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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Date
1870 – 1890
Medium
wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0261 a,b
Description
Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with …
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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Title
fan
Date
1870 – 1890
Medium
wood; fibre
Dimensions
0.7 x 23.0 x 35.8 cm
Description
Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with insect cage, hunting in reeds. Ladies and cage quilted to create relief. Calligraphy and chop mark on right, obverse plain. Both fans are fabric over bamboo or reed with painted and appliqued designs.
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0261 a,b
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Untitled [Ceramic Couch with Two People]

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Artist
Patrick Amiot (1959 – , Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ceramic
Catalogue Number
AmP.06.01
Description
A man and a woman lying on a couch. The couch is in three parts at the back, three seat cushions, and three base parts. The woman has long hair. The man has his hand under the woman’s shirt.
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Artist
Patrick Amiot (1959 – , Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Ceramic Couch with Two People]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
14.0 x 20.5 x 12.5 cm
Description
A man and a woman lying on a couch. The couch is in three parts at the back, three seat cushions, and three base parts. The woman has long hair. The man has his hand under the woman’s shirt.
Subject
figure
male
female
furniture
couch
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
AmP.06.01
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Artist
Annie
Date
c. 1965
Catalogue Number
AnI.06.01
Description
Prob. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip; see reference p. 168, object 348 of Sculpture of the [Eskimo]. Swinton, Geo.Women in detailed amautig (parke), slightly hunched, holding pelts in mittens at front; Annie 71730 scratched on bottom; details include ties on kamiks (boots), pelt fur and …
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Artist
Annie
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1965
Dimensions
12.9 x 4.7 x 5.5 cm
Description
Prob. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip; see reference p. 168, object 348 of Sculpture of the [Eskimo]. Swinton, Geo.Women in detailed amautig (parke), slightly hunched, holding pelts in mittens at front; Annie 71730 scratched on bottom; details include ties on kamiks (boots), pelt fur and opening for child represented in amautiz hood.
Subject
figure
woman
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AnI.06.01
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.06
Description
A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spill…
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Indoor World
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 56.3 cm
Description
A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spilled an apple and orange and a teacup. Two rooms on either side with furniture.
Subject
whimsey
figure
female
Pat Askren
Credit
Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.06
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1993
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.09
Description
A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row o…
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Trusting
Date
1993
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
43.2 x 30.5 cm
Description
A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row of black trees lines a lake in the foreground, splashes of colour reflect in the lake. The sky has red, purple tones fading to white at the top.
Subject
landscape
mountains
mythological
figure
Credit
Gift of Patricia Askren, Lakonias, Greece, 1993
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.09
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Woman Sewing Skin Boots

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Artist
Mary Ashevak (1932 – , Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
AsM.04.01
Description
A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M…
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Artist
Mary Ashevak (1932 – , Canadian)
Title
Woman Sewing Skin Boots
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 48.8 cm
Description
A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M. Ashevak”The series of chops in the top left are as follows: the first red chop denotes Miri (Mary) Ashevak Ezekial, the artist; the second red chop denotes Lukta Qiatsuk, the printer; the black igloo chop denotes that the print was made in the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset.
Subject
figure
woman
activity
sewing
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AsM.04.01
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Artist
Augaahs
Date
c. 1965
Medium
fossilized whalebone
Catalogue Number
AuG.06.01
Description
Two figures facing the same direction, the one behind is pushing the other; both dressed in parkas with the hood off the head; pants are indicated cut off at the knees; facial features are carved in, the eyes are hols, nose protruding,mouth indicated only in front figure; the arms of the back perso…
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Artist
Augaahs
Title
Father and Son
Date
c. 1965
Medium
fossilized whalebone
Dimensions
52.0 x 23.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
Two figures facing the same direction, the one behind is pushing the other; both dressed in parkas with the hood off the head; pants are indicated cut off at the knees; facial features are carved in, the eyes are hols, nose protruding,mouth indicated only in front figure; the arms of the back person are extended to the front person giving an indication of pushing; both figures are bent forward at the waist. The fossilized whalebone has an open texture overall.
Subject
figure
male
Inuit
Credit
Gift of D. S. Harvie, 1969
Catalogue Number
AuG.06.01
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Artist
Henry Ayn
Date
c. 1925
Medium
gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
AyH.07.01
Description
Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady …
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Artist
Henry Ayn
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1925
Medium
gouache on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 24.0 cm
Description
Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady is wearing a dark dress and the other is wearing a lighter coloured dress.Both women are wearing head covers of some type.
Subject
figure
female
animal
duck
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AyH.07.01
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Artist
Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1950
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BaM.04.01
Description
Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
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Artist
Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Horseman
Date
1950 – 1950
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.7 cm
Description
Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
Subject
animal
horse
figure
male
landscape
mountains
foothills
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
Catalogue Number
BaM.04.01
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Artist
Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BaP.04.05
Description
5 actors, 2 male and 3 female are lined up on scaffolding outside an open, curtained door. The scaffolding and the railing dominate the center third of the picture. The women appear to be wearing maids uniforms.
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Artist
Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British)
Title
The Entrance
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
30.3 x 14.5 cm
Description
5 actors, 2 male and 3 female are lined up on scaffolding outside an open, curtained door. The scaffolding and the railing dominate the center third of the picture. The women appear to be wearing maids uniforms.
Subject
figure
group
architecture
urban
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BaP.04.05
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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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Banff Trophy, J.B. Cross Dominion Slalom

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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1940
Medium
bronze
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.05
Description
This trophy has a man skiing on the top. The man skiing is wearing a hat, jacket and pants and has two ski poles in hand. Under the skier is a section of bronze that represents the snow and ground. The base of this trophy is round and the skier on the top is heading in the left direction with one …
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Banff Trophy, J.B. Cross Dominion Slalom
Date
1940
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
53.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
This trophy has a man skiing on the top. The man skiing is wearing a hat, jacket and pants and has two ski poles in hand. Under the skier is a section of bronze that represents the snow and ground. The base of this trophy is round and the skier on the top is heading in the left direction with one ski partially lifted in the back.
Subject
activity
skiing
figure
male
Credit
Gift of J. L. King, 1974
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.05
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Catharine Whyte Memorial Trophy

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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1936
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.06
Description
The base of this trophy is made from wood. The shape of the base is rectangular with one large wood plaque on the front that reads “Catharine Whyte Memorial Trophy, 1906 - 1979” directly under this are five smaller shield shaped plaques. Standing on top of the base and made out of bronze is a male …
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Catharine Whyte Memorial Trophy
Date
1936
Dimensions
58.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
The base of this trophy is made from wood. The shape of the base is rectangular with one large wood plaque on the front that reads “Catharine Whyte Memorial Trophy, 1906 - 1979” directly under this are five smaller shield shaped plaques. Standing on top of the base and made out of bronze is a male skier. This male skier is leaning against his skies with one arm wrapped around them . In the other hand, that is placed close to his hip, he holds both ski poles. This man is wearing short pants, a jacket and a peaked cap.
Subject
activity
skiing
figure
male
Credit
Gift of J. L. King, 1974
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.06
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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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Artist
Richard C. Bishop (1887 – 1975, American)
Date
1944
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BiR.04.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a pond, tall reeds bottom left and trees on the bank centre right; some ducks on the water, some setting down and two flying by. Below the print in the bottom right corner is a smaller picture 3.5 x 6.0 of two men standing in a pond, one has a gun at hip level and a pipe in…
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Artist
Richard C. Bishop (1887 – 1975, American)
Title
Settin’ Down
Date
1944
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
40.7 x 30.3 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a pond, tall reeds bottom left and trees on the bank centre right; some ducks on the water, some setting down and two flying by. Below the print in the bottom right corner is a smaller picture 3.5 x 6.0 of two men standing in a pond, one has a gun at hip level and a pipe in his mouth, the other is in the forefront setting down a decoy, he has 2 others under his left arm.
Subject
animal
ducks
figure
male
activity
hunting
flying
Credit
Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
BiR.04.01
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Untitled [Two Men in Canoes]

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Artist
Frank Weston Benson (1862 – 1951, American)
Date
1925
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
BnF.04.01
Description
Two men in two canoes pulled up on the left bank of a river which runs from lower right corner across to near the upper left corner where there are trees. The far bank goes up into the upper right corner. The sky is seen in the upper left area.
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Artist
Frank Weston Benson (1862 – 1951, American)
Title
Untitled [Two Men in Canoes]
Date
1925
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
29.7 x 19.8 cm
Description
Two men in two canoes pulled up on the left bank of a river which runs from lower right corner across to near the upper left corner where there are trees. The far bank goes up into the upper right corner. The sky is seen in the upper left area.
Subject
figure
landscape
figure, men
landscape, river
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
BnF.04.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Therese Boyle (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1983
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BoT.03.01
Description
Alice in Wonderland tea with Alice, the rabbit and a moose sitting around a table. Alice is sitting in a high backed chair to left of picture, she has yellow hair, a blue ribbon and blue dress, the rabbit is to her left, he has a blue cap, purple bow tie, yellow shirt, the moose head and horns domi…
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Artist
Therese Boyle (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Tea at the Whyte
Date
1983
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
57.3 x 76.6 cm
Description
Alice in Wonderland tea with Alice, the rabbit and a moose sitting around a table. Alice is sitting in a high backed chair to left of picture, she has yellow hair, a blue ribbon and blue dress, the rabbit is to her left, he has a blue cap, purple bow tie, yellow shirt, the moose head and horns dominate top right centre of picture, he has a blue and yellow bow tie. The tea service is red, the background is blue the table cloth is white on top and yellow sides.
Subject
figure
female
character, Alice in Wonderland
animal
rabbit
moose
whimsical
teddy bear
Therese (Terri) Boyle
Credit
Purchased from Therese Boyle, Edmonton, 1983
Catalogue Number
BoT.03.01
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26 x 19 cm
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
Subject
NWMP
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
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The Butterfly Effect, #16, Skoki Creek

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Artist
Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
CaM.02.03 a-c
Description
An abstract painting of Skoki Creek area. Mainly red and black. A distinct scene is indeterminate when viewed close up but when further back a whole scene is visble. There is a naked woman in the blc. She appears to be up to her knees in Skoki Creek. Another figure is on the left. It is bent …
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Artist
Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
The Butterfly Effect, #16, Skoki Creek
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Description
An abstract painting of Skoki Creek area. Mainly red and black. A distinct scene is indeterminate when viewed close up but when further back a whole scene is visble. There is a naked woman in the blc. She appears to be up to her knees in Skoki Creek. Another figure is on the left. It is bent over with its arms outstretched.
Subject
abstract
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Skoki Creek
figure
woman
Credit
Purchased from Michael Cameron, Banff, 2001
Catalogue Number
CaM.02.03 a-c
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Artist
Robert Ralp Carmichael (1937 – , Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CaR.03.02
Description
A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Tit…
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Artist
Robert Ralp Carmichael (1937 – , Canadian)
Title
Balancing Nude
Date
1971
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
34.1 x 45.3 cm
Description
A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Titled and signed on back as well.
Subject
figure
female
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
CaR.03.02
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