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Rock Pools, York River
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- Artist
- A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CaA.05.01
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches …
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- Artist
- A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)
- Title
- Rock Pools, York River
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches of green grass amongst the rocks. Faint pencil marks of letters can be seen scattered on rocks and pencil marks of outline sketch. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc, “A.J.CASSON”. Au verso there are two stickers. The one in the top left corner is brown with black print, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED Dealers in Fine Paintings and Frames since 1842 641 YONGE ST. - - - TORONTO. Title: ROCK POOLS - YORK RIVER - 1957 Artist: A.J. CASSON Price: $175.00 Stock No: 3858b Height: 10 7/8 Width: 13 5/8”. The other sticker is white with green ink and blue pen and is in the top rhc, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED 641 YONGE STREET TORONTO M4Y 1Z9 MUSEUM MAT (has blue pen check mark beside) MUSEUM BACK (check mark beside) WC mounted INSPECTED BY: (illegible signature) BY ARTIST”.
- Subject
- rock pool
- A.J. Casson
- Credit
- Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- CaA.05.01
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Seal Thoughts of Man
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttud.04.01
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TuD.04.01
- Description
- Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
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- Title
- Seal Thoughts of Man
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 20.6 cm
- Description
- Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- TuD.04.01
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- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.10
- Description
- General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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- Title
- Molar Pass
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.10
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- Artist
- Angiayuk
- Date
- later than 1955
- Catalogue Number
- AnG.06.01
- Description
- Stone carving of a loon with spots on it’s back, long neck and beak Curved c-shaped fish in it’s mouth, pointing downward.
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- Artist
- Angiayuk
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- later than 1955
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 9.0 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Stone carving of a loon with spots on it’s back, long neck and beak Curved c-shaped fish in it’s mouth, pointing downward.
- Subject
- animal, loon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- AnG.06.01
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Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactenb.18.04
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.04
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
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- Title
- Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 39.1 cm
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Abbot Pass
- Credit
- Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.04
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.01
- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
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Bow River NWT, 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.02
- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Bow River NWT, 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
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Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.03
- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.03
- Description
- Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
- Subject
- mountains
- castle mountain
- log cabins
- town
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.03
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Battling Moose
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactruc.11.01
- Date
- prior to 1905
- Medium
- photoengraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.11.01
- Description
- Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
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- Title
- Battling Moose
- Date
- prior to 1905
- Medium
- photoengraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.1 x 50.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
- Subject
- landscape
- animal, moose
- Credit
- Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.11.01
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Mountain Goats
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactruc.04.42
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- etching on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.04.42
- Description
- Three mountain goats stand on a rocky outcrop in left centre of picture, all are looking to the right, top right corner is sky, the rest is mountainside.
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- Title
- Mountain Goats
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- etching on paper
- Dimensions
- 22 x 28 cm
- Description
- Three mountain goats stand on a rocky outcrop in left centre of picture, all are looking to the right, top right corner is sky, the rest is mountainside.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles Reid Foundation, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.04.42
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- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- waterc olour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.01
- Description
- Located in the top right corner of the paper there is a pink flower. This flower has been painted using different shades of pink for highlights and darker shades in the shadow areas. Some violet has been used at the base of the flower. In the lower left corner are two more flowers with heavy outli…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- waterc olour on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Located in the top right corner of the paper there is a pink flower. This flower has been painted using different shades of pink for highlights and darker shades in the shadow areas. Some violet has been used at the base of the flower. In the lower left corner are two more flowers with heavy outlines made from a graphite pencil. These flowers are also pink. They have green and yellow stems and centers. The remainder of the paper is blank.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.01
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- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.02
- Description
- Along the top edge of the paper is a green leaf with three stems that have purple and pink flowers at the ends. The flowers are hanging down toward the bottom of the paper. Located in the tlc is a pink and yellow flower facing the left edge of the paper. In the middle and positioned a bit to the ri…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- Along the top edge of the paper is a green leaf with three stems that have purple and pink flowers at the ends. The flowers are hanging down toward the bottom of the paper. Located in the tlc is a pink and yellow flower facing the left edge of the paper. In the middle and positioned a bit to the right there is another flower light green/brown, pink and yellow in colour with a medium to dark blue center. A small square shape has been drawn with graphite at the center left of the paper. The remainder of the paper is blank.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.02
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.065
- Description
- Two parallel rows of small buildings. Hills and trees behind.
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- Title
- Switzerland
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Two parallel rows of small buildings. Hills and trees behind.
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.065
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- Date
- prior to 1973
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.081
- Description
- Three totem poles, mountains behind.
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- Title
- Kitwanga
- Date
- prior to 1973
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Three totem poles, mountains behind.
- Subject
- religious
- totem pole
- landscape
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.081
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From the Little Beehive
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.112
- Date
- 1953 – 1958
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.112
- Description
- Mt. Victoria and Mt. Lefroy seen from the Little Beehive.
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- Title
- From the Little Beehive
- Date
- 1953 – 1958
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Mt. Victoria and Mt. Lefroy seen from the Little Beehive.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.112
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Mount Lefroy from the Big Beehive
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.167
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.167
- Description
- Mount Lefroy from Big Beehive.
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- Title
- Mount Lefroy from the Big Beehive
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Mount Lefroy from Big Beehive.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.167
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.241
- Description
- The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains th…
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- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains the same dark green, and light violet-grey found in the background. The violet-grey is used to indicate: the snow covering the dark violet-grey mountain on the right; the rock forming the more distant peak on the left; and a lighter tint of this colour forms the clouds in the upper left corner. A separate area of blue-grey clouds occupies the upper right corner.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.241
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Tack Shed at Num-Ti-Jah
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- Date
- 1950 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.283
- Description
- View of a cabin with tall mountains in the distance. In the centre of the background is found a distinctive triangular peak covered in snow. The peak's exposed rock is coloured brown-grey. Two mountains, partially obscured by trees, are located on either side of the centre peak-on the left, a blue-…
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- Title
- Tack Shed at Num-Ti-Jah
- Date
- 1950 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- View of a cabin with tall mountains in the distance. In the centre of the background is found a distinctive triangular peak covered in snow. The peak's exposed rock is coloured brown-grey. Two mountains, partially obscured by trees, are located on either side of the centre peak-on the left, a blue-grey mountainside slopes downwards and on the right is a rounded summit with a line white snow dividing the crown from the lower slopes. In the right foreground, a brown cabin (with a red-brown roof and an open front door) sits in a meadow surrounded by tall evergreens. To the left of the front of the cabin, a brown horse is tied to a wooden railing.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.283
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Mount Weed, Bow Summit
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.242
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- Title
- Mount Weed, Bow Summit
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 30.1 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.242
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Rural Scene, Eastern Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.374
- Date
- 1958
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.374
- Description
- The bottom half of the painting is a pond with lots of weeds . The area behind the water is farm land. Sitting at the top of the hill is a yellow house and a grey barn with a light brown road coming from between the buildings.
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- Title
- Rural Scene, Eastern Canada
- Date
- 1958
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- The bottom half of the painting is a pond with lots of weeds . The area behind the water is farm land. Sitting at the top of the hill is a yellow house and a grey barn with a light brown road coming from between the buildings.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- architecture
- barn
- house
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.374
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