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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 471
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 370
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- Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian) 47
- Peter or Catharine Whyte 37
- Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American) 22
- John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian) 17
- Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian) 17
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 14
- Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian) 13
- Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American) 8
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 8
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on glass
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.01.01
- Description
- Colour: green, brown, blue; two colts stand facing left on a green ground; behind and above is a blue lake shape and a grey mountain shape with a white peak.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on glass
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, brown, blue; two colts stand facing left on a green ground; behind and above is a blue lake shape and a grey mountain shape with a white peak.
- Subject
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Whyte, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.01.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.01
- Description
- Colour: blue; brown; railroad goes from lower center up the left side across the middle and disappears into the bush at center; in the distance up left are trees and a building; in the upper right is a mountain; clouded blue sky fills the top quarter.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue; brown; railroad goes from lower center up the left side across the middle and disappears into the bush at center; in the distance up left are trees and a building; in the upper right is a mountain; clouded blue sky fills the top quarter.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- railroad
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.04
- Description
- Colour: cobalt blue, brown. Upper two thirds is sky; pink and yellow near the horizon which is blue and brown hills sloping down to a streak of blue water across the bottom.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 14.3 cm
- Description
- Colour: cobalt blue, brown. Upper two thirds is sky; pink and yellow near the horizon which is blue and brown hills sloping down to a streak of blue water across the bottom.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.04
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1935
- Medium
- oil on slate; wood; hardware
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.05
- Description
- Mountain landscape with river and rail tracks, bridges. Written at bottom 7th and 8th crossing of the Kicking Horse River. Oil paint on slate slab - very heavy. Provenance and artist unknown, image apparently taken from popular postcard view.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1935
- Medium
- oil on slate; wood; hardware
- Dimensions
- 48.6 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with river and rail tracks, bridges. Written at bottom 7th and 8th crossing of the Kicking Horse River. Oil paint on slate slab - very heavy. Provenance and artist unknown, image apparently taken from popular postcard view.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.05
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Great Diamond Island
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.02.08
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.08
- Description
- Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Great Diamond Island
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.2 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.
- Subject
- landscape, forest
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.08
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Eagle Feeding Young
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.02.10
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Eagle Feeding Young
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 45.7 x 65.5 cm
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
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Old Banff Springs Hotel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.02.11
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.11
- Description
- A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the …
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Old Banff Springs Hotel
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 37.3 x 115.2 cm
- Description
- A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the sky looks unfinished).
- Credit
- Purchased from Thomas N. Lackey, Halifax, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.11
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.12
- Description
- Colour: brown greys, blue, green. The upper two thirds is sky and hills. Lower third is blue water with a green shore in the foreground.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 15.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown greys, blue, green. The upper two thirds is sky and hills. Lower third is blue water with a green shore in the foreground.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.12
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Two Fish on Base
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.01a-c
- Description
- Two black fish,long and narrow carved out of a black colored stone. The detail of the gills, eyes ,mouth and fins are carved.The two fish one a bit larger then the other have bone pegs that hold them on to the base which is also stone. The base has yellow and light green colors.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Two Fish on Base
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 8.2 x 13.3 cm
- Description
- Two black fish,long and narrow carved out of a black colored stone. The detail of the gills, eyes ,mouth and fins are carved.The two fish one a bit larger then the other have bone pegs that hold them on to the base which is also stone. The base has yellow and light green colors.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.01a-c
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.03
- Description
- Miniature marble sculpture of a man standing with feet and arms splayed. Rudimentary clothing and facial details are incised.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Inuit Man
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 2.4 cm
- Description
- Miniature marble sculpture of a man standing with feet and arms splayed. Rudimentary clothing and facial details are incised.
- Subject
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.03
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Bird Tree
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1950
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.07
- Description
- A carved grey and white wooden owl on a tree branch, wooden base painted green.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Owl
- Date
- c. 1950
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 8.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A carved grey and white wooden owl on a tree branch, wooden base painted green.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- owl
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.07
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Totem Pole
- Date
- later than 1900
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 7.0 x 17.0 cm
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.08
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Untitled (Model Kudlik)
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.100
- Description
- A small bowl is carved in a light grey soapstone, or steatite, in a oblong shape. There is crosshatching and a red tint on the recto surface
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Model Kudlik)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 4 cm
- Description
- A small bowl is carved in a light grey soapstone, or steatite, in a oblong shape. There is crosshatching and a red tint on the recto surface
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.100
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Untitled (Model ulu)
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.101
- Description
- A small model ulu, or flensing knife, is carved from a dark soapstone, or steatite. There is a small piece of linen tape on the back of the piece, with the word “ulu”.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Model ulu)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 0.8 cm
- Description
- A small model ulu, or flensing knife, is carved from a dark soapstone, or steatite. There is a small piece of linen tape on the back of the piece, with the word “ulu”.
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.101
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Untitled (Model ice saw)
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.102
- Description
- A small model ice saw is carved from a dark grey steatite, or soapstone. The edge of the blade is long and unbroken, and the handle is notched.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Model ice saw)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 5 x 6.9 cm
- Description
- A small model ice saw is carved from a dark grey steatite, or soapstone. The edge of the blade is long and unbroken, and the handle is notched.
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.102
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Untitled (Model knife)
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.103
- Description
- A model knife is carved from dark grey steatite, or soapstone. The blade is curved, and there is carved detail on the handle
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Model knife)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A model knife is carved from dark grey steatite, or soapstone. The blade is curved, and there is carved detail on the handle
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.103
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Untitled (Ivory knife)
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.104
- Description
- A model knife is carved in ivory. The blade is a long triangle, and is notched at two points, at the bottom and a quarter of the distance from the top. The handle is notched at the end.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Ivory knife)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 11.4 cm
- Description
- A model knife is carved in ivory. The blade is a long triangle, and is notched at two points, at the bottom and a quarter of the distance from the top. The handle is notched at the end.
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.104
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Untitled (Ivory saw)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.105
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.105
- Description
- An ivory saw with a notched handle. The blade is smooth, until it comes to its point.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Ivory saw)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 8.8 cm
- Description
- An ivory saw with a notched handle. The blade is smooth, until it comes to its point.
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.105
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Untitled (Ivory game board?)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.106
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.106
- Description
- A long rectangular piece of ivory with holes drilled on the surface and repeated verso. The holes are not drilled through the piece.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Ivory game board?)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A long rectangular piece of ivory with holes drilled on the surface and repeated verso. The holes are not drilled through the piece.
- Subject
- game board
- Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.106
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