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Maypop

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

Date: 2025

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.016

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in low…

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

Title: Maypop

Date: 2025

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 a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 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.04.016

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Autumn Woods

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Artist: David Thauberger (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2023

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: ThD.12.01

Description: Landscape painting of a bright red canoe floating on a deep blue lake. Above the lake in the background is a large white and purple mountain [Mt. Rundle], surrounded by trees at the base., The lake is semi-stylized and has a strip of bright orange between the lake and the trees. Large trees rise up…

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Artist: David Thauberger (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Autumn Woods

Date: 2023

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 107.0 x 137.0 cm

Description: Landscape painting of a bright red canoe floating on a deep blue lake. Above the lake in the background is a large white and purple mountain [Mt. Rundle], surrounded by trees at the base., The lake is semi-stylized and has a strip of bright orange between the lake and the trees. Large trees rise up into the sky at the left and right of the painting.

Subject: Banff; canoe; Banff National Park

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2023

Catalogue Number: ThD.12.01

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Summit

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Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse (1961 – , Canadian)

Date: 2023

Medium: cotton

Catalogue Number: BkM.08.01

Description: A large woven tapestry featuring a central image of figures in ornate european 17th century clothing on a dias facing a large Bison. Around the Bison are other animals: a mule deer, a raven and crow, a magpie, and a squirrel. 4 other black birds are on the bison’s shoulders and another bird is on i…

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Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse (1961 – , Canadian)

Title: Summit

Date: 2023

Medium: cotton

Dimensions: 152.0 x 210.0 cm

Description: A large woven tapestry featuring a central image of figures in ornate european 17th century clothing on a dias facing a large Bison. Around the Bison are other animals: a mule deer, a raven and crow, a magpie, and a squirrel. 4 other black birds are on the bison’s shoulders and another bird is on it’s rump. The ground is a geometric tiled floor and Cascade mountain rises up in the background. In the sky a small helicopter can be seen long lining. This scene is edged in gold thread with a thick blue border full of flora and fauna of the rockies. The bottom two corners have scrollwork, framing “SUMMIT” over a row of pink flowers in bottom centre.

Subject: Bison; animals; Banff National Park; history

Credit: Purchased from Mary Anne Barkhouse, Minden, 2023

Catalogue Number: BkM.08.01

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Printed Card

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Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse (1961 – , Canadian)

Date: 2023

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BkM.04.01

Description: A cyanotype printed on white card paper with raw edges. Image shoes a hand, bee, and flower. On reverse is: “Whyte Crew Thanks for your helping Hands” and signed by the four artists involved in the Redesigning Paradise Exhibition in January 2023.

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Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse (1961 – , Canadian)

Title: Printed Card

Date: 2023

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 13.2 x 10.5 cm

Description: A cyanotype printed on white card paper with raw edges. Image shoes a hand, bee, and flower. On reverse is: “Whyte Crew Thanks for your helping Hands” and signed by the four artists involved in the Redesigning Paradise Exhibition in January 2023.

Subject: card; thank you card

Credit: Purchased from Mary Anne Barkhouse, Minden, 2023

Catalogue Number: BkM.04.01

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Where has Peyto gone? (sm)

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Artist: Kelsey Stephenson

Date: 2021

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: StK.04.02

Description: A colour photograph of Bow Glacier overlayed with green digital drawing showing where the glacier reached in 1902.

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Artist: Kelsey Stephenson

Title: Where has Peyto gone? (sm)

Date: 2021

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: A colour photograph of Bow Glacier overlayed with green digital drawing showing where the glacier reached in 1902.

Subject: Peyto glacier; Banff National Park

Credit: Gift of Kelsey Stephenson, Edmonton, 2023

Catalogue Number: StK.04.02

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Bow Lake, 1902/2021

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Artist: Kelsey Stephenson

Date: 2021

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: StK.04.03

Description: A digital print in which the top half is a full colour image of Bow Lake with trees in front, Bow Glacier Falls, and Bow Glacier sitting atop of rocky ridge in the background. The photograph is overlaid with digital ink drawing of the glacier’s reach in 1902 from an archival photograph. The bottom …

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Artist: Kelsey Stephenson

Title: Bow Lake, 1902/2021

Date: 2021

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: A digital print in which the top half is a full colour image of Bow Lake with trees in front, Bow Glacier Falls, and Bow Glacier sitting atop of rocky ridge in the background. The photograph is overlaid with digital ink drawing of the glacier’s reach in 1902 from an archival photograph. The bottom half of the image is a cyanotype of the glacier in 1902.

Subject: Bow Lake; Bow Glacier; Banff National Park

Credit: Gift of Kelsey Stephenson, Edmonton, 2023

Catalogue Number: StK.04.03

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cornice

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2021

Medium: on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.58

Description: “• 21 •” engraved at centre bottom under cut out shape of a snowy peak. “sinclairs” with two orange dots written inside. “cornice” written at back.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: cornice

Date: 2021

Medium: on arches paper

Dimensions: 9.5 x 16.5 cm

Description: “• 21 •” engraved at centre bottom under cut out shape of a snowy peak. “sinclairs” with two orange dots written inside. “cornice” written at back.

Subject: mountain; cornice; snow; cut paper; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.58

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Under the Mountain’s Shadow

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Artist: Elise Findlay (1987 – , Canadian)

Date: 2021

Medium: mixed media; acrylic paint; garbage

Catalogue Number: FiE.13.01 a-c

Description: A triptych all measured at the same size that form into one landscape collage of mountains, showing Cascade mountain at left, Sleeping Buffalo mountain in centre right, and the edge of Rundle at right. The town of Banff lays beneath them. The mountain formations are composed of strips of paper, and…

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Artist: Elise Findlay (1987 – , Canadian)

Title: Under the Mountain’s Shadow

Date: 2021

Medium: mixed media; acrylic paint; garbage

Dimensions: 61.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: A triptych all measured at the same size that form into one landscape collage of mountains, showing Cascade mountain at left, Sleeping Buffalo mountain in centre right, and the edge of Rundle at right. The town of Banff lays beneath them. The mountain formations are composed of strips of paper, and garbage with varying colours of blue, pink, black, and orange. Some of the strips of paper have text on it about lived experiences in Banff.

Subject: Mountains; collage; mental health; community; Banff

Credit: Purchased from Elise Findlay, Banff, 2023

Catalogue Number: FiE.13.01 a-c

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The 1978 climber's guide to the Banff Townsite

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2020

Author: van Schaik, Bob; Burgess, C.L.

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta

Edition: Second

Call Number: 02.8 Sc1t

Author: van Schaik, Bob; Burgess, C.L.

Responsibility: Bob van Schaik (concept and photography); C.L. Burgess (design and layout)

Edition: Second

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta

Published Date: 2020

Physical Description: 16 pages ; b&w illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff; Banff (townsite); Rock climbing

Abstract: Pertains to sites to climb within the Banff townsite

Contents: Southwest wall of Donald Cameron Hall; The spectrum traverse; Book & Art Den; Cascade Tavern; Bud depot; King Edward Hotel; Credit Union; Liquor Store; Banff Park Lodge; Post Office; Bridge on Banff Avenue; Banff Springs Hotel; Notes; About the climber

Notes: First Limited edition Banff, Alberta 1978; Second edition, Edmonton, Alberta 2020

Accession Number: 2021.08

Call Number: 02.8 Sc1t

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Flash Flood

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2020

Medium: on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.57

Description: “.20 . ” engraved into bottom centre below cut out. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “. FLASH FLOOD .” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Flash Flood

Date: 2020

Medium: on arches paper

Dimensions: 9.5 x 15.3 cm

Description: “.20 . ” engraved into bottom centre below cut out. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “. FLASH FLOOD .” written at back bottom centre.

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape; Sinclair

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.57

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Mask Up Buttercup

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Artist: Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2020

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TsB.02.02

Description: Oil on canvas with a central, forward facing, figure in green and pink and wearing a blue surgical mask on face Ear length brown hair. White background bleeds into figure.

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Artist: Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Mask Up Buttercup

Date: 2020

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64.0 x 49.0 cm

Description: Oil on canvas with a central, forward facing, figure in green and pink and wearing a blue surgical mask on face Ear length brown hair. White background bleeds into figure.