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Long Time Squirrel

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.04.02

Description: A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. The drawing is a portrait of an aboriginal man. The man’s black hair is tied into multiple braids and there are feathers at the top of his head. He is wearing many beaded/ braided necklaces. The background is brown and the artist signature and a copyright s…

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Long Time Squirrel

Date: 1938

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 47.0 x 34.5 cm

Description: A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. The drawing is a portrait of an aboriginal man. The man’s black hair is tied into multiple braids and there are feathers at the top of his head. He is wearing many beaded/ braided necklaces. The background is brown and the artist signature and a copyright symbol is about 6 cm up from the bottom on the left hand side. Under the image in the bottom left corner, written in pencil, “100/1000”. There is a write up that accompanies the print, see narrative.

Subject: aboriginal; man; Nicolas De Grandmaison

Credit: Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011

Catalogue Number: DgN.04.02

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Long Time Squirrel

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.04.03

Description: A print reproduction of a pastel drawing in a folder. The drawing is a portrait of an aboriginal man. The man’s black hair is tied into multiple braids and there are feathers at the top of his head. He is wearing many beaded/ braided necklaces. The background is brown and the artist signature and a…

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Long Time Squirrel

Date: 1938

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 47.0 x 34.5 cm

Description: A print reproduction of a pastel drawing in a folder. The drawing is a portrait of an aboriginal man. The man’s black hair is tied into multiple braids and there are feathers at the top of his head. He is wearing many beaded/ braided necklaces. The background is brown and the artist signature and a copyright symbol is about 6 cm up from the bottom on the left hand side. Under the image in the bottom left corner, written in pencil, “99/1000”. Along the bottom left edge of the paper in black print, “© 1979 Bank of Montreal. “LONG TIME SQUIRREL, BLOOD”, Cardston, Alberta, 1938 by N. de Grandmaison”. There is a write up that accompanies the print, see Narrative.

Subject: portrait; Indigenous; man; Nicolas de Grandmaison

Credit: Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011

Catalogue Number: DgN.04.03

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Elk head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1939

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.05

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an elk head, facing to the left, head slightly tilted up

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Elk head

Date: 1939

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 23.0 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an elk head, facing to the left, head slightly tilted up

Subject: animal, elk; Wapiti

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.05

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Alpine Ibex

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Alpine Ibex

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

Subject: animal; alpine ibex

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

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Moose head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1941

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.03

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a moose head tiled upwards, antlers lighter, head is facing to left

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Moose head

Date: 1941

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.0 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a moose head tiled upwards, antlers lighter, head is facing to left

Subject: animal, moose

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.03

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Caribou head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Caribou head

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 35.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

Subject: animal, caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

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Bear sketch

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1943

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.02

Description: A grizzly bear is looking full face forward, face in fine detail, lightly sketched body, no feet

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Bear sketch

Date: 1943

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A grizzly bear is looking full face forward, face in fine detail, lightly sketched body, no feet

Subject: animal, bear; grizzly bear

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.02

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Head of a Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Head of a Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.5 cm

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

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Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

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Guy Thomas

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.04

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Guy Thomas

Date: 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 43 x 30 cm

Subject: portrait; male; Guy Thomas

Credit: Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1980

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.04

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Mountain Goat

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1946

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.02

Description: General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Mountain Goat

Date: 1946

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 45.5 x 28.8 cm

Description: General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.

Subject: animal; mountain goat

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.02

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P. J. Jennings

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.08

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of P.J. Jennings as an older man, head tilted slightly to the right, full face; blue eyes, rosey complexion, blue suit jacket, red and navy tie, white highlights behind left shoulder and head.

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: P. J. Jennings

Date: 1946

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 42.0 x 33.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of P.J. Jennings as an older man, head tilted slightly to the right, full face; blue eyes, rosey complexion, blue suit jacket, red and navy tie, white highlights behind left shoulder and head.

Subject: portrait, male; portrait, P. J. Jennings

Credit: Gift of Kay Paris, Vancouver, 1991

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.08

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Antelope head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1946

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.06

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an antelope head, the antelope is facing to the left

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Antelope head

Date: 1946

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an antelope head, the antelope is facing to the left

Subject: animal, antelope

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.06

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Blackfoot Brave

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.04.05

Description: A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. Dominating the drawing is an older man. The man has tan skin and long black hair that is tied in two braids. He is looking off to the viewer’s right. There are feathers in the man’s hair, three on the left and one large feather extending out of frame on the…

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Blackfoot Brave

Date: 1972

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 48.2 cm

Description: A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. Dominating the drawing is an older man. The man has tan skin and long black hair that is tied in two braids. He is looking off to the viewer’s right. There are feathers in the man’s hair, three on the left and one large feather extending out of frame on the right. He is wearing a beaded necklace that is white, green and red. The background is white, green and brown. The artist signature is written in red in the bottom left corner and also written on the print in blue ink in the bottom rhc, “N de Grandmaison Canada 1972.” There is a small black ink copyright symbol in the bottom rhc. Underneath the image along the bottom edge on the left in black ink, “Lithographed in Canada” and along the right, “Copyrighted by N. deGrandmaison in Canada and United States and published by The Last Arrow Ltd.” At centre under the image in black print is the title, “Blackfoot Brave”. Au verso, in grey print in the brhc, “This print is No. “Y’ - 977 of a limited edition”.

Subject: portrait; Indigenous; man; Nicolas de Grandmaison

Credit: Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011

Catalogue Number: DgN.04.05

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John Brewster

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.03

Description: General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: John Brewster

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 56.8 x 43.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Dell Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.03

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John Brewster

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: c. 1940

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.05

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: John Brewster

Date: c. 1940

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 35; 50.4 x 34.2; 38 cm

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1983

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.05

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Bill Hargrave

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: c. 1950

Medium: pastel on sandpaper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.01

Description: A head and shoulder portrait of Bill Hargrave (see de Grandmaison file for information on Mr. Hargrave). He is wearing a tam, green-yellow-red with a pom-pon, a shirt and tie, and a shawl-necked sweater

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Bill Hargrave

Date: c. 1950

Medium: pastel on sandpaper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 50.5 cm

Description: A head and shoulder portrait of Bill Hargrave (see de Grandmaison file for information on Mr. Hargrave). He is wearing a tam, green-yellow-red with a pom-pon, a shirt and tie, and a shawl-necked sweater