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1rst Week Life Drawings

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.035

Description: life drawing female nude

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: 1rst Week Life Drawings

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 64.5 x 49.0 cm

Description: life drawing female nude

Subject: life drawing; female; nude

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.035

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Belt

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Date: 1920 – 1940

Material: fibre; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.07.0173

Description: A soft belt of red violet velvet with large silver buckle. Velvet is sewn into long tube and gathered slightly at end where attached to buckle. Two part buckle hooks together with large hook and eye on back. Cast buckle shaped like two pointed cinquefoils butting together at the flat side, each co…

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Title: Belt

Date: 1920 – 1940

Material: fibre; metal

Dimensions: 8.5 x 93.5 cm

Description: A soft belt of red violet velvet with large silver buckle. Velvet is sewn into long tube and gathered slightly at end where attached to buckle. Two part buckle hooks together with large hook and eye on back. Cast buckle shaped like two pointed cinquefoils butting together at the flat side, each containing a female dancing figure in very high relief. Figure has firm breasts and tiny waist, and is wearing draped bloomers and tall headdress. Scrolls and flowers form garland around figure. Smooth border around pebbly background surface, follows shape of buckle each side of buckle has bar soldered across back to attach belt. Velvet attached one side only with loose basting stitches around bar.

Subject: households; figure; female; religious; Hinduism

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

Catalogue Number: 103.07.0173

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Elizabeth Von Rummel

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Artist: Percival James Edgar (1888 – 1946, American)

Date: 1939

Medium: reproduction on drawing

Catalogue Number: EdP.04.01

Description: Baroness Elizabeth von Rummel Waldau - Marvel Lake Lookout - 1939 - July signed P. J. Edgar. Portrait of a woman, Elizabeth Rummel, she has a kerchief tied around her head, a cigaret in her mouth, facing to the left, mountains in the background.

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Artist: Percival James Edgar (1888 – 1946, American)

Title: Elizabeth Von Rummel

Date: 1939

Medium: reproduction on drawing

Dimensions: 30.1 x 20.1 cm

Description: Baroness Elizabeth von Rummel Waldau - Marvel Lake Lookout - 1939 - July signed P. J. Edgar. Portrait of a woman, Elizabeth Rummel, she has a kerchief tied around her head, a cigaret in her mouth, facing to the left, mountains in the background.

Subject: portrait; female; Elizabeth Rummel

Credit: Gift of Sydney Vallance, 1970

Catalogue Number: EdP.04.01

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Girl, School Portrait

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.042

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Girl, School Portrait

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.5 x 43.5 cm

Subject: portrait; female

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.042

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Mabel

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.038

Description: Unfinished portrait. Woman looking over left shoulder. Hair tied back in low ponytail. Red lei around neck.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mabel

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 62.5 x 52.3 cm

Description: Unfinished portrait. Woman looking over left shoulder. Hair tied back in low ponytail. Red lei around neck.

Subject: portrait; female; Pacific; Hawaiian

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.038

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Miniature Fan Collection

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Date: 1880 – 1900

Material: paper; wood

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0299 a-i

Description: Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) …

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Title: Miniature Fan Collection

Date: 1880 – 1900

Material: paper; wood

Dimensions: 14.5 cm

Description: Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) image of Japanese woman, bottom left, in 3/4 profile facing right, Japanese male, upper right, faces woman. Small mirror makes up one side of a suspended box. Both figures have bright red lips. (b) Male figure bottom left, looks upwards towards figure of Japanese woman, upper left. Mirror in shape of full moon in background is partially hidden by midground post bearing Japanese calligraphy. (c) Two Japanese males in 3/4 profile facing each other, dressed in official looking clothing. Both are mustached. Mirror appears as one side of street lantern in background. (d) Image of Japanese woman, upper right, looking left toward male who wields a fan in his right hand, the mirror is a part of fan. (e) image of two Japanese women bottom left, faces in 3/4 profile, man wearing helmet upper right. Half moon shaped mirror upper left. (f) Japanese woman lower left, in 3/4 profile. Man in upper right looking down. Mirror in upper left corner in shape of lantern. (g) Small round fan with scene painted on both sides. One side, similar to (a-d) shows male Japanese figure looking right toward female figure, upperight. Small mirror hangs on stand, upper right center. On reverse is red circle with blue, white, and purple cloud like background above yellow fan shape. . Green calligraphy, left center, framed by three consecutive frames. (h) small round fan with scene painted on both sides. On front is similar design to (b) with male figure looking up towards female figure. Round mirror. Same design on back as (g). (i) small round fan with small square mirror and man in lower left corner looking up at woman.

Subject: households; miniatures; figure; female; male; Japanese; Edith Morse Robb; E. S. Morse

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

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0299 a-i

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Miniature Figurine

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Date: 1920 – 1950

Material: shell; wood

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0154 a,b

Description: Two figurines of women with long full ruffled skirts and bonnets made up completely of seashells. (a) skirt of limpet shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff, two small shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff. Facial features painted on a shell with texture of shell painted over to rep…

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Title: Miniature Figurine

Date: 1920 – 1950

Material: shell; wood

Dimensions: 6.4 x 3.1 x 4.0 cm

Description: Two figurines of women with long full ruffled skirts and bonnets made up completely of seashells. (a) skirt of limpet shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff, two small shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff. Facial features painted on a shell with texture of shell painted over to represent hair, face is cupped by another shell forming a bonnet. (b) skirt of limpet shells piled on one another and glued together. Small shells form puffed sleeves with wooden stick arms. Necklace painted on bodice shell, facial features and black curly hair painted on shell which is cupped by another forming a bonnet. Two shells for feet on underside of skirt.

Subject: households; decorative; miniatures; figure; female

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

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0154 a,b

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Mrs. Jonie

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.057

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mrs. Jonie

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 54.2 x 43.3 cm

Subject: portrait; female; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.057

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Mrs. Tom Simeon

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.025

Description: Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mrs. Tom Simeon

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75 x 62 cm

Description: Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.

Subject: portrait; female; Cinderella Simeon; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.025

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Mrs. Tom Simeon

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.067

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mrs. Tom Simeon

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.0 x 63.5 cm

Subject: portrait; female; Cinderella Simeon

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.067

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Portrait of Edmee Moore

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Artist: K Takana

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TaK.02.01

Description: A portrait of Edmee Moore as a young lady. She is wearing a colourful Japanese kimono.

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Artist: K Takana

Title: Portrait of Edmee Moore

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 46.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: A portrait of Edmee Moore as a young lady. She is wearing a colourful Japanese kimono.

Subject: portrait; female

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: TaK.02.01

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Portrait of Mrs. Pearl Moore

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Artist: Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American)

Date: c. 1931

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: FuE.02.02

Description: An almost full face portrait of a woman, she has short hair.

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Artist: Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American)

Title: Portrait of Mrs. Pearl Moore

Date: c. 1931

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 44.5 x 36.5 cm

Description: An almost full face portrait of a woman, she has short hair.

Subject: portrait; female

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: FuE.02.02

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Purse

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Date: 1885 – 1925

Material: fibre; glass; ivory

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0360

Description: A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a s…

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Title: Purse

Date: 1885 – 1925

Material: fibre; glass; ivory

Dimensions: 22.2 x 5.4 x 21.8 cm

Description: A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a silver metallic cord through a short ivory batten on the front and back causing the bag to form two pleats on either side. Ends of cord have red and grey beaded loop tassels. Bag lined front, back and bottom with pink silk. Figures beaded on front of purse depict woman in yellow dress and man in green trousers and pink jacket holding top hat while they are dancing.

Subject: households; hobbies; embroidery; figure; male; female

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

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0360

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Stoney Mother and Daughter

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.391

Description: A woman and child sitting close together bottom right centre. The woman is wearing a pink outfit with a dark blue shawl around her neck. She has long black braids. The child is wearing a light coloured dress with decorations.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Stoney Mother and Daughter

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.2 cm

Description: A woman and child sitting close together bottom right centre. The woman is wearing a pink outfit with a dark blue shawl around her neck. She has long black braids. The child is wearing a light coloured dress with decorations.

Subject: figure; female; child; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.391

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Student Portrait, Woman

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.047

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Student Portrait, Woman

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.5 x 43.5 cm

Subject: portrait; female

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.047

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Three Companeros

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: ChK.02.01

Description: With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the …

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Title: Three Companeros

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 42.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the viewer and are riding off through the forest. The horses are brown. One of the riders has a white shirt or jacket and another has a light colour hat.

Subject: animal; horses; landscape; forest; activity; trail riding; figure; group; female

Credit: Gift of Robert Blair, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: ChK.02.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: McP.02.01

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, t…

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Artist: Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, the portrait is very close cropped to the outer edges. Linen mat, gold coloured frame with a small brass plate centered Pegi Nicol MacLeod 1904 - 1949.

Subject: portrait; female; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Christopher Varley, Toronto, 1986

Catalogue Number: McP.02.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.006

Description: A black and white portrait of Catharine Robb. Catharine is in profile, facing toward the left. Her head and neck appear to be twisting toward the left. Her hair is pulled back in a bun. A few pieces of it have come loose around her ear. She is wearing a collared shirt.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1928

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 34.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: A black and white portrait of Catharine Robb. Catharine is in profile, facing toward the left. Her head and neck appear to be twisting toward the left. Her hair is pulled back in a bun. A few pieces of it have come loose around her ear. She is wearing a collared shirt.