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Artist
Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)
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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Artist
Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)
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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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.01
Description
Colour: black on white. Boy sitting cross legged facing out, wearing a plaid shirt dark pants, and boots holding a book in his lap which he is reading.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Boy with a Book
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 28.0 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Boy sitting cross legged facing out, wearing a plaid shirt dark pants, and boots holding a book in his lap which he is reading.
Subject
figure
boy
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.01
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1878
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.03 a-c
Description
(a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peoni…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Dancing Lions
Date
1878
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Dimensions
37.1 x 25.0 cm
Description
(a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peonies in the background. All actors hats have bells around the brim.
Subject
figure, male
activity
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.03 a-c
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Artist
David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1998
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
AxD.12.01
Description
brown, blue and orange mountain peak
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Artist
David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Drawing on Peaks
Date
1998
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
172.72 x 121.92 cm
Description
brown, blue and orange mountain peak
Subject
mountain
peak
Credit
Gift of David T. Alexander, Lake Country, 2017
Catalogue Number
AxD.12.01
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Flower Viewing on the Boat

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.14 a-c
Description
This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Flower Viewing on the Boat
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 75 cm
Description
This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st, second and third panels. in this long decorative boat are 7 woman. One woman in the second panel is standing to row. The rest are seated and mostly looking into the water. A third boat floats under a bridge in the third panel. A woman stands at the head of the boat rowing. In the brc of the third panel are many flowers from which the second boat emerges. A group of Red Carp is visible in bottom of the centre panel.
Subject
gathering
women
activity
boating
flower viewing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.14 a-c
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.09
Description
A road runs from the bottom left to the centre of the piece. The road alternates between brown with a white stripe, to white with a yellow stripe. The upper centre of the work is composed of several coloured shapes, from left, peach, white, purple and grey.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Fred’s Rockies
Date
1968
Medium
charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas
Dimensions
76 x 60.7 cm
Description
A road runs from the bottom left to the centre of the piece. The road alternates between brown with a white stripe, to white with a yellow stripe. The upper centre of the work is composed of several coloured shapes, from left, peach, white, purple and grey.
Subject
landscape
sky
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.09
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
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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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
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.
Subject
landscape
sky
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.13
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.02 a-c
Description
This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.0 x 73.5 cm
Description
This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of beads. The background in the second panel is a deep blue with a magnolia tree and flowers and a parrot in the trc. The third panel features a third actor in a green kimono. He is facing the actor in the second panel and appears to be angry. He is holding a rope with both hands and has 2 swords in his belt. He is standing in front of a red background and a portion of the background from the second panel.
Subject
figures
male
Kabuki
activity
acting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.02 a-c
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.03 a-c
Description
This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 72.0 cm
Description
This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away from the man) but her head subtly turns to the left. A third actor is in the first panel. This woman looks into the second panel at the man she is dressed much more simply than the other two. The background is a dark solid blue, and the entire print is framed by a black and gold border.
Subject
Activity
Acting
Kabuki Theater
Figures
Women
Man
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.03 a-c
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Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja

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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.01 a-c
Description
(a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 25.4 cm
Description
(a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
Subject
figure
activity
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.01 a-c
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Artist
Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)
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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Artist
Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)
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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Moon with Windy Hill

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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1996
Medium
acrylic on cotton canvas
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.16
Description
The sky is painted in shades of blue and is highlighted with stars across the upper surface. A moon sits in the upper centre. The lower half of the canvas is composed of a rolling hill with grass painted in green with highlights of blue and red.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Moon with Windy Hill
Date
1996
Medium
acrylic on cotton canvas
Dimensions
244.7 x 152.6 cm
Description
The sky is painted in shades of blue and is highlighted with stars across the upper surface. A moon sits in the upper centre. The lower half of the canvas is composed of a rolling hill with grass painted in green with highlights of blue and red.
Subject
landscape
sky
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.16
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1991
Medium
charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.06
Description
Mountain ranges in back painted in shades of brown. Background is a dark sky with a moon rising from behind a mountain on the right. Hill covered with suggestions of trees in foreground.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Mountain Moon
Date
1991
Medium
charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
Dimensions
71.3 x 153 cm
Description
Mountain ranges in back painted in shades of brown. Background is a dark sky with a moon rising from behind a mountain on the right. Hill covered with suggestions of trees in foreground.
Subject
landscape
sky
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.06
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1991
Medium
charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.05
Description
The image is composed of a series of mountain ranges in green and brown. The top half of the image is composed of diagonal lines of rain in blue.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Mountain Squall
Date
1991
Medium
charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
Dimensions
91.4 x 152.5 cm
Description
The image is composed of a series of mountain ranges in green and brown. The top half of the image is composed of diagonal lines of rain in blue.
Subject
landscape
sky
mountains
rain
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.05
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1876 – 1950
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.17
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Nigatsu-do Temple
Date
1876 – 1950
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
37.6; 37.8 x 25.5; 26.0 cm
Subject
architecture
figure
group
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.17
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.01
Description
General colour: Primaries and secondaries. The four sides are all similtaneously used as a base for four scenes. Moving counter clockwise: 1. Two figures by a lake with a canoe, mountains in the background. 2. A house with a blue car parked outside and two teepees next door. 3. A train, a flying sa…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Quadra Vision
Date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
61 x 76.2 cm
Description
General colour: Primaries and secondaries. The four sides are all similtaneously used as a base for four scenes. Moving counter clockwise: 1. Two figures by a lake with a canoe, mountains in the background. 2. A house with a blue car parked outside and two teepees next door. 3. A train, a flying saucer and a deep sea diver. 4. A river, on one bank, a farm on the other, a city. Superimposed on all this are geometric shapes that were used in 1967 as a Canadian centenial logs.
Subject
abstract, non-representational
Credit
Purchased from Sitting Wind, 1967
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.01
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Artist
Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
SmA.02.02
Description
Undulating shapes in shades of brown form the mountainside full frame, green foliage in bottom left corner, from blc a grey road winds up hill. White of the glacier at top left and at bottom right. On back of painting: Road to the Ice Columbia Icefield oil on location August 4, 1993
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Artist
Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)
Title
Road to the Ice
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
30.6 x 40.8 cm
Description
Undulating shapes in shades of brown form the mountainside full frame, green foliage in bottom left corner, from blc a grey road winds up hill. White of the glacier at top left and at bottom right. On back of painting: Road to the Ice Columbia Icefield oil on location August 4, 1993
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
Reframing the Landscape
Credit
Purchased from Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1994
Catalogue Number
SmA.02.02
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Seven Wise Women (from all eras) of Japan

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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1877
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.06 a-c
Description
This tryptic features 7 wise women all described by a text panel. These panels are made from 2 portions: a white block filled with text, and a red rectangular block to the right and overlapping the white. The print is framed by a border which is black and has light blue and pink decorative bands in…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Seven Wise Women (from all eras) of Japan
Date
1877
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.5 x 74.0 cm
Description
This tryptic features 7 wise women all described by a text panel. These panels are made from 2 portions: a white block filled with text, and a red rectangular block to the right and overlapping the white. The print is framed by a border which is black and has light blue and pink decorative bands in it. The seven women are in a room that is mostly green in colour. All the windows are closed, and blinds shut. From left to right: a woman stands reading; a woman sits at a table with scrolls on it (both women facing right); Three women in the center panel engaged in - maybe - a conversation: 2 are standing and one sitting in the middle front of them; two women in the third panel face right, the first sitting and reading, the second standing. The women are all wearing red fabric tied to the waist and flowing to their feet.
Subject
figures
women
gathering
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.06 a-c
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Sister of Morning Dream

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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1997
Medium
fluid acrylic on linen
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.08
Description
Four black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Sister of Morning Dream
Date
1997
Medium
fluid acrylic on linen
Dimensions
91.3 x 153.9 cm
Description
Four black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes.
Subject
landscape
mountains
abstract
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.08
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Sisters of Mountains Too

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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1997
Medium
acrylic on linen canvas
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.11
Description
Five black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes. The two shapes on the left are large, the three on the right are small.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Sisters of Mountains Too
Date
1997
Medium
acrylic on linen canvas
Dimensions
93.7 x 203.4 cm
Description
Five black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes. The two shapes on the left are large, the three on the right are small.
Subject
landscape
abstract
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.11
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