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Animalia Capillary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.05.21
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.21
- Description
- Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Animalia Capillary
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 17.9 cm
- Description
- Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
- Subject
- animals, whimsey
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.21
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- later than 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.04
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear
- Date
- later than 1900
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
- Subject
- amimal, bear
- grizzly bear
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.04
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.36
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bighorn Sheep
- Date
- c. 1910
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- Bighorn Sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.36
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Buddhist Icon
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 6.6 cm
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
- Subject
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
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Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.10
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- aquatec stain on raw cotton
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.10
- Description
- Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank excep…
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- Title
- Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- aquatec stain on raw cotton
- Dimensions
- 93.9 x 205.7 cm
- Description
- Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank except for signature and date.
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.10
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Canada Classic: Roaded Sunset
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.12.07
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.07
- Description
- A mountain peak with a small section of snow sits at the bottom of the work. A small segment of road painted in brown with a white line runs toward the mountain. The sky is painted in a wash of different shades of deep red.
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- Title
- Canada Classic: Roaded Sunset
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 127 x 115.5 cm
- Description
- A mountain peak with a small section of snow sits at the bottom of the work. A small segment of road painted in brown with a white line runs toward the mountain. The sky is painted in a wash of different shades of deep red.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.07
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Christmas Card ‘87
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.19
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.19
- Description
- “‘87” written at bottom right. “Sinclairs” written on inside.
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- Title
- Christmas Card ‘87
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “‘87” written at bottom right. “Sinclairs” written on inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.19
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Christmas Card ‘88
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.20
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.20
- Description
- “’88” written at bottom right. “Sinclairs” written on inside.
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- Title
- Christmas Card ‘88
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “’88” written at bottom right. “Sinclairs” written on inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.20
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Christmas Card ‘89
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.21
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.21
- Description
- “’89” written at bottom left. “the Sinclairs” written inside, with two dots of orange paint.
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- Title
- Christmas Card ‘89
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “’89” written at bottom left. “the Sinclairs” written inside, with two dots of orange paint.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.21
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- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.12
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 80” written at bottom right. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS 80
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 80” written at bottom right. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.12
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.13
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 81” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS 81
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 81” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.13
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- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.14
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 82” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS 82
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 82” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.14
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.15
- Description
- “CHRST’MS 83” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRST’MS 83
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRST’MS 83” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.15
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- Date
- 1984
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.16
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘84” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS ‘84
- Date
- 1984
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘84” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.16
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- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.17
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘85” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS ‘85
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘85” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.17
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- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.18
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘86” written at bottom right. “the Sinclairs” written on inside. “Mount Rundle” written at back bottom centre.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS ‘86
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘86” written at bottom right. “the Sinclairs” written on inside. “Mount Rundle” written at back bottom centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.18
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CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.16
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- watercolor on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.16
- Description
- Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.
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- Title
- CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- watercolor on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 45.6 x 60.7 cm
- Description
- Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.16
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Cut Paper Card
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.49
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.49
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- Title
- Cut Paper Card
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.49
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- 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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- 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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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- later than 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.69
- Description
- Fish carved on left side, as well as other word beginning with W; gently curved body with carved fins, scored gills, mouth and eyes; hole bored through head near eye; hole bored into belly possibly for support for display, when CRW bought it, was being used to hold key ring.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Fish
- Date
- later than 1900
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 2.2 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- Fish carved on left side, as well as other word beginning with W; gently curved body with carved fins, scored gills, mouth and eyes; hole bored through head near eye; hole bored into belly possibly for support for display, when CRW bought it, was being used to hold key ring.
- Subject
- animal, fish
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.69
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