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Untitled [Saddle horse in snow]

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: c. 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.35

Description: A saddle horse, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied, is facing left, standing in snow. A snow covered cabin is to the centre left, smoke is coming out of chimney. A very slight indication of a mountain is evident in background behind cabin.

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Saddle horse in snow]

Date: c. 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 6.3 x 9.8 cm

Description: A saddle horse, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied, is facing left, standing in snow. A snow covered cabin is to the centre left, smoke is coming out of chimney. A very slight indication of a mountain is evident in background behind cabin.

Subject: animal; horse; figure; male; cowboy; architecture; cabin

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.35

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Untitled [Trophy]

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1940

Medium: Bronze

Catalogue Number: BeC.06.17

Description: This bronze cast trophy features a downhill skier. It is a relief sculpture with the skier and skies emerging out of a 2 inch slab of bronze which is shaped like a mountain on the top. The portion the skier is skiing on comes out approx. 4 inches from the bronze slab, and angles down at a 45 degr…

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Trophy]

Date: prior to 1940

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: 58.0 x 27.0 cm

Description: This bronze cast trophy features a downhill skier. It is a relief sculpture with the skier and skies emerging out of a 2 inch slab of bronze which is shaped like a mountain on the top. The portion the skier is skiing on comes out approx. 4 inches from the bronze slab, and angles down at a 45 degree angle mimiking a mountain ski trail.The skier is facing left, bent at the knees and waist, with poles up and back. He is wearing a hat and gazes strait ahead. This sits on a black wooden base with a plaque in centre and 12 individual name plaques.

Subject: Activity; skiing; figure; male

Credit: Gift of Clifford J. White, Victoria, 1999

Catalogue Number: BeC.06.17

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Untitled [Peter Whyte]

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Artist: Terence P. Bresnahan (1907 – 1972, American)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: BrT.03.01

Description: A portrait of Peter looking to the left. Peters collar is suggested with a few lines.

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Artist: Terence P. Bresnahan (1907 – 1972, American)

Title: Untitled [Peter Whyte]

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 22.3 cm

Description: A portrait of Peter looking to the left. Peters collar is suggested with a few lines.

Subject: portrait; male; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: BrT.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: c. 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.02

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 27.7 x 40.0 cm

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1976

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.02

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Untitled [Five Men taking a Break]

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: c. 1930

Medium: gouache; conté on card

Catalogue Number: GyH.07.01

Description: Five men are sitting in a group on logs and stumps. All are dressed as if they might be cowboys. Three men on the right appear to be talking with one another and a second group of two men on the left appear to be having a second conversation. In the foreground between the two small groups are so…

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Five Men taking a Break]

Date: c. 1930

Medium: gouache; conté on card

Dimensions: 28 x 38 cm

Description: Five men are sitting in a group on logs and stumps. All are dressed as if they might be cowboys. Three men on the right appear to be talking with one another and a second group of two men on the left appear to be having a second conversation. In the foreground between the two small groups are some cooking utensils, frying pans and tin cans. A creek on the left edge of the painting flows down between the men. Two tree trunks are on either side of the painting. A man on the left is leaning on one of them. In the background is a log cabin and a fence that runs in front of it.

Subject: figures; male; cowboys; architecture; cabin; landscape; creek; foothills; trees

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.07.01

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Emergence

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Artist: Dan Hudson (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HdD.02.01

Description: In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also…

Artist: Dan Hudson (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Emergence

Date: 1990

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 160.0 x 160.0 cm

Description: In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also in the same area there is a wolf leaning down to get a drink of water and directly beneath that wolf is his reflection that looks like another wolf. Both wolves are purple with white highlights. At the top left corner there is a ring of fire, orange and red in colour. The background behind the above mentioned is black and the paint has been applied very thick (almost impasto in some places). The frame for the canvas is made out of natural wood poles and the ends stick out at each corner and cross over each other.

Subject: figure; male; animal; wolf; mythological

Credit: Gift of Dan Hudson, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: HdD.02.01

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The New World

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Artist: Sophia Isajiw (1964 – , American)

Date: 1996

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: IsS.04.01

Description: In the background of the image there are a group of men behind a wire fence. These men are being held in an internment camp. The men are wearing hats and are displayed in black and white. In the foreground in the colour brown is a side view of a man and beside it is the same man with a hat on from …

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Artist: Sophia Isajiw (1964 – , American)

Title: The New World

Date: 1996

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 57.0 x 76.5 cm

Description: In the background of the image there are a group of men behind a wire fence. These men are being held in an internment camp. The men are wearing hats and are displayed in black and white. In the foreground in the colour brown is a side view of a man and beside it is the same man with a hat on from the front view. The images in the back can be seen threw the larger images in the foreground. In the cc the word Kripak is written in a pale light brown color.

Subject: figure; group; male; historical; internment camp; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Sophia Isajiw, Turlock, USA, 1996

Catalogue Number: IsS.04.01

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Snow in the Dawn

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Artist: Odo Kokusei

Date: 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KkO.04.01 a-c

Description: (a) group of ladies frolicking in the snow, building large snowballs, and throwing snow at each other (b) 36.8 x 25.4/36.0 x 24.6 in the foreground a lady in an elaborate kimono sits by the entrance of a building watching the activity outside, the background is dominated by a large snow Buddha-like…

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Artist: Odo Kokusei

Title: Snow in the Dawn

Date: 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36.8 x 25.3 cm

Description: (a) group of ladies frolicking in the snow, building large snowballs, and throwing snow at each other (b) 36.8 x 25.4/36.0 x 24.6 in the foreground a lady in an elaborate kimono sits by the entrance of a building watching the activity outside, the background is dominated by a large snow Buddha-like structure (c) 36.8 x 25.5/36.2 x 25.2 a gentleman seated on a cushion glances at the activity outside, while a lady behind him carries a tray with a snow sculpture

Subject: figure; group; activity; female; male

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

Catalogue Number: KkO.04.01 a-c

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Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Date: 1878

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.01 a-c

Description: (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Title: Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja

Date: 1878

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37.5 x 25.4 cm

Description: (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands

Subject: figure; activity; male

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

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.01 a-c

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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Date: 1879 – 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.02 a-c

Description: This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of…

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Title: Kabuki Theatre Poster

Date: 1879 – 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36.0 x 73.5 cm

Description: This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of beads. The background in the second panel is a deep blue with a magnolia tree and flowers and a parrot in the trc. The third panel features a third actor in a green kimono. He is facing the actor in the second panel and appears to be angry. He is holding a rope with both hands and has 2 swords in his belt. He is standing in front of a red background and a portion of the background from the second panel.

Subject: figures; male; Kabuki; activity; acting

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

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.02 a-c

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Blood Indian Chief

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: 1927

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.01

Description: General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Blood Indian Chief

Date: 1927

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 45.1 cm

Description: General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.01

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Anis-Ta-ma-Ka

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.03

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Anis-Ta-ma-Ka

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.03

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Peter Whyte

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Artist: Rudkin

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuD.02.01

Description: A realistic rendering of Peter Whyte, he is facing to the left, eyes down, wearing a red striped shirt, blue tie and buckskin jacket, the background is various shades of blue

Artist: Rudkin

Title: Peter Whyte

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.7 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of Peter Whyte, he is facing to the left, eyes down, wearing a red striped shirt, blue tie and buckskin jacket, the background is various shades of blue