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Feather Dance

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Artist: Beatien Yazz

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: YaB.07.01

Description: A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large …

Artist: Beatien Yazz

Title: Feather Dance

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.5 x 76.4 cm

Description: A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large piles of logs, one at each side, have orange flames shooting upwards, thin smoke lines go to top of picture.

Subject: figure; group; activity; dance; religious; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: YaB.07.01

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Desert Scene

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Artist: D. H. Pinder

Date: c. 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PiD.05.02

Description: An unframed watercolour showing three people and two camels resting under two palm trees.

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Artist: D. H. Pinder

Title: Desert Scene

Date: c. 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 19.0 cm

Description: An unframed watercolour showing three people and two camels resting under two palm trees.

Subject: landscape; desert; figure; group; animal; camel

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PiD.05.02

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Figures in Fading Light

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Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1975

Medium: ink, Sumi, graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SmJ.03.01

Description: Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear backgro…

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Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Figures in Fading Light

Date: 1975

Medium: ink, Sumi, graphite on paper

Dimensions: 59.6 x 82.3 cm

Description: Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear background behind the figures.

Subject: figure; group

Credit: Purchased from James Agrell Smith, 1978

Catalogue Number: SmJ.03.01

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Miners at Bar

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

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.07

Description: General colour: charcoal on white. Three men sit at a table. The chair in front faces out. The man on the left holds a glass. Other glasses are on the table. Two other men can be seen behind presumably sitting at another table. They wear hats.

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

Title: Miners at Bar

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 36.0 cm

Description: General colour: charcoal on white. Three men sit at a table. The chair in front faces out. The man on the left holds a glass. Other glasses are on the table. Two other men can be seen behind presumably sitting at another table. They wear hats.

Subject: figure; group; male; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.07

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Miners in Coal Cart

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.11

Description: General colour: black on white. Three tracks of coal carts. Left one has six figures in two carts. The middle track has none but the right track has nine men in four carts. The tracks lead up from the lower right across the upper left into a group of buildings across the area. Mountains and trees c…

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

Title: Miners in Coal Cart

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Three tracks of coal carts. Left one has six figures in two carts. The middle track has none but the right track has nine men in four carts. The tracks lead up from the lower right across the upper left into a group of buildings across the area. Mountains and trees can be seen at the top in the distance.

Subject: figure; group; landscape; mountains; industry; coal mining

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.11

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The Mine Trip, Canmore

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

Date: 1944

Medium: crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.17

Description: Bird's eye view, two open rail cars, four men in car to the left, two men in other car.

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

Title: The Mine Trip, Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.8 x 36.4 cm

Description: Bird's eye view, two open rail cars, four men in car to the left, two men in other car.

Subject: figure; group; male; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.17

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Indian Days Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.451

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days Camp

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; teepee; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.451

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

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Skiers

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.482

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Skiers

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; activity; skiing

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.482

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

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Indian Days

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; teepee; Indian Days; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

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Indian Days Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.557

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days Camp

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.9 x 50.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; camp; figure; group; teepee

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.557

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Skiers

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936 – 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.561

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Skiers

Date: 1936 – 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.6 x 50.7 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; activity; skiing; winter; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.561

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Sketch for Going to the Sundance

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1953 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.563

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sketch for Going to the Sundance

Date: 1953 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 30.5 x 61.0 cm

Subject: landscape; activity; wagon train; animal; horse; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.563

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Making Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.565

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Making Camp

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 28.5 x 69.0 cm

Subject: landscape; activity; camp; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.565

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Camp at Dusk

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.566

Description: A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Camp at Dusk

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 27.0 x 71.0 cm

Description: A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.