse plunges to the left. The rider leans to viewer’s right, the coup stick in his hand coming down to touch the head of another man who is bent over. In the background are silhouettes, to the left is a figure holding onto a horse and rider; both figures have arms rais…
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- Title
- Coup
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 39.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. The horse plunges to the left. The rider leans to viewer’s right, the coup stick in his hand coming down to touch the head of another man who is bent over. In the background are silhouettes, to the left is a figure holding onto a horse and rider; both figures have arms raised and between the rider and figure to the right is a silhouette of another horse and rider.Au verso in pencil “COUP” the word “SOLD” in a rectangle, to the right of that “Archives of the Cdn” and above that the number “60” encircled and then an “X” to cross it out
- Subject
- animal, horse
- figure, male
- Credit
- Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.01
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The Dog and the Hare
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactraa.03.01
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.01
- Description
- Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
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- Title
- The Dog and the Hare
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
- Subject
- animal
- dog
- hare
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.01
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Drawing on Peaks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaxd.12.01
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AxD.12.01
- Description
- brown, blue and orange mountain peak
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- Title
- Drawing on Peaks
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 172.72 x 121.92 cm
- Description
- brown, blue and orange mountain peak
- Credit
- Gift of David T. Alexander, Lake Country, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- AxD.12.01
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Exceptional Fault
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthor.03.05
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HoR.03.05
- Description
- Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.
- Title
- Exceptional Fault
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.2;10.1 x 6.4;6.3 cm
- Description
- Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.
- Subject
- landscape, mythological
- bird
- fish
- Credit
- Gift of Robert J. Hope, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- HoR.03.05
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Figures in Fading Light
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- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SmJ.03.01
- Description
- Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear backgro…
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- Title
- Figures in Fading Light
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 59.6 x 82.3 cm
- Description
- Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear background behind the figures.
- Credit
- Purchased from James Agrell Smith, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- SmJ.03.01
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The First Flower in Spring
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- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- StS.12.01
- Description
- On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.4…
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- Title
- The First Flower in Spring
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 50.5 x 60.5 cm
- Description
- On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.45 lhbc
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- StS.12.01
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Flattop Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactjaa.03.09
- Date
- 1914 – 1924
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.03.09
- Description
- Pencil sketch of snow covered, flat top mountain. The mountain is centre top and dominates the picture, valleys and ridges in foreground. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top serrated edge, bl and br edges rounded.
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- Title
- Flattop Mountain
- Date
- 1914 – 1924
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.7 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- Pencil sketch of snow covered, flat top mountain. The mountain is centre top and dominates the picture, valleys and ridges in foreground. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top serrated edge, bl and br edges rounded.
- Credit
- Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.03.09
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- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- acrylic stain; pearlescent acrylic on raw cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.13
- Description
- In the centre foreground a section of trees are coated with snow. In the left background there is an additional line of trees. The left section of ground is blue. The background at the skyline is pink.
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- Title
- Frosted Days
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- acrylic stain; pearlescent acrylic on raw cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 80.6 x 159.8 cm
- Description
- In the centre foreground a section of trees are coated with snow. In the left background there is an additional line of trees. The left section of ground is blue. The background at the skyline is pink.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.13
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Glacier Lilies
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- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- graphite; polychrome on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PiJ.03.01
- Description
- A blossoming glacier lily is centered in the drawing, three yellow blossoms with green foliage, more green foliage is detailed poking through the snow.
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- Title
- Glacier Lilies
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- graphite; polychrome on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 15.2 cm
- Description
- A blossoming glacier lily is centered in the drawing, three yellow blossoms with green foliage, more green foliage is detailed poking through the snow.
- Credit
- Gift of Sunshine Village, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- PiJ.03.01
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Green Valley, Kananaskis Country
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- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- oil pastel on acid free board
- Catalogue Number
- MiP.03.03
- Description
- This pastel drawing has different colours of green in the foreground. There is a row of dark green trees separating the valley from the base of the mountains. In the middle section there are two layers of mountains. The lower mountain has a green colour and the higher layer of mountains are blue. T…
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- Title
- Green Valley, Kananaskis Country
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- oil pastel on acid free board
- Description
- This pastel drawing has different colours of green in the foreground. There is a row of dark green trees separating the valley from the base of the mountains. In the middle section there are two layers of mountains. The lower mountain has a green colour and the higher layer of mountains are blue. The sky is light blue with some thin white clouds.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Kananaskis
- Credit
- Gift of Phil Michaud, Banff, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- MiP.03.03
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Half Face in the Dark
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- marking pen on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.03
- Description
- Colour: black on white, the head of a woman, facing slightly to viewer’s right. The left side of the face is visible the right side is in total darkness. Her neck hides in the shadows also though her shoulders are white. Only the outline indicates their shape.Au verso: HALF FACE IN THE DARK
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- Title
- Half Face in the Dark
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- marking pen on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white, the head of a woman, facing slightly to viewer’s right. The left side of the face is visible the right side is in total darkness. Her neck hides in the shadows also though her shoulders are white. Only the outline indicates their shape.Au verso: HALF FACE IN THE DARK
- Credit
- Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.03
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Insect Warrior
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- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HoR.03.03
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- Title
- Insect Warrior
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 x 11.6 cm
- Subject
- insect
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HoR.03.03
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- John Brewster
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- felt pen on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.05
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central to the picture are six men entangled in an attempt to retrieve a ball from one of them. Two men have head bands only five lacrosse sticks are evident. In the background to the left are five more players - to the right are three players and in the centre one is holdi…
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- Title
- Lacrosse Game
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- felt pen on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.8 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central to the picture are six men entangled in an attempt to retrieve a ball from one of them. Two men have head bands only five lacrosse sticks are evident. In the background to the left are five more players - to the right are three players and in the centre one is holding his lacrosse net over his head.Au verso “LACROSSE GAME” trhc K.64 below encircled “112” brhc encircled “40” topped by encircled “3” vestiges of earlier drawing.
- Subject
- figure, group
- activity, lacrosse
- Credit
- Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.05
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- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PeC.12.01
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a portion of Lake O'Hara, the foregound is a mass of colours, grasses and flowers, the lake is below centre from the left , the right side is covered with foliage, the mountains rise behind the lake to top left edge, the right top corner is sky
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- Title
- Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 122.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a portion of Lake O'Hara, the foregound is a mass of colours, grasses and flowers, the lake is below centre from the left , the right side is covered with foliage, the mountains rise behind the lake to top left edge, the right top corner is sky
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Lake O'Hara
- lake
- summer
- Credit
- Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- PeC.12.01
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