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- Artist
- Brian Joseph Grandbois
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- acrylic on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GrB.12.01
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle -…
- Artist
- Brian Joseph Grandbois
- Title
- LIfe Cycle
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- acrylic on paper
- Dimensions
- 152 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle - all powerful symbols.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- GrB.12.01
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Custer's Last Stand
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmud.02.01
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.01
- Description
- Dominant yellow/rust/blue on white ground symbolic painting; initialled brc DM/72 and written on back brace Custer's Last Stand (symbolic) by David Muskego, LeGoff Reserve, Alta. in Catharine's handwriting; also 109 Frank Kaquitts.
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Title
- Custer's Last Stand
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20.6 x 45.8 cm
- Description
- Dominant yellow/rust/blue on white ground symbolic painting; initialled brc DM/72 and written on back brace Custer's Last Stand (symbolic) by David Muskego, LeGoff Reserve, Alta. in Catharine's handwriting; also 109 Frank Kaquitts.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.01
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The Messengers
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- Artist
- David Muskego
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.02
- Description
- Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D…
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Title
- The Messengers
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.7 cm
- Description
- Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D. Muskego.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.02
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.04
- Description
- A large black and white bird bends over to examine a red ball in the lower right corner. The left side is empty.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 26.5 cm
- Description
- A large black and white bird bends over to examine a red ball in the lower right corner. The left side is empty.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.04
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.03
- Description
- General colour: green on white. Two frog shaped creatures with large heads face out. Along the upper edge is a green raining stripe.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.4 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: green on white. Two frog shaped creatures with large heads face out. Along the upper edge is a green raining stripe.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Purchased from Unknown, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.03
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.02
- Description
- General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.
1 image
- Title
- Mahuk
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Purchased from Unknown, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.02
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.01
- Description
- General colour: blue on white. A serpent shaped creature whose tail in the lower left has three ends. Two flanges come out of the body in the upper right. The head is turned to the left.
1 image
- Title
- The Wolf
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.8 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue on white. A serpent shaped creature whose tail in the lower left has three ends. Two flanges come out of the body in the upper right. The head is turned to the left.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Purchased from Unknown, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.01
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Spirit of the Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmur.02.02
- Artist
- Robert Muskego
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MuR.02.02
- Description
- Symbolic painting on white ground with dominant, bright colours of black, yellow, blue; signed Robert Muskego '73 brc; $25.00 pencilled on back of board. Interior white fish shape contains human profile with yellow eye - fish eye also; note foot, spear and bearpaw snowshoe; fish is inside large bla…
- Artist
- Robert Muskego
- Title
- Spirit of the Hunt
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 35.4 cm
- Description
- Symbolic painting on white ground with dominant, bright colours of black, yellow, blue; signed Robert Muskego '73 brc; $25.00 pencilled on back of board. Interior white fish shape contains human profile with yellow eye - fish eye also; note foot, spear and bearpaw snowshoe; fish is inside large black animal - bear?; yellow arc upper left of painting represents bow being strung; blue represents streams and lakes and rust earth; small amount of red symbolizes blood of animal - this explanation was given to Catharine and Jon Whyte when Muskego was visiting them in Banff.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuR.02.02
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How the Beaver got His Tail
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- Artist
- Wayne Matchatis
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- MtW.02.01
- Description
- Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.
- Artist
- Wayne Matchatis
- Title
- How the Beaver got His Tail
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 30 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MtW.02.01
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