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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 8
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 5
- John Lefthand Jr. 4
- Unknown 3
- Earl F. Spencer 2
- George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian) 2
- Laurier Hunter 2
- Robert Muskego 2
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 1
- L. T. Fuller 1
- Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian) 1
- Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian) 1
- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.06
- Description
- Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Hunt
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.06
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Jump
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
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Chief Hector Crawler
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.017
- Description
- Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
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- Title
- Chief Hector Crawler
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- HECTOR CRAWLER
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.017
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Chief Sitting Bull
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactspe.02.03
- Artist
- Earl F. Spencer
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas on board
- Catalogue Number
- SpE.02.03
- Description
- Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
- Artist
- Earl F. Spencer
- Title
- Chief Sitting Bull
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas on board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
- Subject
- figure, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SpE.02.03
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; ink; paint; glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0089 a-d
- Description
- A set of 4 ink and watercolour drawings in frames. a) Portrait of Indigenous man with two braids, two feathers at back of head, and braided grass headband. Red shirt coloured with watercolour. Orange lines emanating from figure. “RL Hunter” in lower right corner. In thin gold painted wooden frame w…
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- Title
- Drawing
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; ink; paint; glass; wood
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A set of 4 ink and watercolour drawings in frames. a) Portrait of Indigenous man with two braids, two feathers at back of head, and braided grass headband. Red shirt coloured with watercolour. Orange lines emanating from figure. “RL Hunter” in lower right corner. In thin gold painted wooden frame with glass. b) 30.0 cm x 37.0 cm. Ink drawing of two figures on the bank of a river. Man sitting outside of teepee at right, fire with rack of meat over top in centre, and another figure working on a hide stretched on a frame at left. “RL Hunter” in bottom right. In thin gold and black frame with glass. c) 27.0 cm x 38.0 cm. Ink and watercolour drawing of woman and young girl on black and white horse. Both figures are wearing buckskin dresses. Horse is walking through green field with red flowers. “R.L. Hunter” bottom centre. In same gold frame as A .d) 23.0 cm x 28.0. cm. Ink drawing of two figures on horseback beside a diver. Front figure is leading a packhorse and back figure is dragging a wooden frame with large hide bundle on it. “R.L. Hunter” bottom centre right. In black wooden frame with glass.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- art
- drawing
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0089 a-d
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0097 a-c
- Description
- Three drawings, pencil and coloured pencil on paper from spiral bound sketchbook. All signed “N. OneSpot” in bottom corner. a) mountain goat on rocky cliff. Blue mountains in background. b) adult bear with cub walking across ground with short grasses. Rolling hills in background. c) portrait. Elk …
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- Title
- Drawing
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Three drawings, pencil and coloured pencil on paper from spiral bound sketchbook. All signed “N. OneSpot” in bottom corner. a) mountain goat on rocky cliff. Blue mountains in background. b) adult bear with cub walking across ground with short grasses. Rolling hills in background. c) portrait. Elk with head lifted standing in front of treed slopes with blue mountain in background.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- art
- drawing
- landscape
- nature
- Indigenous
- Tsuut’ina
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0097 a-c
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Elizabeth Bearspaw
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- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DyV.02.01
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- Title
- Elizabeth Bearspaw
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 31.5 cm
- Subject
- portrait
- female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- DyV.02.01
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
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- Title
- George McLean
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 51 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
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Hunter's Worries
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- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Title
- Hunter's Worries
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 60.3 cm
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
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Hunting Indians
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.18
- Description
- Two figures in buckskin loincloths and moccasins on horseback. One horse black and white, other is brown. Figures are on a grassy meadow looking out over rolling meadows with rocky mountains in the background. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. Mountains and sky are fairly textured. “SITTING WIND” low…
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- Title
- Hunting Indians
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 59.5 cm
- Description
- Two figures in buckskin loincloths and moccasins on horseback. One horse black and white, other is brown. Figures are on a grassy meadow looking out over rolling meadows with rocky mountains in the background. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. Mountains and sky are fairly textured. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. Blond wood frame joined at corners.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- landscape
- mountains
- horses
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.18
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.04
- Description
- An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The …
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Indian Scout
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The knoll on which the rock and riders are on is very lush and green.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.04
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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Catalogue Number
- PeG.01.01
- Description
- Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.
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- Title
- Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 35.6 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- PeG.01.01
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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PeG.02.01
- Description
- Colour: green. Looking down on wooden buildings. The two in the lower left are up on four posts, one at each corner. The two buildings in the lower center have broken roofs. Behind them stand a row of tall totems which go along the waters edge. On the right side, parts of 2 more buildings can be se…
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- Title
- Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 79.7 x 84.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: green. Looking down on wooden buildings. The two in the lower left are up on four posts, one at each corner. The two buildings in the lower center have broken roofs. Behind them stand a row of tall totems which go along the waters edge. On the right side, parts of 2 more buildings can be seen. The rocky cliffs rise out of the water on the right side. In the background in the upper left are trees and hills on the far shore.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- PeG.02.01
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Indians on Horseback
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- Artist
- Laurier Hunter
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HuL.03.02
- Description
- General colour: green, yellow, red, brown on green. Left of centre standing in the grass is an man and his horse. The rider wears a green cloak, blue and red arm band, two blue feathers and a painted face. Beside him on the grund is a log. In the distance to the right are seven more horses and ride…
- Artist
- Laurier Hunter
- Title
- Indians on Horseback
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, yellow, red, brown on green. Left of centre standing in the grass is an man and his horse. The rider wears a green cloak, blue and red arm band, two blue feathers and a painted face. Beside him on the grund is a log. In the distance to the right are seven more horses and riders. In the distance, behind are gentle hills and white sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- HuL.03.02
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Joseph Amarualik
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.299
- Description
- Facial portrait of a man wearing a fur jacket. The man's face has close-set eyes and strong jaws. His solemn gaze does not seem to be directed at the viewer. His face is coloured red-brown with tints of red and violet-grey blended in. The figure's face is outlined in black and his short hair is bl…
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- Title
- Joseph Amarualik
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Facial portrait of a man wearing a fur jacket. The man's face has close-set eyes and strong jaws. His solemn gaze does not seem to be directed at the viewer. His face is coloured red-brown with tints of red and violet-grey blended in. The figure's face is outlined in black and his short hair is black and brown. The man's fur collar is coloured light tan with touches of ochre. The collar has white and yellow highlights, and shadows of brown and grey-brown. The background is light grey-tan.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.299
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.04
- Description
- Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the bac…
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- Title
- Just Playing
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the background are a gentle range of hills.Au verso printed in pencil “JUST PLAYING”, rhtc “115” encircled, blhc “20” encircled with “25” on top
- Subject
- figures, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.04
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Lizzie Irquasiak, Samisa's Daughter
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.298
- Description
- Facial portrait of a young woman under the hood of her parka. The woman is gazing at the viewer surrounded by the fur trim of her jacket's hood. The woman's face is coloured red-brown with tints of brown and red blended in. She also has short black hair. The fur trim of her hood is coloured light …
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- Title
- Lizzie Irquasiak, Samisa's Daughter
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Facial portrait of a young woman under the hood of her parka. The woman is gazing at the viewer surrounded by the fur trim of her jacket's hood. The woman's face is coloured red-brown with tints of brown and red blended in. She also has short black hair. The fur trim of her hood is coloured light tan with highlights of white, and shadows of ochre and brown, or blue. The woman is wearing a light blue shirt under her jacket.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.298
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Lukasie Angiyou, Povungnituk
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.297
- Description
- Facial portrait of a boy. The boy is smiling. His skin is coloured red-brown with tints of red blended in. The boy's features are defined with brown paint. The boy has a cap of blue-black hair. His shoulders are visible and he is wearing a blue shirt with a vest of light grey-tan. Touches of ochre …
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- Title
- Lukasie Angiyou, Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Facial portrait of a boy. The boy is smiling. His skin is coloured red-brown with tints of red blended in. The boy's features are defined with brown paint. The boy has a cap of blue-black hair. His shoulders are visible and he is wearing a blue shirt with a vest of light grey-tan. Touches of ochre blended into the vest help separate it from the background.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.297
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mrs. Tom Poucette; Nancy Abraham
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.022
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.022
- Description
- Colour: blue, yellow, brown. Indigenous woman looks right. Her braided hair is hidden under a yellow scarf tied on her head. Her garment is bright blue.
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- Title
- Mrs. Tom Poucette; Nancy Abraham
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.3 x 63.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, yellow, brown. Indigenous woman looks right. Her braided hair is hidden under a yellow scarf tied on her head. Her garment is bright blue.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.022
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Mrs. Tom Simeon
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.025
- Description
- Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.
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- Title
- Mrs. Tom Simeon
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 75 x 62 cm
- Description
- Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.
- Subject
- portrait
- female
- Cinderella Simeon
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.025
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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