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The First Step Beyond

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.02

Description: Colour: black on white. A cowering figure at centre is surrounded by three hands at the right (one hand becoming a face) and a large face and two black figures to the left and above.Au verso: THE FIRST STEP BEYOND

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: The First Step Beyond

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.8 x 45.6 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. A cowering figure at centre is surrounded by three hands at the right (one hand becoming a face) and a large face and two black figures to the left and above.Au verso: THE FIRST STEP BEYOND

Subject: figure, male; mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: StS.03.02

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Just Playing

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

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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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

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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White Buffalo

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.07

Description: Colour: black on white. In the centre is a seated black figure with white hair and one hand visble. To the viewer’s right stands an aged figure wearing a white cloak/blanket and leaning on a cane. In the distance towards the viewer’s lower left are eleven black bison and one white.Au verso: tlhc en…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: White Buffalo

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. In the centre is a seated black figure with white hair and one hand visble. To the viewer’s right stands an aged figure wearing a white cloak/blanket and leaning on a cane. In the distance towards the viewer’s lower left are eleven black bison and one white.Au verso: tlhc encircled “90” vestige of former drawing visible

Subject: figure, group; animal, buffalo

Credit: Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: StS.03.07

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Clouds

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: felt marker on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.08

Description: One central large facial image (on top of which is an arm and smaller face) under which is a beak and eye of a bird, two hands and a third and final facial image below that in the shape of a C off centre to the viewer’s left bottom. Vestiges of former drawing showing through.Au verso: “CLOUDS” brhc…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Clouds

Date: 1969

Medium: felt marker on paper

Dimensions: 30.8 x 45.6 cm

Description: One central large facial image (on top of which is an arm and smaller face) under which is a beak and eye of a bird, two hands and a third and final facial image below that in the shape of a C off centre to the viewer’s left bottom. Vestiges of former drawing showing through.Au verso: “CLOUDS” brhc encircled “35” topped by encircled “6”

Subject: face, human; animal, bird; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: StS.03.08

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Foot of Three Sisters

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Foot of Three Sisters

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.7 x 65.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

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Wapiti Print

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Artist: Betty Trimmer

Date: 1968

Medium: acrylic on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: TrB.12.01

Description: Black markings on an orange, green and yellow ground. Painting floating in black frame.

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Artist: Betty Trimmer

Title: Wapiti Print

Date: 1968

Medium: acrylic on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 73.6 x 109.2 cm

Description: Black markings on an orange, green and yellow ground. Painting floating in black frame.

Subject: abstract; animal, elk

Credit: Gift of Colin (Mrs.) Trimmer, Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: TrB.12.01

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Wapiti Print

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Artist: Betty Trimmer

Date: 1968

Medium: acrylic on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: TrB.12.02

Description: Black markings on a rose, aqua and blue ground.

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Artist: Betty Trimmer

Title: Wapiti Print

Date: 1968

Medium: acrylic on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 55.9 x 88.9 cm

Description: Black markings on a rose, aqua and blue ground.

Subject: abstract; animal, elk

Credit: Gift of Colin (Mrs.) Trimmer, Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: TrB.12.02

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Wapiti Print

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Artist: Betty Trimmer

Date: 1968

Medium: acrylic on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: TrB.12.03

Description: Black markings on a peach rose, peach yellow and green ground.

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Artist: Betty Trimmer

Title: Wapiti Print

Date: 1968

Medium: acrylic on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 48.2 x 88.9 cm

Description: Black markings on a peach rose, peach yellow and green ground.

Subject: abstract; animal, elk

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1968

Catalogue Number: TrB.12.03

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Eskimo Man

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.07

Description: The head of an Inuit man, facing slightly to the right, is dressed in a yellow parka with light brown fur trim around his face, two red ties hang from the centre hood.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Eskimo Man

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 38.0 x 33.3 cm

Description: The head of an Inuit man, facing slightly to the right, is dressed in a yellow parka with light brown fur trim around his face, two red ties hang from the centre hood.

Subject: portrait, male; Inuit; Povungnituk

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.07

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Elisabee Povungnituk

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.05

Description: A full face portrait of an Inuit lady. She has a red patterned scarf around her head, a green parka with a yellow collar.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Elisabee Povungnituk

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.8 x 38.0 cm

Description: A full face portrait of an Inuit lady. She has a red patterned scarf around her head, a green parka with a yellow collar.

Subject: portrait, female; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.05

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Inuit Portrait, Povungnituk

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.359

Description: A painting of an Inuit man, he is facing to the right. His face and hair is painted in, however the rest of the picture is unfinished.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Inuit Portrait, Povungnituk

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 37.7 x 38.0 cm

Description: A painting of an Inuit man, he is facing to the right. His face and hair is painted in, however the rest of the picture is unfinished.

Subject: portrait, male

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.359

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Inuit Child

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.411

Description: A full face head and shoulders portrait of a young Inuit child. She is wearing a peaked hood blue parka with brown fur trim. The painting appears unfinished.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Inuit Child

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A full face head and shoulders portrait of a young Inuit child. She is wearing a peaked hood blue parka with brown fur trim. The painting appears unfinished.

Subject: portrait; child

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.411

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Ceremonial Dancer

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Artist: Gerald Tailfeathers (1925 – 1975, Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: watercolour, ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TaG.05.01

Description: Colour: brown, black, turquoise, orange on white. A single figure in ceremonial dress whirls two turquoise blue hoops round his wrists. The black and white feathers of his headdress and tail are tipped with orange.

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Artist: Gerald Tailfeathers (1925 – 1975, Canadian)

Title: Ceremonial Dancer

Date: 1967

Medium: watercolour, ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.6 x 22.8 cm

Description: Colour: brown, black, turquoise, orange on white. A single figure in ceremonial dress whirls two turquoise blue hoops round his wrists. The black and white feathers of his headdress and tail are tipped with orange.

Subject: figure, male; activity, dancing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: TaG.05.01

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Abstract Sketch

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.02

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Abstract Sketch

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 8.3 cm

Subject: abstract; non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.02

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Follow-up

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Artist: Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: JvA.05.01

Description: General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.

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Artist: Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)

Title: Follow-up

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.0 x 25.5 cm

Description: General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.

Subject: mythological; abstract, non-representational

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: JvA.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: JvA.05.02

Description: General colour: blue, orange. The drawing is contained by two horizontal lines. A blue one at the top and an orange at the bottom. Nine birds form a horizontal line across the middle. Two taller creatures stand left of centre. A dotted line runs from the right side down to the orange line and a? up…

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Artist: Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, orange. The drawing is contained by two horizontal lines. A blue one at the top and an orange at the bottom. Nine birds form a horizontal line across the middle. Two taller creatures stand left of centre. A dotted line runs from the right side down to the orange line and a? up to end by the last bird on the left.

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: JvA.05.02

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Mountain Sheep

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

Date: 1918

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.05.01

Description: Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top l…

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

Title: Mountain Sheep

Date: 1918

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top left. A snowy mountain side is in right background, some sky with yellowish clouds show through.

Subject: landscape, mountain; animal, sheep, bighorn

Credit: Purchased from Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1988

Catalogue Number: RuC.05.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Resplendent

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.04

Description: Pencil sketch of a mountain which dominates centre background, middle to foreground slope indicating a gradual rise. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top edge serated, br and bl edges rounded

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Resplendent

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.6 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of a mountain which dominates centre background, middle to foreground slope indicating a gradual rise. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top edge serated, br and bl edges rounded

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.04

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Later Known as Mount Edith Cavell

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.10

Description: Pencil sketch of a mountain. The mountain is centered with ridges at angles. Mountain appears to be snow covered. Foreground is a plain ridge. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, fragile condition.

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Later Known as Mount Edith Cavell

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.2 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of a mountain. The mountain is centered with ridges at angles. Mountain appears to be snow covered. Foreground is a plain ridge. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, fragile condition.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.10

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Personal and collected records

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of Correspondence between George Vaux Sr. and Mary Morris Vaux. Includes letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, postcards, itineraries and The Alpine Club of Canada Rules and Regulations. 1 scrapbook album belonging to Mary Vaux given to her from her Grandmother. 1877. Album c…

Date Range: 1912

Reference Code: M107 / II / A / 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Scrapbook; Drawing

24 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: Correspondence Series: Personal

Sous-Fonds: M107

Accession Number: uknown

Reference Code: M107 / II / A / 7

GMD: Album; Scrapbook; Drawing

Date Range: 1912

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of Correspondence between George Vaux Sr. and Mary Morris Vaux. Includes letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, postcards, itineraries and The Alpine Club of Canada Rules and Regulations. 1 scrapbook album belonging to Mary Vaux given to her from her Grandmother. 1877. Album contains painted tissue papers; visuals of flowers and people doing various activities. 1 album: Scrapbook album; contains 24 handpainted images on 12 pages within scrapbook. Album has been digitized.