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Boojum cactus / desert scene
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.05.07
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.07
- Description
- Multi-coloured cone shaped, spiked trees and cacti on and against grey rocks covers most of the left and centre top with smaller ones on mauve rocks to the right. In the centre are two mythological bird creatures perched on rocks.
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- Title
- Boojum cactus / desert scene
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 76.5 cm
- Description
- Multi-coloured cone shaped, spiked trees and cacti on and against grey rocks covers most of the left and centre top with smaller ones on mauve rocks to the right. In the centre are two mythological bird creatures perched on rocks.
- Subject
- botanical
- Boojum cactus
- Pat Askren
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.07
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- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BwA.05.04
- Description
- Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away f…
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- Title
- Purple Crocus
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away from the viewer showing mostly the outside of the petals and some yellow inside. The crocus stems and feathery leaves are green and brown. The other grasses and stems are rust, yellow and brown.
- Credit
- Purchased from mid, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- BwA.05.04
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- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BwA.05.05
- Description
- General colours orange, green, yellow, brown, grey and white on a black background. A single wood lily with stem and leaves and other stems/grass. The single flower head is centred but leaning toward the viewer’s left. The petals are light and dark orange, dots of brown as they turn yellow towards …
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- Title
- Wood Lily
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- General colours orange, green, yellow, brown, grey and white on a black background. A single wood lily with stem and leaves and other stems/grass. The single flower head is centred but leaning toward the viewer’s left. The petals are light and dark orange, dots of brown as they turn yellow towards the base. The petals narrow on the ends and at the base giving a see-through aspect; the black background is visible through the base of the flower head. The stamens are brown and grey and the stems is two shades of green. The narrow, long leaves are light green with darker green running through. There are other stems or grasses of white and green.
- Credit
- Purchased from mid, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- BwA.05.05
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False Hellebore and Grasses, Waterton 1981
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdaj.18.01
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaJ.18.01
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, flowers and grasses fill the whole frame
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- Title
- False Hellebore and Grasses, Waterton 1981
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, flowers and grasses fill the whole frame
- Credit
- Purchased from Ron Brown, Jasper, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- DaJ.18.01
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Dried Stem of Plant
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdaj.18.02
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaJ.18.02
- Description
- A dried stem with dried leaves and seed pods photographed against an off-white background, slight shadows are cast, hand coloured, the leaves green and the seed pods are yellow to light brown
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- Title
- Dried Stem of Plant
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- A dried stem with dried leaves and seed pods photographed against an off-white background, slight shadows are cast, hand coloured, the leaves green and the seed pods are yellow to light brown
- Credit
- Purchased from Folio Gallery, Calgary, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- DaJ.18.02
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Untitled [Flower? Magic Mushroom?]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkio.03.02
- Artist
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiO.03.02
- Description
- This drawing features a strange looking image. The image starts in the blc with a light grey fuzzy, smokey line this line turns black as it connects with a bulb type shape near just above the center of the page. The bulb is in the form of a disk with stem.
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- Artist
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
- Title
- Untitled [Flower? Magic Mushroom?]
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- This drawing features a strange looking image. The image starts in the blc with a light grey fuzzy, smokey line this line turns black as it connects with a bulb type shape near just above the center of the page. The bulb is in the form of a disk with stem.
- Subject
- botanical
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiO.03.02
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Oncideum forbesii / Brasilidium forbesii? (Wildflower)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.01
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.01
- Description
- A light green stem branches off into three stems on which a dark yellow and brown flower with scalloped petals on each end.
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- Title
- Oncideum forbesii / Brasilidium forbesii? (Wildflower)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A light green stem branches off into three stems on which a dark yellow and brown flower with scalloped petals on each end.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.01
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Menziesia glabella (Western Menziesia)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.06
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.06
- Description
- A brown branch with clusters of green leaves, and bunches of light red tulip-like flowers, 4 on one stem, 6 on the other.
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- Title
- Menziesia glabella (Western Menziesia)
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A brown branch with clusters of green leaves, and bunches of light red tulip-like flowers, 4 on one stem, 6 on the other.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.06
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Eucephalus engelmannii (Engelmann's Aster/Aster engelmannii)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.07
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.07
- Description
- One green stem with green leaves, branches out near the top into 6 stems with smaller leaves, and an open, pink and yellow flower on the end.
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- Title
- Eucephalus engelmannii (Engelmann's Aster/Aster engelmannii)
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- One green stem with green leaves, branches out near the top into 6 stems with smaller leaves, and an open, pink and yellow flower on the end.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.07
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Dodecathem meadia (Shooting Star)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.09
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.09
- Description
- Short, thick green leaves cluster at base, 4 long pink stems extend from root; dart-like pink and yellow flowers at top of stems.
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- Title
- Dodecathem meadia (Shooting Star)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Short, thick green leaves cluster at base, 4 long pink stems extend from root; dart-like pink and yellow flowers at top of stems.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.09
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Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.12
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.12
- Description
- A thick green leaf rises from centre left at the bottom of the picture to top right; from inside the leaf protrude 2 yellow blossoms.
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- Title
- Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily)
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A thick green leaf rises from centre left at the bottom of the picture to top right; from inside the leaf protrude 2 yellow blossoms.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.12
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Pyrola picta (Wintergreen)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.13
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.13
- Description
- Broad green leaves with white veins are at the bottom centre of the picture; a long red/brown stem protrudes straight up, many small buds hang from the stem near the top.
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- Title
- Pyrola picta (Wintergreen)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Broad green leaves with white veins are at the bottom centre of the picture; a long red/brown stem protrudes straight up, many small buds hang from the stem near the top.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.13
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Pinus albicaulis (White Pine)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.15
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.15
- Description
- A pine tree branch breaks into two sections with green needles and clusters of red/brown pine cones.
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- Title
- Pinus albicaulis (White Pine)
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A pine tree branch breaks into two sections with green needles and clusters of red/brown pine cones.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.15
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Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid/Pink Fairy's Slipper)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.19
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.19
- Description
- A single green stem from bottom centre curves to centre with 2 flowers, both are dark pink with yellow centre, pink petals flare out from bottom of flowers.
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- Title
- Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid/Pink Fairy's Slipper)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single green stem from bottom centre curves to centre with 2 flowers, both are dark pink with yellow centre, pink petals flare out from bottom of flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.19
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Lonicera involucrata (Bracted Honeysuckle/Twinberry)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.30
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.30
- Description
- The plant has large green leaves and twin black berries on small red leaflets. Also has a yellow flower viewer’s left.
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- Title
- Lonicera involucrata (Bracted Honeysuckle/Twinberry)
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- The plant has large green leaves and twin black berries on small red leaflets. Also has a yellow flower viewer’s left.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.30
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Rhododendron albifloriem (White-flowered Rhododendron)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.31
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.31
- Description
- The plant has long narrow oblong green leaves top and bottom of the stem with small white flowers in between.
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- Title
- Rhododendron albifloriem (White-flowered Rhododendron)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- The plant has long narrow oblong green leaves top and bottom of the stem with small white flowers in between.
- Subject
- botanical
- flower, rhododendron
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.31
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- Artist
- Barb Spohr
- Date
- 1984
- Medium
- ektacolour on Kodak paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.02
- Description
- Ektacolour on Kodak paper. The overall picture is green grass, a barren tree trunk and some branches are centered in the picture, leaning against the tree with back towards front of picture is a brown haired person wearing blue clothes. From centre left to the borders on top, bottom and right are p…
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- Artist
- Barb Spohr
- Title
- Pink blossoms
- Date
- 1984
- Medium
- ektacolour on Kodak paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- Ektacolour on Kodak paper. The overall picture is green grass, a barren tree trunk and some branches are centered in the picture, leaning against the tree with back towards front of picture is a brown haired person wearing blue clothes. From centre left to the borders on top, bottom and right are pink blossoms.
- Subject
- botanical
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara Spohr, Vancouver, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.02
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.08
- Description
- In the foreground there is a table with a vase sitting on it. There is a natural light source shining on the vase from the left and casting a shadow on the yellow and white checkered wall in the background. In the vase there are flowers. This light from the left makes a very detailed shadow of the …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 60.7 x 50.6 cm
- Description
- In the foreground there is a table with a vase sitting on it. There is a natural light source shining on the vase from the left and casting a shadow on the yellow and white checkered wall in the background. In the vase there are flowers. This light from the left makes a very detailed shadow of the flowers and the vase on the wall in the back. The vase has a decorative floral pattern on the surface.
- Subject
- still life
- botanical
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.08
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.12
- Description
- Centered in the middle of the photograph is a bush covered in Hydrangia. The flowers are a white and pink colour. Just behind the bush is a low corner angle view of the white house with red trim that sits adjacent. The Hydrangia bush takes up most of the photograph, but there is some blue sky in th…
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- Title
- Hydrangia
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 50.7 x 40.4 cm
- Description
- Centered in the middle of the photograph is a bush covered in Hydrangia. The flowers are a white and pink colour. Just behind the bush is a low corner angle view of the white house with red trim that sits adjacent. The Hydrangia bush takes up most of the photograph, but there is some blue sky in the background off to the left and some shadows cast on to the house from the flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.12
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- Date
- 1984
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.15
- Description
- In the center of this rectangular photograph there is a cabbage plant. The outside border of the photograph is pink in color with text above and below the image. The Cabbage plant is large taking up most of the photograph with the exception of a few more cabbage plants around the edges and corners.…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1984
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.6 cm
- Description
- In the center of this rectangular photograph there is a cabbage plant. The outside border of the photograph is pink in color with text above and below the image. The Cabbage plant is large taking up most of the photograph with the exception of a few more cabbage plants around the edges and corners. The overall colour of this piece is a light pink, light green and medium green.
- Subject
- botanical
- red cabbage
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.15
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