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Big Bear Medicine

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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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Bow River Boat House 1952

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Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1952

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HaC.03.01

Description: General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.

Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bow River Boat House 1952

Date: 1952

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 21.5 cm

Description: General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.

Subject: landscape; lake; architecture, rural

Credit: Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: HaC.03.01

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Buffalo Hunt

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Buffalo Hunt

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 51.0 cm

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Subject: figure; male; animal; buffalo; horse

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

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Card Sketches

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1951 – 1959

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.01

Description: TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Card Sketches

Date: 1951 – 1959

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.0 cm

Description: TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.

Subject: landscape; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.01

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Card Sketches

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1951 – 1959

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.02

Description: TuJ.03.02 (1955) fence and foothills, gouache, initialled JDT brc Xmas card sent to the Whytes.

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Card Sketches

Date: 1951 – 1959

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.0 cm

Description: TuJ.03.02 (1955) fence and foothills, gouache, initialled JDT brc Xmas card sent to the Whytes.

Subject: landscape; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.02

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Card Sketches

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1951 – 1959

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.03

Description: TuJ.03.03 (1959) Sunfield on fencepost (artist's residence west of Calgary); gouache. Xmas card sent to the Whytes.

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Card Sketches

Date: 1951 – 1959

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.0 cm

Description: TuJ.03.03 (1959) Sunfield on fencepost (artist's residence west of Calgary); gouache. Xmas card sent to the Whytes.

Subject: landscape; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.03

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Christmas Card .00.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.32

Description: “.00.” engraved into bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .00.

Date: 2000

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.00.” engraved into bottom centre.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.32

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Christmas Card .01.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.33

Description: “.01.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .01.

Date: 2001

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.01.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.33

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Christmas Card .02.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2002

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.34

Description: “.02.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.jasper. Pyramid mountain with cloud” written at bottom back centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .02.

Date: 2002

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.02.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.jasper. Pyramid mountain with cloud” written at bottom back centre.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.34

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Christmas Card .03.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2003

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.35

Description: “.03.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Prairie Cloud” written at bottom back centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .03.

Date: 2003

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.03.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Prairie Cloud” written at bottom back centre.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.35

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Christmas Card .04.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2004

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.36

Description: “.04.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “’foot hill’” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .04.

Date: 2004

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.04.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “’foot hill’” written at back bottom centre.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.36

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Christmas Card .05.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.37

Description: “.05.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “’Prairie Cloud’” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .05.

Date: 2005

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.05.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “’Prairie Cloud’” written at back bottom centre.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.37

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Christmas Card .06.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2006

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.38

Description: “.06.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “prairie slough” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .06.

Date: 2006

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.06.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “prairie slough” written at back bottom centre.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.38

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Christmas Card .07.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2007

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.39

Description: “.07.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs .07.” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.Grassland’s moon.” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .07.

Date: 2007

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.07.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs .07.” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.Grassland’s moon.” written at back bottom centre.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.39

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Christmas Card .08.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2008

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.40

Description: “.08.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs .08.” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.mountain rock.” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .08.

Date: 2008

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.08.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs .08.” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.mountain rock.” written at back bottom centre.

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

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.40

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Christmas Card .09.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2009

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.41

Description: “.09.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Hill” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .09.

Date: 2009

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.09.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Hill” written at back bottom centre.