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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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Cabin at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Marion Boyd Allen (1862 – 1941, American)
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
AbM.02.01
Description
General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey…
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Artist
Marion Boyd Allen (1862 – 1941, American)
Title
Cabin at Lake O'Hara
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
20.2 x 25.6 cm
Description
General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey sky in the upper right corner and a purple mountain face in the upper left.The painting was originally given by the artist, to Syd Graves (who managed Lake O’Hara for many years). It was then given to Bill Brewster, who gave it to Rita Crick, who gave it to the Peter Whyte Gallery.
Subject
architecture
cabin
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O'Hara area
Credit
Gift of Rita Crick, 1978
Catalogue Number
AbM.02.01
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Artist
George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )
Date
c. 1984
Medium
oil on linen
Catalogue Number
AgG.02.01
Description
Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
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Artist
George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )
Title
Crowsnest Pass
Date
c. 1984
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
46.0 x 61.0 cm
Description
Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Crowsnest Pass
Credit
Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998
Catalogue Number
AgG.02.01
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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field

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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
Date
c. 1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
AiJ.05.01
Description
The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
Title
Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
Date
c. 1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Field
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
AiJ.05.01
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The Rockies in Summer

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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.01
Description
Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Title
The Rockies in Summer
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas board
Description
Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
summer
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.01
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.02
Description
A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.5 x 79.5 cm
Description
A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.02
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.04
Description
Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Title
In the Rockies
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.4 x 40.5 cm
Description
Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2005
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.04
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Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies

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Artist
Louis Akhi
Date
1910
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Catalogue Number
AkL.02.01
Description
A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.
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Artist
Louis Akhi
Title
Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies
Date
1910
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Dimensions
40.3 x 30.4 cm
Description
A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Agnes
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
AkL.02.01
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Sunrise - Lake Louise

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Artist
Douglas Allen (1935 – )
Date
1982
Medium
commercial reproduction on paper
Catalogue Number
AlD.04.01
Description
Lake Louise in foreground. Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria in background. Glacier is pink.
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Artist
Douglas Allen (1935 – )
Title
Sunrise - Lake Louise
Date
1982
Medium
commercial reproduction on paper
Dimensions
39.3 x 43.0 cm
Description
Lake Louise in foreground. Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria in background. Glacier is pink.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Victoria Glacier
Mount Lefroy
Mount Victoria
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
AlD.04.01
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Artist
Murray P. Allen ( – 2010, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
AlM.05.01
Description
Green, blue mountain in background, dark evergreen trees, yellow and orange autumn colours throughout.
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Artist
Murray P. Allen ( – 2010, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.6 x 46.5 cm
Description
Green, blue mountain in background, dark evergreen trees, yellow and orange autumn colours throughout.
Subject
landscape
mountains
trees
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AlM.05.01
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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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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

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Artist
Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)
Date
1977
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
AnS.02.01
Description
Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.
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Artist
Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)
Title
Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands
Date
1977
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
121.5 x 123.0 cm
Description
Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.
Subject
landscape
Alberta
symbol
Alberta provincial emblem
Credit
Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
AnS.02.01
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Tunnel Contour in Four Parts

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Artist
Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)
Date
1977
Medium
acrylic; wax on paper
Catalogue Number
AnS.12.01 a-d
Description
General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.
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Artist
Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)
Title
Tunnel Contour in Four Parts
Date
1977
Medium
acrylic; wax on paper
Dimensions
76.0 x 55.7 cm
Description
General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mount Rundle
cartography
topography
Credit
Purchased from Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
AnS.12.01 a-d
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Artist
Mary Ogden Abbott (1894 – 1981, American)
Date
1970
Medium
on wood
Catalogue Number
AoM.06.01
Description
A carved relief of a pack train going back and forth from side to side up a mountain.
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Artist
Mary Ogden Abbott (1894 – 1981, American)
Title
The Steep Ascent
Date
1970
Medium
on wood
Dimensions
94.0 x 66.0 cm
Description
A carved relief of a pack train going back and forth from side to side up a mountain.
Subject
landscape
mountains
animals
packhorses
people
Credit
Gift of Mary Ogden Abbott, USA, 1971
Catalogue Number
AoM.06.01
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.05
Description
3 cone-shaped mountains have heads and arms, they are holding up letters spelling moutain, mountain, motard. Other colourful figures are playing with letters, left centre background is a tall tree with yellow mountains, one of which has a teacup and saucer, another has only a saucer In right backgr…
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Mountain/Moutard
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 56.3 cm
Description
3 cone-shaped mountains have heads and arms, they are holding up letters spelling moutain, mountain, motard. Other colourful figures are playing with letters, left centre background is a tall tree with yellow mountains, one of which has a teacup and saucer, another has only a saucer In right background is a window through which grey mountains and blue sky can be seen
Subject
whimsey
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.05
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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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Untitled [Mt. Assiniboine]

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Artist
G. H. W Ashley (1908 – , Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
AsH.02.01
Description
Mt. Assiniboine and Lake Magog.
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Artist
G. H. W Ashley (1908 – , Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Mt. Assiniboine]
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
41.0 x 48.5 cm
Description
Mt. Assiniboine and Lake Magog.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mount Assiniboine
Lake Magog
Credit
Gift of Douglas Hare, Banff, 1997
Catalogue Number
AsH.02.01
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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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