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2 Groups of Mountain Sheep

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.05

Description: Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: 2 Groups of Mountain Sheep

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.5; 35.4 x 23.5; 26.7 cm

Description: Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.

Subject: animal, group, mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.05

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5 Mile Banff

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

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.31

Description: A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”

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

Title: 5 Mile Banff

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.31

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5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.04

Description: Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: 5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5; 35.4 x 22.5; 26.8 cm

Description: Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.

Subject: animal, moose, mountain goat

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.04

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Antelope Buck

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.04

Description: An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Antelope Buck

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 20.3 cm

Description: An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.

Subject: antelope; grass

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.04

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Balancing Nude

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Artist: Robert Ralp Carmichael (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CaR.03.02

Description: A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Tit…

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Artist: Robert Ralp Carmichael (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: Balancing Nude

Date: 1971

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 34.1 x 45.3 cm

Description: A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Titled and signed on back as well.

Subject: figure; female

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1968

Catalogue Number: CaR.03.02

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Bear Dancer II

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.02

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied aro…

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Title: Bear Dancer II

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 105.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk. He is holding a large round drum in his left hand.

Subject: figure; male; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.02

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Bighorn Ram

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.03

Description: A Bighorn Ram is standing on a slope which has tall grasses; he is facing to the left.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: Bighorn Ram

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.0; 27.0 x 12.0; 35.3 cm

Description: A Bighorn Ram is standing on a slope which has tall grasses; he is facing to the left.

Subject: animal, sheep; Bighorn Sheep

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.03

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Canmore, Alberta, July 27, 1970

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

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.01

Description: Colour: black on white. Lower two thirds is mountain - the peak is upper center. Clear sky goes across the upper third.

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

Title: Canmore, Alberta, July 27, 1970

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 29.75 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Lower two thirds is mountain - the peak is upper center. Clear sky goes across the upper third.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1976

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.01

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Canmore, Alberta, July, 1970

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

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.02

Description: Colour: black on white. Across the bottom are roof tops and chimneys. Behind,filling the upper three quarters is a mountain - peak in the center - stay on both sides.

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

Title: Canmore, Alberta, July, 1970

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Description: Colour: black on white. Across the bottom are roof tops and chimneys. Behind,filling the upper three quarters is a mountain - peak in the center - stay on both sides.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture

Credit: Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1976

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.02

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Canmore, S.W. from Bow Valley Cabins

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

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.03

Description: Colour: black on white. A mountain peaking right of enter near the top another mountain is behind to the right. Sky comes down left and in upper right corner.

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

Title: Canmore, S.W. from Bow Valley Cabins

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 30.5 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. A mountain peaking right of enter near the top another mountain is behind to the right. Sky comes down left and in upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1976

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.03

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Conic Section - #1

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.03

Description: A wedge shaped fragment, various layers of colour and texture, mostly in the yellow (pale) to light green range.

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Conic Section - #1

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 6.5 cm

Description: A wedge shaped fragment, various layers of colour and texture, mostly in the yellow (pale) to light green range.

Subject: abstract, expressionist

Credit: Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.03

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Conic Section #2

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.08

Description: Layers of horizontal colours, blue on the bottom tip, map fragment top of piece. Sea shells in one layer, a statue of a man in another.

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Conic Section #2

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 11.0 cm

Description: Layers of horizontal colours, blue on the bottom tip, map fragment top of piece. Sea shells in one layer, a statue of a man in another.

Subject: abstract, expressionist

Credit: Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.08

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Dear Jon

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

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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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

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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Exceptional Pass - Geology

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.01

Description: The top left corner is a fragment of a map, predominantly yellow; the rest of the collage has diagonally coloured stripes of varying width and colours - mostly greens and browns. The bottom left corner is brown.

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Exceptional Pass - Geology

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 9.5 cm

Description: The top left corner is a fragment of a map, predominantly yellow; the rest of the collage has diagonally coloured stripes of varying width and colours - mostly greens and browns. The bottom left corner is brown.

Subject: abstract, expressionist

Credit: Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.01

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Exceptional Pass - Stratigraphic column

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.04

Description: A narrow column of layers of colours, ranging from beige to brown, with a few lines of pink and blue.

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Exceptional Pass - Stratigraphic column

Date: 1982

Medium: mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 4.0 cm

Description: A narrow column of layers of colours, ranging from beige to brown, with a few lines of pink and blue.

Subject: abstract, expressionist

Credit: Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeL.13.04

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Grizzly on Elk Carcass

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.03

Description: A grizzly leans into the left side of the image, with a paw on an elk carcass.

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Grizzly on Elk Carcass

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 29 cm

Description: A grizzly leans into the left side of the image, with a paw on an elk carcass.

Subject: grizzly; elk

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.03

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HK series I / 2

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.03

Description: Abstract. Top background is blue. Two large white shapes, one outlined with yellow and black the other outlined with orange. In the middle two large red objects.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / 2

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Abstract. Top background is blue. Two large white shapes, one outlined with yellow and black the other outlined with orange. In the middle two large red objects.