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Lizards and frogs...

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.10
Description
The story - page 9:Lizards and frogs, monkeys and toads. You know most of them can't see in the dark.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Lizards and frogs...
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
The story - page 9:Lizards and frogs, monkeys and toads. You know most of them can't see in the dark.
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.10
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New Moon-Southern Alberta

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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.05
Description
This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent mo…
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
New Moon-Southern Alberta
Date
1976
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
54.3 x 75.0 cm
Description
This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent moon is in the sky.
Subject
landscape
foothills
prairie
Southern Alberta
animal
horse
figure
O. N. de Grandmaison
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Carol Barrington, Invermere, 1999
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.05
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Once they are up there...

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.06
Description
The story - page 5:Once they are up there it is hard to tell if it is night or day. The stars are out, the sky is bright.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Once they are up there...
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
The story - page 5:Once they are up there it is hard to tell if it is night or day. The stars are out, the sky is bright.
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.06
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
bronze
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.16
Description
A realistic rendering of a standing horse; haltered with rope hanging down to between his front legs; packed, diamond hitch; on right rump: “JF” combined and “barX6”; on right shoulder “circle over bar”
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Packhorse
Date
1978
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
27.3 x 12.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a standing horse; haltered with rope hanging down to between his front legs; packed, diamond hitch; on right rump: “JF” combined and “barX6”; on right shoulder “circle over bar”
Subject
animal
horse
packhorse
Credit
Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.16
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Date
1975 – 1976
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
105.06.0042
Description
Carved alligator design, varnished wooden letter opener signed "MCK" on bottom.
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Title
Paper Knife
Date
1975 – 1976
Material
wood
Dimensions
1.0 x 2.7 x 24.2 cm
Description
Carved alligator design, varnished wooden letter opener signed "MCK" on bottom.
Subject
households
office
hobbies
pastime
animal
alligator
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.06.0042
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Date
1975 – 1977
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0180
Description
Large, heavy, cast brass ?, medallion on long silver chain. Praying, seated Budda figure at centre of front with U shaped motif spaced around edge. Obverse slightly concave with relief casting covering surface. Ring of animals crawl around circular central motif, with other odd, organic shapes cove…
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Title
Pendant
Date
1975 – 1977
Material
metal
Dimensions
0.8 x 4.7 x 30.9 cm
Description
Large, heavy, cast brass ?, medallion on long silver chain. Praying, seated Budda figure at centre of front with U shaped motif spaced around edge. Obverse slightly concave with relief casting covering surface. Ring of animals crawl around circular central motif, with other odd, organic shapes covering surface. Hole pierced through narrow flange at top to hold chain. Chain of heavy silver links.
Subject
Whyte home
travel
souvenir
gift
accessories
jewlery
fashion
households
adornment
animal
religious
Donna Class
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0180
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Artist
Malcolm MacKenzie (1932 – , Canadian)
Date
1975 – 1975
Catalogue Number
MuM.11.01
Description
Bronze pack horse fully rigged, has a brand of left shoulder H; he stands on a solid base of bronze on which is etched T.R.C.R. 30 years and beside that 50; the assemblage is of various woods with a flat board as background and driftwood and bark as base and landscape; a rectangular piece of driftw…
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Artist
Malcolm MacKenzie (1932 – , Canadian)
Title
Ray Bagley Memorial
Date
1975 – 1975
Dimensions
52.0;13.0 x 11.0;5.0 x 35.0;14.0 cm
Description
Bronze pack horse fully rigged, has a brand of left shoulder H; he stands on a solid base of bronze on which is etched T.R.C.R. 30 years and beside that 50; the assemblage is of various woods with a flat board as background and driftwood and bark as base and landscape; a rectangular piece of driftwood is attached at the top with wire; a brass plate of this piece reads: In honour of Ray Bagley whose homespun philosophy enriched the lives of all who called him friend. Remembered by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; another brass plate is on the board: Time and stress will make or break Keep smiling though through tears. For it matters not the years you live But how you live the years Ray Bagley. Bronze by Malcolm MacKenzie. Assemblage by Bunny Robinson, Calgary.
Subject
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Calgary, 1976
Catalogue Number
MuM.11.01
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Date
1975 – 1977
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
103.01.0065 a,b
Description
Two Russian hand painted pins on wooden forms. (a) is an oval form with a safety pin embedded in the back, and on the front a scene framed in black with gold squiggles. Two dancing horses and a dancing peasant playing a horn before a turquoise gold-flecked sky. (b) a circular pin similarly made wit…
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Title
Scatter Pin Brooch
Date
1975 – 1977
Material
wood
Dimensions
4.0 x 6.0 cm
Description
Two Russian hand painted pins on wooden forms. (a) is an oval form with a safety pin embedded in the back, and on the front a scene framed in black with gold squiggles. Two dancing horses and a dancing peasant playing a horn before a turquoise gold-flecked sky. (b) a circular pin similarly made with a vignetted scene of a princely sort on his knees, carrying a bow in his left hand, and perhaps protesting his love to a rather haughty sort of haloed princess who might be rising out of waves. Both have writing in Cyrillic on their backs, untranslated, and (b) additionally has Berezhka (“Birch tree”) sticker and price: 13.70
Subject
households
adornment
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0065 a,b
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Date
1970
Material
paper; wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
105.02.0091
Description
A long scroll rolled on a wooden dowel, with light red brown piece of silk stiffened with paper lining which rolls around outside to form cover, tying with long purple braided silk cord attached at end, scroll which is pieced in several places, unrolls to show long, continuous scene of monkeys, har…
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Title
Scroll
Date
1970
Material
paper; wood; fibre
Dimensions
12.5 cm
Description
A long scroll rolled on a wooden dowel, with light red brown piece of silk stiffened with paper lining which rolls around outside to form cover, tying with long purple braided silk cord attached at end, scroll which is pieced in several places, unrolls to show long, continuous scene of monkeys, hares, frogs and other animals engaged in various human activities. Long paper label on end of scroll with Japanese writing, presumably the title. Scroll is contained in long rectangular cardboard box with red brown lid and same label as on scroll pasted to top of lid, and ink stamped Japanese writing inside base of box. Also contains green paper sheets in English and Japanese explaining the scroll, and a sheet of white paper completely in Japanese.Made in Japan.
Subject
households
decorative
animal
monkey
hare
frog
travel
souvenir
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0091
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Some of them like...

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.05
Description
The story - page 4 :Some of them like jungles. Hummingbirds and pellikans are up there, but once in awhile those fisheaters fall off their perches (How else do they remember to go look for supper?)
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Some of them like...
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
The story - page 4 :Some of them like jungles. Hummingbirds and pellikans are up there, but once in awhile those fisheaters fall off their perches (How else do they remember to go look for supper?)
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.05
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There are creatures who live...

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.02
Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.02
Description
The story begins on page 1:There are creatures who live on the ground and catch falling leaves. Some of them spend all their lives in the pursuit of leaves; eat them; make shoes of them, sleep under beds of the leaves and carry baskets of the things around. Occasionally, there is a special leaf to …
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
There are creatures who live...
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.6 x 17.6 cm
Description
The story begins on page 1:There are creatures who live on the ground and catch falling leaves. Some of them spend all their lives in the pursuit of leaves; eat them; make shoes of them, sleep under beds of the leaves and carry baskets of the things around. Occasionally, there is a special leaf to search for and go after until you've got it.
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.02
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There are creatures who sleep...

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.08
Description
The story - page 7:There are creatures who sleep all night except on those tropic nights no one can sleep and they all go out for a stroll.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
There are creatures who sleep...
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
The story - page 7:There are creatures who sleep all night except on those tropic nights no one can sleep and they all go out for a stroll.
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.08
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These are creatures who swim...

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.03
Description
The story - page 2:There are creatures who swim in the deep blue seas. Things with teeth, these creatures wait under the surface, watching everything. But there is nothing to worry about, they only live in the north.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
These are creatures who swim...
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.6 x 17.6 cm
Description
The story - page 2:There are creatures who swim in the deep blue seas. Things with teeth, these creatures wait under the surface, watching everything. But there is nothing to worry about, they only live in the north.
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.03
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1977
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.01
Description
General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Trout Stream Quilt
Date
1977
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
49.3 x 49.3 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.
Subject
animal
mythological
craft
quilt
Credit
Purchased from Dundurn Press, 1977
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.01
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.26
Description
Two thirds of the painting is dominated by a herd of bison grazing in the foothills. There is one large bull on the left. The mountains are in the background under a cloudy sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.7 cm
Description
Two thirds of the painting is dominated by a herd of bison grazing in the foothills. There is one large bull on the left. The mountains are in the background under a cloudy sky.
Subject
animal
buffalo
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
foothills
Credit
Purchased from James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.26
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1976
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.18
Description
A model of a horse (not completed), made of moulding clay, on a wood base. The rust-coloured, hardened clay is fashioned around metal wires and attached by a large screw to a vertically placed piece of wood that is screwed onto the base. The model is illustrating the process; only one leg (back lef…
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (horse)
Date
1976
Dimensions
25.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
A model of a horse (not completed), made of moulding clay, on a wood base. The rust-coloured, hardened clay is fashioned around metal wires and attached by a large screw to a vertically placed piece of wood that is screwed onto the base. The model is illustrating the process; only one leg (back left leg) is completely covered with clay to attach it to the wood base.
Subject
animal
horse
sculpture
Charlie Beil
Credit
Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.18
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1996
Medium
oil on panel
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.04
Description
This painting shows a close up view of a wolf running along side of a bison. The wolf is attacking the cow. Both the bison and the wolf are running to the left side of the painting from the right. In the upper right corner there are two more bison running in the same direction. The ground looks as…
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Wolf Attacking Cow
Date
prior to 1996
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
30.4 x 60.9 cm
Description
This painting shows a close up view of a wolf running along side of a bison. The wolf is attacking the cow. Both the bison and the wolf are running to the left side of the painting from the right. In the upper right corner there are two more bison running in the same direction. The ground looks as if it is covered with snow and the snow has a blue colour in the shadow areas. The bison and the wolf are brown in colour.
Subject
animal
wolf
buffalo
landscape
canadian
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.04
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