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Sangre de Christo Chapel and Apple Tree

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Artist: James Ware Pitts (1953 – , American)

Date: 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: PtJ.18.01

Description: A black and white photograph of an apple tree in the left half of the image. Beyond the apple tree in the background there is a white church with a small steeple and one window. In the foreground there is a grassy area.

Artist: James Ware Pitts (1953 – , American)

Title: Sangre de Christo Chapel and Apple Tree

Date: 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Description: A black and white photograph of an apple tree in the left half of the image. Beyond the apple tree in the background there is a white church with a small steeple and one window. In the foreground there is a grassy area.

Subject: architecture; church; botanical; apple tree

Credit: Gift of James Ware Pitts, Santa Fe, United States, 2003

Catalogue Number: PtJ.18.01

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Seedlings and Stars, Campobello Island, Canada

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Artist: Chip Forelli

Date: 1993

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: FoC.18.01

Description: Compostition made up of three types of foliage.

Artist: Chip Forelli

Title: Seedlings and Stars, Campobello Island, Canada

Date: 1993

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 45.5 x 55.8 cm

Description: Compostition made up of three types of foliage.

Subject: botanical; foliage

Credit: Gift of Chip Forelli, Damascus, USA, 2004

Catalogue Number: FoC.18.01

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Glacier Lilies

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Artist: Jean Pilch (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: graphite; polychrome on paper

Catalogue Number: PiJ.03.01

Description: A blossoming glacier lily is centered in the drawing, three yellow blossoms with green foliage, more green foliage is detailed poking through the snow.

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Artist: Jean Pilch (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Glacier Lilies

Date: 1990

Medium: graphite; polychrome on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 15.2 cm

Description: A blossoming glacier lily is centered in the drawing, three yellow blossoms with green foliage, more green foliage is detailed poking through the snow.

Subject: botanical; lily

Credit: Gift of Sunshine Village, Banff, 1990

Catalogue Number: PiJ.03.01

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Cranberry Bush

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.06

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows stem of plant with 3 pointed green leaves tinged with red, and oval red berries. 317 M V W 1925 is printed in blue in lower left corner.

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Cranberry Bush

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows stem of plant with 3 pointed green leaves tinged with red, and oval red berries. 317 M V W 1925 is printed in blue in lower left corner.

Subject: botanical; print

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.06

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Flowering Dogwood

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.07

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows stem of plant withreddish-green leaves, and oval red berries in clusters. “322 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Flowering Dogwood

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows stem of plant withreddish-green leaves, and oval red berries in clusters. “322 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

Subject: plants; botanical

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.07

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Cardinal Flower

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.09

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two stems with long-petalled red flowers. “263 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Cardinal Flower

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two stems with long-petalled red flowers. “263 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

Subject: botanical; flowers

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.09

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Purple Pentstemon(?)

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.010

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print showsbunch of purple vase shaped flowers with green leaves. “318 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Purple Pentstemon(?)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print showsbunch of purple vase shaped flowers with green leaves. “318 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

Subject: botanical; plants

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.010

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Wooly Arnica

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.011

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two long stems each topped with a bright yellow flower “348 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Wooly Arnica

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two long stems each topped with a bright yellow flower “348 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

Subject: botanical; plants

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.011

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Rosa bourgeauiana

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.014

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print showsa main stem that is covered in thorns. Green leaves and red flower buds branch off from the stem. “263 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Rosa bourgeauiana

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print showsa main stem that is covered in thorns. Green leaves and red flower buds branch off from the stem. “263 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

Subject: botanical

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.014

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Bear Grass

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.015

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two stems with grasses surrounding them. One stem is topped wit a large clister of tiny white dlowers that resembles a puff ball. The other stem has a small seed-cone. “302 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lo…

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Bear Grass

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two stems with grasses surrounding them. One stem is topped wit a large clister of tiny white dlowers that resembles a puff ball. The other stem has a small seed-cone. “302 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

Subject: botanical

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.015

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Pentstemon eatonii

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.05

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two green stems with long tubular red flowers. Lower left corner has “394. M V W 1925” printed in blue ink. Cream mat.

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Pentstemon eatonii

Date: 1925

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.6 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two green stems with long tubular red flowers. Lower left corner has “394. M V W 1925” printed in blue ink. Cream mat.

Subject: flowers; botanical

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.05

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Untitled [Flower? Magic Mushroom?]

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Date: 1879 – 1879

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.02

Description: This drawing features a strange looking image. The image starts in the blc with a light grey fuzzy, smokey line this line turns black as it connects with a bulb type shape near just above the center of the page. The bulb is in the form of a disk with stem.

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Title: Untitled [Flower? Magic Mushroom?]

Date: 1879 – 1879

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: This drawing features a strange looking image. The image starts in the blc with a light grey fuzzy, smokey line this line turns black as it connects with a bulb type shape near just above the center of the page. The bulb is in the form of a disk with stem.

Subject: botanical

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

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.02

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Purple Woods I

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Artist: Maureen Fair (1926 – 2016, Canadian)

Date: c. 2000

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: FaM.02.01

Description: Abstract expressionist painting of wildflowers. Long brushstrokes and staining of canvas in mainly dark purple, blue, green and yellow.

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Artist: Maureen Fair (1926 – 2016, Canadian)

Title: Purple Woods I

Date: c. 2000

Medium: oil on canvas

Description: Abstract expressionist painting of wildflowers. Long brushstrokes and staining of canvas in mainly dark purple, blue, green and yellow.