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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 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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Alpine Meadows

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Artist: Diane Colwell (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1988

Medium: polaroid on paper

Catalogue Number: CwD.18.02

Description: Painted polaroid print, top left corner is white and blue sky, the rest of the picture is dark green with light greens, brown, yellow, indicating a meadow, some trees in foreground

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Artist: Diane Colwell (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Alpine Meadows

Date: 1988

Medium: polaroid on paper

Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 cm

Description: Painted polaroid print, top left corner is white and blue sky, the rest of the picture is dark green with light greens, brown, yellow, indicating a meadow, some trees in foreground

Subject: landscape, mountain; Diane Colwell

Credit: Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1989

Catalogue Number: CwD.18.02

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Andromeda and Athabasca Glaciers, Columbia Icefield

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Artist: Don Harmon (1917 – 1997, Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: cibachrome on paper

Catalogue Number: HrD.18.01

Description: A colour photographic positive, an almost full frame picture of glaciers, the white colour and formations dominate, a bare rock juts out bottom left corner, rocks also near top left to near bottom right, the sky is extreme top of picture, some clouds

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Artist: Don Harmon (1917 – 1997, Canadian)

Title: Andromeda and Athabasca Glaciers, Columbia Icefield

Date: 1987

Medium: cibachrome on paper

Dimensions: 57.2 x 45.6 cm

Description: A colour photographic positive, an almost full frame picture of glaciers, the white colour and formations dominate, a bare rock juts out bottom left corner, rocks also near top left to near bottom right, the sky is extreme top of picture, some clouds

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, Columbia Icefield

Credit: Purchased from Don Harmon, Banff, 1985

Catalogue Number: HrD.18.01

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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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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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Cathedral Mountain

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Artist: Carole Harmon (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1983

Medium: cibachrome on paper

Catalogue Number: HrC.18.02

Description: A colour photographic positive, a high contrast photograph of a mountain centered in the picture with a rainbow overhed, the foreground is in shadow and therefore appears black, the mountain is light brown with a band of green trees

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Artist: Carole Harmon (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain

Date: 1983

Medium: cibachrome on paper

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.6 cm

Description: A colour photographic positive, a high contrast photograph of a mountain centered in the picture with a rainbow overhed, the foreground is in shadow and therefore appears black, the mountain is light brown with a band of green trees

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, Cathedral Mountain

Credit: Purchased from Carole Harmon, Banff, 1985

Catalogue Number: HrC.18.02

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Chinook Day

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Artist: Craig Richards (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 1984

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: RiC.18.02

Description: A black and white photographic positive, the bottom third of the picture is a marshy lake, mountain ranges behind that with the top half of the picture of clouds, in particular lenticular clouds extending from edge top edge, the photograph was taken from the Vermilion Lakes with Mount Rundle, Tunne…

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Artist: Craig Richards (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: Chinook Day

Date: 1984

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 38.5 x 48.8 cm

Description: A black and white photographic positive, the bottom third of the picture is a marshy lake, mountain ranges behind that with the top half of the picture of clouds, in particular lenticular clouds extending from edge top edge, the photograph was taken from the Vermilion Lakes with Mount Rundle, Tunnel Mountain and the Fairholme Range in the picture

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, Rocky Mountains; landscape, Mount Rundle

Credit: Gift of Craig Richards, Canmore, 1985

Catalogue Number: RiC.18.02

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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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Dried Stem of Plant

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Artist: James Daubney (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: DaJ.18.02

Description: A dried stem with dried leaves and seed pods photographed against an off-white background, slight shadows are cast, hand coloured, the leaves green and the seed pods are yellow to light brown

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Artist: James Daubney (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Dried Stem of Plant

Date: 1987

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 18.0 x 14.0 cm

Description: A dried stem with dried leaves and seed pods photographed against an off-white background, slight shadows are cast, hand coloured, the leaves green and the seed pods are yellow to light brown

Subject: landscape; botanical

Credit: Purchased from Folio Gallery, Calgary, 1987

Catalogue Number: DaJ.18.02

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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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False Hellebore and Grasses, Waterton 1981

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Artist: James Daubney (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: DaJ.18.01

Description: A black and white photographic positive, flowers and grasses fill the whole frame

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Artist: James Daubney (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: False Hellebore and Grasses, Waterton 1981

Date: 1981

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 17.8 cm

Description: A black and white photographic positive, flowers and grasses fill the whole frame

Subject: landscape; botanical

Credit: Purchased from Ron Brown, Jasper, 1982

Catalogue Number: DaJ.18.01

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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.