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Condos at Douglas Fir Resort

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Artist: Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: ekta colour on paper

Catalogue Number: CuD.18.32

Description: A colour photograph; shingled covered wood building are dominant centre of picture; parking lot with yellow lines foreground and centre right; some trees in front of buildings; mountain and blue sky in background. A documentary photographic exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by t…

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Artist: Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)

Title: Condos at Douglas Fir Resort

Date: 1985

Medium: ekta colour on paper

Dimensions: 36.6;40.7 x 46.4;50.7 cm

Description: A colour photograph; shingled covered wood building are dominant centre of picture; parking lot with yellow lines foreground and centre right; some trees in front of buildings; mountain and blue sky in background. A documentary photographic exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration in 1985, and then donated to The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Credit: Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985

Catalogue Number: CuD.18.32

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Conic Section - #1

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.03

Description: A wedge shaped fragment, various layers of colour and texture, mostly in the yellow (pale) to light green range.

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Conic Section - #1

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 6.5 cm

Description: A wedge shaped fragment, various layers of colour and texture, mostly in the yellow (pale) to light green range.

Subject: abstract, expressionist

Credit: Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.03

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Conic Section #2

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.08

Description: Layers of horizontal colours, blue on the bottom tip, map fragment top of piece. Sea shells in one layer, a statue of a man in another.

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Conic Section #2

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 11.0 cm

Description: Layers of horizontal colours, blue on the bottom tip, map fragment top of piece. Sea shells in one layer, a statue of a man in another.

Subject: abstract, expressionist

Credit: Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.08

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Construction of Senior Staff Housing, Lake Louise

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Artist: Michael Mitchell (1943 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: ekta colour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiM.18.28

Description: Forested background; red construction fence on left; 2 piles of plywood. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise, was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Ro…

Artist: Michael Mitchell (1943 – , Canadian)

Title: Construction of Senior Staff Housing, Lake Louise

Date: 1985

Medium: ekta colour on paper

Dimensions: 37.5; 38.0 x 50.8; 40.5 cm

Description: Forested background; red construction fence on left; 2 piles of plywood. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise, was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; Structured Paradise

Credit: Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985

Catalogue Number: MiM.18.28

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Cookshack Bulletin

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.45

Description: Photograph of the Cookshack Bulletin in Princeton, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Cookshack Bulletin

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of the Cookshack Bulletin in Princeton, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.45

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Creekbed, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.02

Description: Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the top photograph of a vertical diptych.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Creekbed, Vancouver Island

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the top photograph of a vertical diptych.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.02

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Creekbed, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.03

Description: Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the bottom photograph of a vertical diptych.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Creekbed, Vancouver Island

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the bottom photograph of a vertical diptych.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.03

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Cut Paper Card

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.49

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Cut Paper Card

Date: 1989

Medium: arches paper

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.49

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Cut Stump on Rock

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.14

Description: Close-up photograph of a tree stump growing on a rock. Photograph taken in Bella Coola, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Cut Stump on Rock

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Close-up photograph of a tree stump growing on a rock. Photograph taken in Bella Coola, British Columbia.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.14

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Cutting the Rawhide Ribbon Dedication of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff (June 16, 1985)

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Artist: Michael Mitchell (1943 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: ekta colour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiM.18.34

Description: Man sitting with a child on his lap, holding a rawhide ribbon; man and a woman with scissors standing right; child standing looking up and right. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise, was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial c…

Artist: Michael Mitchell (1943 – , Canadian)

Title: Cutting the Rawhide Ribbon Dedication of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff (June 16, 1985)

Date: 1985

Medium: ekta colour on paper

Dimensions: 37.6;50.8 x 38.0;40.5 cm

Description: Man sitting with a child on his lap, holding a rawhide ribbon; man and a woman with scissors standing right; child standing looking up and right. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise, was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum for the Canadian Rockies.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; Structured Paradise

Credit: Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985

Catalogue Number: MiM.18.34

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Cyclist from Seattle, Icefields Parkway

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Artist: Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: etka colour on paper

Catalogue Number: CuD.18.31

Description: A colour photograph; a man dressed in a red T-shirt stands in the centre of the picture with his hands on the wheels of his turned over bicycle; 3 orange rocks in foreground, 1 with a red water canteen standing on it; a lake and mountains in the background; blue sky with white clouds. A documentary…

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Artist: Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)

Title: Cyclist from Seattle, Icefields Parkway

Date: 1985

Medium: etka colour on paper

Dimensions: 36.6;40.5 x 46.3;50.7 cm

Description: A colour photograph; a man dressed in a red T-shirt stands in the centre of the picture with his hands on the wheels of his turned over bicycle; 3 orange rocks in foreground, 1 with a red water canteen standing on it; a lake and mountains in the background; blue sky with white clouds. A documentary photographic exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration in 1985, and then donated to The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Credit: Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985

Catalogue Number: CuD.18.31

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Dave and Tanya

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.36

Description: Photograph of two tree-planters, Dave and Tanya, posing with their gear and shovels in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Dave and Tanya

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of two tree-planters, Dave and Tanya, posing with their gear and shovels in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.36

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Dawn on windshield

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: type c print on photographic paper

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.09

Description: The image that you can see is as scene through the windshield of a car. At the bottom of the image frame you can see the windshield wiper and further to the left you can see some trees. On the windshield you can see what use to be water that froze overnight. The frozen dew on the windshield has a g…

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Dawn on windshield

Date: 1980

Medium: type c print on photographic paper

Dimensions: 50.7 x 40.5 cm

Description: The image that you can see is as scene through the windshield of a car. At the bottom of the image frame you can see the windshield wiper and further to the left you can see some trees. On the windshield you can see what use to be water that froze overnight. The frozen dew on the windshield has a gold hue to it and forms a very unique pattern. The sky in the background is a medium blue.

Subject: landscape; trees; transportation; car

Credit: Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.09

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Dean and Millie’s Clothesline

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.48

Description: Photograph of Dean and Millie’s clothesline hanging outside of their yellow tent, Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Dean and Millie’s Clothesline

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Dean and Millie’s clothesline hanging outside of their yellow tent, Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.48

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Dear Jon

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.16

Description: Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN …

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: Dear Jon

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN I HEARD YOUR KELSEY UNCALCIFIED, I FRIED! THE HEAT OF THE POWER OF THE IMAGERY PROMPTED SERIES 1 & 11, THE BEST OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH. THIS IS PERHAPS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED, NOT WHAT YOU FORESAW, BUT IT IS MY IMMEDIATE TWO-WEEK RESPONSE TO THE WORK. I RECALLED MY DRIVE WEST THIS LAST TIME_SEPT. 1RST TO 5TH ‘79 PLUS THE RECALLS OF THE TRIPS WEST WARD AND EASTWARD = 1950 (4) 1951 (4) 1952 (4) 1953 (4) 1955 (2) 1956 (0) 1957 (4) 1958 (2) 1959 (0) 1960 (0) 1961 (2) 1962 (0) 1963 (3) 1964 (0) 1965 (0) 1966 (2) 1967 (2) 1968 (2) 1969 (2) 1970 (0) 1971 (2) 1971 (2) 1972 (2) 1973 (2) 1974 (2) 1975 (2) 1976 (2) 1977 (0) 1978 (2) 1979 (4). BY AIR * BY TRAIN * ALL THE REST BY AUTOMOBILE, VIA U.S.A, VIA CANADA, 1980 * (2) TOTAL 59 TIMES!SO SERIES 1 : 17 OF 25 AND SERIES 11: 8 OF 26. I DECIDED TO DISREGARD THE LIMITATIONS OF NUMBERS OF COLOURS.THESE WERE EXECUTED IN CHIN-CHIN AND PELIKAN INDIA INK IN PR. PH MARTINS CONCENTRATED TRANSPARENT WATER COLOUR (INKS) ON CARTRIDGE PAPER 18” X 24”LOVE, WRITE SOON HENRY HNRKELSEY KLES BOOK OF : DENNIS BURTON”

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.16

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Deb in the Snags

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.22

Description: Photograph of Deb amongst the dead snags of the Ram Fire of 1985, Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Deb in the Snags

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Deb amongst the dead snags of the Ram Fire of 1985, Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.22

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Dennis

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.35

Description: Photograph of a tree-planter named Dennis wearing a white bandana and yellow gloves. He is posing with his tree bags and shovel. Photograph taken in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Dennis

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of a tree-planter named Dennis wearing a white bandana and yellow gloves. He is posing with his tree bags and shovel. Photograph taken in Invermere, British Columbia.