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Abstract Sketch

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.02

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Abstract Sketch

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 8.3 cm

Subject: abstract; non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.02

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Banff Road, West of Calgary.

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

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.25

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.

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

Title: Banff Road, West of Calgary.

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.25

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Bow Lake

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

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

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

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

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Foot of Three Sisters

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Foot of Three Sisters

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.7 x 65.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

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The Homestead

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

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.05

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.

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

Title: The Homestead

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.

Subject: landscape; foothills; architecture, rural

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.05

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Kananaskis Lake

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

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.13

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.

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

Title: Kananaskis Lake

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 29.1 x 38.7 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.13

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Mignon Fox Linck

Date: c. 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LiM.05.01

Description: The mountain dominates the entire picture from side to side with a little dark blue sky at the top and the lake in the immediate foreground. Written in pen on the back of the dust jacket in pen and ink: With love to Lillian you Glacier Peak affectionally Mignon.

Artist: Mignon Fox Linck

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: c. 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.9 x 22.5 cm

Description: The mountain dominates the entire picture from side to side with a little dark blue sky at the top and the lake in the immediate foreground. Written in pen on the back of the dust jacket in pen and ink: With love to Lillian you Glacier Peak affectionally Mignon.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986

Catalogue Number: LiM.05.01

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Rocky Mountain Suite #2

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Artist: Jerry F. Grey

Date: c. 1974

Medium: watercolour; liquitex on paper

Catalogue Number: GrJ.05.01

Description: General colour: yellow. A surface gridded in varying densities of the same colour. In every square of sixteen small squares there is a white triangle in the lower left corner.

Artist: Jerry F. Grey

Title: Rocky Mountain Suite #2

Date: c. 1974

Medium: watercolour; liquitex on paper

Dimensions: 41.3 x 58.4 cm

Description: General colour: yellow. A surface gridded in varying densities of the same colour. In every square of sixteen small squares there is a white triangle in the lower left corner.

Subject: abstract; non-representational

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: GrJ.05.01

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Sketch of Hoodoos

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.09

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Sketch of Hoodoos

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.3 x 26.0 cm

Subject: landscape; hoodoos

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.09

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The Top of the Hill

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

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.07

Description: General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper …

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

Title: The Top of the Hill

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 24.7 cm

Description: General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper part is clouds and sits of blue sky.