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Canmore Lads

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.28

Description: Three seated boys fill the page. One has on a hat, with chin on hand. Boy on left has hands on knees. All seem happy

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Lads

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 36.5 x 29.5 cm

Description: Three seated boys fill the page. One has on a hat, with chin on hand. Boy on left has hands on knees. All seem happy

Subject: figure, group, male

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.28

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Canmore Miner with Safety Lamp

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.08

Description: General colour: charcoal on white. Looking down at a man in a coat and hat sitting on a bench with a safety lamp on the floor between his legs. Behind him on the left is his lunch box. His hat shadows his face which looks down right.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Miner with Safety Lamp

Date: 1945

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: charcoal on white. Looking down at a man in a coat and hat sitting on a bench with a safety lamp on the floor between his legs. Behind him on the left is his lunch box. His hat shadows his face which looks down right.

Subject: figure; male; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.08

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Canmore Mining Town

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Mining Town

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

Subject: landscape; urban; mountains; industry; coal mining

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

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

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Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.59

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.6 x 35.5 cm

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.

Subject: landscape; mountains; Pacific; architecture, urban; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.59

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Caribou

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Artist: Willia Ningiuk (1895 – 1964, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: WiL.06.01

Description: greenstone; standing caribou (hippopotamus?), head turned slightly to the left; short legs, split hooves; tail outstretched; small ears; incised eyes; nose and mouth carved; round holes drilled for horns (missing).

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Artist: Willia Ningiuk (1895 – 1964, Canadian)

Title: Caribou

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 11.5 x 21.0 cm

Description: greenstone; standing caribou (hippopotamus?), head turned slightly to the left; short legs, split hooves; tail outstretched; small ears; incised eyes; nose and mouth carved; round holes drilled for horns (missing).

Subject: animal; hippopotamus; creature; hooved

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: WiL.06.01

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Caribou

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.25 a-c

Description: Dark green stone with grey, yellow, light green variations throughout within overall inherent cracking, caribou is lying down with all 4 legs under, head up, incised nose and mouth, eyes inlaid with ivory, on left body is an ivory inlaid walking caribou, antlers (8.5x2.5) are made of bone and inser…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Caribou

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory

Dimensions: 18.5 x 5.0 x 27.0 cm

Description: Dark green stone with grey, yellow, light green variations throughout within overall inherent cracking, caribou is lying down with all 4 legs under, head up, incised nose and mouth, eyes inlaid with ivory, on left body is an ivory inlaid walking caribou, antlers (8.5x2.5) are made of bone and insert into 2 drilled holes in forehead

Subject: animal, caribou

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.25 a-c

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Caribou

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Artist: Sarolie

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: SaR.06.01 a-c

Description: Dark grey stone. Standing caribou with head held high. Legs are very solid, slightly bent at knees, hooves are very well defined on all fours including underside. Carved features, ears and tail. Eyes and nose incised. Two holes on forehead for antlers. Antlers are carved out of ivory, ca. 7.…

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Artist: Sarolie

Title: Caribou

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 19.5 x 9.7 x 23.5 cm

Description: Dark grey stone. Standing caribou with head held high. Legs are very solid, slightly bent at knees, hooves are very well defined on all fours including underside. Carved features, ears and tail. Eyes and nose incised. Two holes on forehead for antlers. Antlers are carved out of ivory, ca. 7.2 long. Front left leg has been broken off and reglued.

Subject: animal; caribou; hooved

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: SaR.06.01 a-c

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Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

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Caribou head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Caribou head

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 35.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

Subject: animal, caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

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Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.11 a,b

Description: hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt

Date: prior to 1962

Description: hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.

Subject: figure; male; female; activity; hunting; animal; caribou; fish; dog; bird

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.11 a,b

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The Carollers

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Artist: Kaka Ashoona (1928 – 1996, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: HaK.06.04

Description: One piece grey stone, family of 3 standing side by side. Group appears to be father, mother and child, all dressed in typical parkas. Features are carved, hair indicated on foreheads. The left, largest figure holds a goose by the neck in his left hand. The central figure has her hands together …

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Artist: Kaka Ashoona (1928 – 1996, Canadian)

Title: The Carollers

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 24.5 x 22.5 cm

Description: One piece grey stone, family of 3 standing side by side. Group appears to be father, mother and child, all dressed in typical parkas. Features are carved, hair indicated on foreheads. The left, largest figure holds a goose by the neck in his left hand. The central figure has her hands together in front. The small figure has left hand in front and right arm around the back of the mother. The smallest figure is 15.5 tall.

Subject: figure; group; family

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: HaK.06.04

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Cascade Basin

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Artist: Douglas Clark (1952 – 1999, Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: photograph

Catalogue Number: ClD.18.01

Description: a colour landscape photograph taken at the top of c-level cirque hike

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Artist: Douglas Clark (1952 – 1999, Canadian)

Title: Cascade Basin

Date: 1990

Medium: photograph

Dimensions: 50.8 x 60.96 cm

Description: a colour landscape photograph taken at the top of c-level cirque hike

Subject: Banff; c-level cirque; Cascade; Mountain; basin; hike

Credit: Gift of Douglas Clark (Estate), Toronto, 2016

Catalogue Number: ClD.18.01

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Cascade Mountain

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.10

Description: A clear blue sky is the backdrop for Cascade Mountain which is centred in the picture, in brown, blue and white, sunlight is hitting the peaks on the left, coniferous and deciduous trees are silhouetted along centre, foreground is shadowed snow

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Cascade Mountain

Date: 1991

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 28.7 x 38.2 cm

Description: A clear blue sky is the backdrop for Cascade Mountain which is centred in the picture, in brown, blue and white, sunlight is hitting the peaks on the left, coniferous and deciduous trees are silhouetted along centre, foreground is shadowed snow

Subject: landscape; mountain; Cascade Mountain

Credit: Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.10

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Cathedral Mountain

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.23

Description: General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 34.2 x 41.8 cm

Description: General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.23

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Cathedral Mountain

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

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.265

Description: View of Cathedral Mountain. In the right background is the triangular shape of Cathedral Peak, with rock coloured in grey and violet-grey. Snow is coloured light blue. A horizontal range stretches away from the left side of the mountain. The range is separated from the peak by a small glacier and a…

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

Title: Cathedral Mountain

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of Cathedral Mountain. In the right background is the triangular shape of Cathedral Peak, with rock coloured in grey and violet-grey. Snow is coloured light blue. A horizontal range stretches away from the left side of the mountain. The range is separated from the peak by a small glacier and a line of snow extending downwards from it. The grey sky contains part of a white cloud near the glacier. In the foreground is a valley with dark blue (or green) forest and areas of light green grass. There are indications of a blue underpainting for the forests, as well as, violet underpainting for the sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.265

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Cathedral Mountain

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

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.267

Description: View of Cathedral Mountain. The triangular shape of Cathedral Mountain is seen in the background a little to the left of centre. The higher areas of rock are mainly violet-grey, while the lower slopes of loose rock are coloured violet-grey mixed with brick-red and ochre. Snow is blue-grey. A cloud …

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

Title: Cathedral Mountain

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of Cathedral Mountain. The triangular shape of Cathedral Mountain is seen in the background a little to the left of centre. The higher areas of rock are mainly violet-grey, while the lower slopes of loose rock are coloured violet-grey mixed with brick-red and ochre. Snow is blue-grey. A cloud found behind Cathedral Mountain parallels the slope of the mountain's right side, and tapers off on the left side of the peak. A second cloud is found in the upper right corner. A valley can be seen in front of the mountain. The side of the valley sloping down from the right side is much larger than the left side. The valley's sides are covered in green grass and areas of dark brown and dark green forest. The base of the valley is indicated by a thin strip of ochre (with touches of orange and brick-red).