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Bird on Stump in Water

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Artist: Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945, Japanese)

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KhO.04.03

Description: A bird, blue and green back and head, red breast, long yellow beak, sits on top of a black stump poking out of water. There is a smaller stump beside it, they are both pointing towards the left, there are black and green reeds sticking out of the water and one fish in the water. The water is greyis…

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Artist: Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945, Japanese)

Title: Bird on Stump in Water

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Description: A bird, blue and green back and head, red breast, long yellow beak, sits on top of a black stump poking out of water. There is a smaller stump beside it, they are both pointing towards the left, there are black and green reeds sticking out of the water and one fish in the water. The water is greyish blue and fades out towards middle of picture.

Subject: landscape; lake; bird

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

Catalogue Number: KhO.04.03

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But of all the creatures...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.11

Description: The story - page 10:But of all the creatures I've run across, there is nothing so wonderful as a banquet. They all eat supper just about the same.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: But of all the creatures...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 10:But of all the creatures I've run across, there is nothing so wonderful as a banquet. They all eat supper just about the same.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.11

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The creatures in Southern waters...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.04

Description: The story - page 3:The creatures in southern waters are known for their cleverness. Jacques Cousteau has found them invaluable.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: The creatures in Southern waters...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 3:The creatures in southern waters are known for their cleverness. Jacques Cousteau has found them invaluable.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.04

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Creatures must be careful...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.07

Description: The story - page 6:Creatures must be careful if it should happen to get dark up there, they lose their gravity and go coasting through the night.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Creatures must be careful...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 6:Creatures must be careful if it should happen to get dark up there, they lose their gravity and go coasting through the night.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.07

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Creatures [Title Page]

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.01

Description: Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Creatures [Title Page]

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.4 x 17.6 cm

Description: Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.01

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Crows in Flight

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Artist: Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)

Date: 1887

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ShE.04.01

Description: Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the thi…

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Artist: Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)

Title: Crows in Flight

Date: 1887

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36.3 x 30.3 cm

Description: Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the third has the tip of the top wing and tip of the tail feathers out of the picture.

Subject: animal; bird

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

Catalogue Number: ShE.04.01

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A Day at the Races

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.12

Description: This image has many people shaped figures with animal or bird type heads sitting on other animals or frogs that are racing each other. In the sky are flying fish in the shape of airplanes and it is raining from the clouds above. The race has started at the left side of the image and is headed towar…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: A Day at the Races

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 30.0 cm

Description: This image has many people shaped figures with animal or bird type heads sitting on other animals or frogs that are racing each other. In the sky are flying fish in the shape of airplanes and it is raining from the clouds above. The race has started at the left side of the image and is headed toward the right.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.12

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A few of them I know...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.09

Description: The story - page 8: A few of them I have know have a wonderful time changing personalities once in a while. I find the clothes all over everytime I go into the bathroom.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: A few of them I know...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 8: A few of them I have know have a wonderful time changing personalities once in a while. I find the clothes all over everytime I go into the bathroom.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.09

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Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1896

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.04 a-c

Description: (a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both …

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle

Date: 1896

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37 x 25 cm

Description: (a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both are dressed in black kimonos and wearing tall conical black hats (c) 37.7 x 25.7/35.9 x 24.5 three ladies dressed in black kimonos with tall black hats are all holding long swords, and one has a paper lantern. Horses were brought to Japan from North China and Mongolia.

Subject: figure; group; female; animal; horse

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.04 a-c

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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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Meadowlark With Poem

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Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.10

Description: A small print of a meadowlark. The bird is perched on an object in the grass and facing right. It’s head is raised upward, and its beak is partially open. The breast of the bird has a black ring just under the neck area, and the rest of the breast has no markings. The birds back is specked with…

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Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Meadowlark With Poem

Date: n.d.

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.7 cm

Description: A small print of a meadowlark. The bird is perched on an object in the grass and facing right. It’s head is raised upward, and its beak is partially open. The breast of the bird has a black ring just under the neck area, and the rest of the breast has no markings. The birds back is specked with lines.

Subject: animal; bird; meadowlark

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.10

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Monarch of the Past

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.31

Description: A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Monarch of the Past

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.6 cm

Description: A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal; buffalo

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.31

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Off Stage

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Artist: Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BaP.04.03

Description: A street alleyway; two tall brick buildings on each side of the picture, foreground is a street. A donkey and a horse are standing in the alley. The building on the left has some building apparatus on the side.

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Artist: Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British)

Title: Off Stage

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 20.4 x 9.0 cm

Description: A street alleyway; two tall brick buildings on each side of the picture, foreground is a street. A donkey and a horse are standing in the alley. The building on the left has some building apparatus on the side.

Subject: architecture; urban; animal; donkey; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: BaP.04.03

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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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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...

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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.