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Bird

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Artist: Isapik (?)

Date: later than 1900

Catalogue Number: IsA.06.01

Description: Green stone, stylized bird, with head outstretched, may be swimming.

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Artist: Isapik (?)

Title: Bird

Date: later than 1900

Dimensions: 6.0 x 5.7 x 14.5 cm

Description: Green stone, stylized bird, with head outstretched, may be swimming.

Subject: animal, bird

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

Catalogue Number: IsA.06.01

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Bow Lake Boler

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Artist: Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)

Date: 2013

Medium: camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper

Catalogue Number: SmC.18.02

Description: Coloured image of boler interior. browns, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. Two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. Landscape is a mountainous terrain with large body of water and some ever green trees. Interior furniture includes two …

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Artist: Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake Boler

Date: 2013

Medium: camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper

Dimensions: 121.92 x 152.4 cm

Description: Coloured image of boler interior. browns, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. Two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. Landscape is a mountainous terrain with large body of water and some ever green trees. Interior furniture includes two benches, fold down table and box in bottom right corner. The table holds an unfolded map, some books and a mug. The reflected image on the walls is projected upside down because it is done using a camera obscura technique. This print belongs to the 76 Boler series. “Nearly true stories of a wandering 76 Boler”

Subject: mountains; Bow Lake; camera obscura; boler

Credit: Gift of Colin Smith , Calgary , 2018

Catalogue Number: SmC.18.02

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ceramic bowl

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

Date: c. 1913

Catalogue Number: CaE.06.01

Description: A primitive, low fired clay bowl, reddish clay. Center of bowl has a dark coloured circle around which a simplified fish is curled. It has been of a light colour, most of which is now worn off.

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

Title: ceramic bowl

Date: c. 1913

Dimensions: 2.5 x 8.0 cm

Description: A primitive, low fired clay bowl, reddish clay. Center of bowl has a dark coloured circle around which a simplified fish is curled. It has been of a light colour, most of which is now worn off.

Subject: abstract

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Oldrich, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: CaE.06.01

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Douglas Lake Ranch

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Artist: Luis Fabini (1965 – , Uruguay)

Date: 2014

Medium: archival ink jet print

Catalogue Number: FaL.18.01

Description: coloured image of cows in a snowy grassy field with man on horse centre right

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Artist: Luis Fabini (1965 – , Uruguay)

Title: Douglas Lake Ranch

Date: 2014

Medium: archival ink jet print

Dimensions: 47.62 x 71.75 cm

Description: coloured image of cows in a snowy grassy field with man on horse centre right

Subject: horse; Douglas Lake Ranch; British Columbia; cow; herding; farm; cowboy; Fabini; snow

Credit: Gift of Luis Fabini, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2017

Catalogue Number: FaL.18.01

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Fish

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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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Lady Minto and Cowboy in National Park, Banff, Canada

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Artist: A. Pearse

Date: 1901

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: PeA.03.01

Description: A realistic drawing in black and white; A mounted rider dressed in buckskins is talking with a lady standing near him; the lady has a long dress, ornate hat and an umbrella; to the right of the picture is a two-horse carriage with 3 people sitting in it; 2 helmeted riders and another man walking ne…

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Artist: A. Pearse

Title: Lady Minto and Cowboy in National Park, Banff, Canada

Date: 1901

Medium: ink on paper

Description: A realistic drawing in black and white; A mounted rider dressed in buckskins is talking with a lady standing near him; the lady has a long dress, ornate hat and an umbrella; to the right of the picture is a two-horse carriage with 3 people sitting in it; 2 helmeted riders and another man walking near the carriage; a herd of bison are near; trees and grass on the flats and up the mountain side; top left corner indicates a slightly cloudy sky.

Subject: Figure; female; Lady Minto; aristocracy; cowboy; Animal; buffalo; Transportation; carriage

Credit: Purchased from John J. Norris, Camberlay, England, 1980

Catalogue Number: PeA.03.01

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Poplar Boler

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Artist: Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)

Date: 2015

Medium: camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper

Catalogue Number: SmC.18.01

Description: coloured image of boler interior. yellows, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. landscape is a wooded area full of poplar trees and some evergreens. interior furniture includes two benches, fold dow…

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Artist: Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)

Title: Poplar Boler

Date: 2015

Medium: camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper

Dimensions: 121.92 x 152.4 cm

Description: coloured image of boler interior. yellows, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. landscape is a wooded area full of poplar trees and some evergreens. interior furniture includes two benches, fold down table and box in bottom right corner. the reflected image on the walls is projected upside down because it is done using a camera obscura technique. this print belongs to the 76 Boler series. “Nearly true stories of a wandering 76 Boler”