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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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Drawing on Peaks

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Artist: David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1998

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: AxD.12.01

Description: brown, blue and orange mountain peak

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Artist: David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Drawing on Peaks

Date: 1998

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 172.72 x 121.92 cm

Description: brown, blue and orange mountain peak

Subject: mountain; peak

Credit: Gift of David T. Alexander, Lake Country, 2017

Catalogue Number: AxD.12.01

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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.621

Description: Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.

Subject: drinking; drunk; top hat; yawn; man; tuxedo; liquor; music

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.621

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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [II]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.623

Description: An ink cartoon drawing of a very tall thin man in a tuxedo ramming his head into a lamppost as he walks down a street. He wears a top hat, white gloves, and spats. There is a brick wall behind him. Below the drawing is the inscription DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFOREsigned P.W /22. in brc

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [II]

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: An ink cartoon drawing of a very tall thin man in a tuxedo ramming his head into a lamppost as he walks down a street. He wears a top hat, white gloves, and spats. There is a brick wall behind him. Below the drawing is the inscription DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFOREsigned P.W /22. in brc

Subject: drunk; liquor; alcohol; tuxedo; man; lamppost; cartoon

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.623

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Escape The Teeming World

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.11

Description: Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters …

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Escape The Teeming World

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 57.0 cm

Description: Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters in pencil. At right is streetscape of an intersection full of people on foot, horseback, and in cars. Building signs include “SKILINE TOURS”, “INDIAN CURIOS,” “MT. ROYAL HOTEL,” “ESSO”, “GARAGE”. Mountains can be seen in the background. Above “ESCAPE THE TEEMING WORLD! COME TO THIS QUIET MOUNTAIN RESORT FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS” is written in block letters in pencil.

Subject: tourism; cabins; banff

Credit: Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.11

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Expression

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1915 – 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.924

Description: Three cartoon sketches of men: 1) a bald man is laughing, and only has three teeth, 2) a man with a stern look on his face. He is wearing what appears to be a suit, and has glasses, 3) a man of Asian descent looks laboured since he has sweat coming off his brow. Above the drawings it says “LESSON N…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Expression

Date: 1915 – 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.6 x 25.3 cm

Description: Three cartoon sketches of men: 1) a bald man is laughing, and only has three teeth, 2) a man with a stern look on his face. He is wearing what appears to be a suit, and has glasses, 3) a man of Asian descent looks laboured since he has sweat coming off his brow. Above the drawings it says “LESSON No. 4 EXPRESSION”

Subject: people; men; clothing; suit; hair; bald; Asian; eye wear; glasses

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.924

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The First Flower in Spring

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: acrylic on canvas board

Catalogue Number: StS.12.01

Description: On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.4…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: The First Flower in Spring

Date: 1972

Medium: acrylic on canvas board

Dimensions: 50.5 x 60.5 cm

Description: On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.45 lhbc

Subject: figures; Indigenous; woman; baby; botanical; flower; symbols

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: StS.12.01

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First Time Bean Pods

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1885 – 1885

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.01

Description: This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the…

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: First Time Bean Pods

Date: 1885 – 1885

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 33.5 cm

Description: This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the bottom of the branch.

Subject: botanical; bean pods

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.01

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Folded Mountain Hills

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: charcoal; acrylic stain; Aquatec Matt Varnish on raw cotton canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.15

Description: The sky is painted in shades of red and pink. The bottom third of the canvas is composed of rolling mountains, with one highlight of snow at the back centre peak.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Folded Mountain Hills

Date: 1985

Medium: charcoal; acrylic stain; Aquatec Matt Varnish on raw cotton canvas

Dimensions: 127 x 152.4 cm

Description: The sky is painted in shades of red and pink. The bottom third of the canvas is composed of rolling mountains, with one highlight of snow at the back centre peak.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.15

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Fred’s Rockies

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.09

Description: A road runs from the bottom left to the centre of the piece. The road alternates between brown with a white stripe, to white with a yellow stripe. The upper centre of the work is composed of several coloured shapes, from left, peach, white, purple and grey.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Fred’s Rockies

Date: 1968

Medium: charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas

Dimensions: 76 x 60.7 cm

Description: A road runs from the bottom left to the centre of the piece. The road alternates between brown with a white stripe, to white with a yellow stripe. The upper centre of the work is composed of several coloured shapes, from left, peach, white, purple and grey.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.09

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Frosted Days

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1992

Medium: acrylic stain; pearlescent acrylic on raw cotton canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.13

Description: In the centre foreground a section of trees are coated with snow. In the left background there is an additional line of trees. The left section of ground is blue. The background at the skyline is pink.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Frosted Days

Date: 1992

Medium: acrylic stain; pearlescent acrylic on raw cotton canvas

Dimensions: 80.6 x 159.8 cm

Description: In the centre foreground a section of trees are coated with snow. In the left background there is an additional line of trees. The left section of ground is blue. The background at the skyline is pink.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.13

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The Future way of Teaching Geography

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.928

Description: An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Future way of Teaching Geography

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 22.5 cm

Description: An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”

Subject: airship; blimp; Zeppelin; aircraft; flying; space; travel; people; passengers; education; star; planet; Earth; geography

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.928

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A Good Way to Reduce and Midnight Exercise

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1929

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.602

Description: Two comical scenes drawn in ink that depict, in cartoon style, ways to lose weight or get exercise. The left scene is titled A GOOD WAY TO REDUCE, the one on the right is titled MIDNIGHT EXERCISE. The scene on the left shows a man whose leg has been cut off from a car driving over it with a speech …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: A Good Way to Reduce and Midnight Exercise

Date: 1917 – 1929

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 25.0 cm

Description: Two comical scenes drawn in ink that depict, in cartoon style, ways to lose weight or get exercise. The left scene is titled A GOOD WAY TO REDUCE, the one on the right is titled MIDNIGHT EXERCISE. The scene on the left shows a man whose leg has been cut off from a car driving over it with a speech bubble that says “NOW I’M DOWN TO A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY AT LAST.” The scene on the right shows a man walking inside with a crying baby with a speech bubble that says “AH WAWA WOW” and another speech bubble coming from the man saying “IF I WAS SINGLE AGAIN GEE WHIZ.”

Subject: weight loss; exercise; baby; health; comic; cartoon

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.602

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The Great Lakes and the States that Bound Them

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.514

Description: Ink drawing of a geographic perspective of the Great Lakes region, including the states that border on Canada

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Great Lakes and the States that Bound Them

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.5 cm

Description: Ink drawing of a geographic perspective of the Great Lakes region, including the states that border on Canada

Subject: map; Great Lakes; Canada; United States; geography

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.514

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The Head

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1916 – 1927

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.635

Description: Cartoon of two men, side views, from chest up. Man on left has a tie, round glasses and is smoking a cigarette. Man on right is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.636, and WyP.03.637

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Head

Date: 1916 – 1927

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.5 x 25.4 cm

Description: Cartoon of two men, side views, from chest up. Man on left has a tie, round glasses and is smoking a cigarette. Man on right is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.636, and WyP.03.637

Subject: cartoon; smoking; men

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.635

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The Head

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1915 – 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.922

Description: Three cartoon drawings of different heads: 1) a drawing of a robust man in profile, 2) a disheveled man that has a beard and is wearing a hat that is missing the top, and 3) a robust angry looking man that is almost bald and is smoking a cigar.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Head

Date: 1915 – 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.7 x 25.3 cm

Description: Three cartoon drawings of different heads: 1) a drawing of a robust man in profile, 2) a disheveled man that has a beard and is wearing a hat that is missing the top, and 3) a robust angry looking man that is almost bald and is smoking a cigar.

Subject: people; men; clothing; hat; hair; facial hair; beard; smoking; cigar

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.922

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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.