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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaij.05.01
- 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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- 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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Sunrise - Lake Louise
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactald.04.01
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- AlD.04.01
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The Magic Teapot
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactank.05.01
- Artist
- Katie Anderson
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AnK.05.01
- Description
- Centered in the picture is a vertical rectangle in which is a steaming tea pot and cup and saucer, the steam turns into butterflies and books, trees and mountains in background, around the edge of this picture are other scenes, the sides show various kinds of cakes and cookies, top and bottom shows…
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- Artist
- Katie Anderson
- Title
- The Magic Teapot
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Centered in the picture is a vertical rectangle in which is a steaming tea pot and cup and saucer, the steam turns into butterflies and books, trees and mountains in background, around the edge of this picture are other scenes, the sides show various kinds of cakes and cookies, top and bottom shows shelves of books, each with a teacup.
- Subject
- mythological
- event
- Tea at the Whyte
- Credit
- Purchased from Katie Anderson, Canmore, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AnK.05.01
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Untitled (weaving patterns)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactanm.03.01
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.03.01
- Description
- A framed piece of graph paper with six patterns of different sizes. There are notations on the bottom and side for each one. The work is done with India ink and pencil; six different ways of threading with one tie-up (the same tie-ups on the six examples) woven as drawn in. Measurements: top left a…
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- Title
- Untitled (weaving patterns)
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 56.5 cm
- Description
- A framed piece of graph paper with six patterns of different sizes. There are notations on the bottom and side for each one. The work is done with India ink and pencil; six different ways of threading with one tie-up (the same tie-ups on the six examples) woven as drawn in. Measurements: top left and bottom left (14.8cmx14.8cm wide), middle top (14.5cm square), middle bottom(14.2cm square), top right (14.4cmx14.4cm wide) and bottom right (14.2cmx14.4cm wide).
- Subject
- weaving
- pattern
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.03.01
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untitled (stole)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactanm.08.031%20j
- Date
- 1980
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.031 j
- Description
- A blue stole with silver metallic threads; “Andrews” written in felt pen on lower edge.
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- Title
- untitled (stole)
- Date
- 1980
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 174.0 cm
- Description
- A blue stole with silver metallic threads; “Andrews” written in felt pen on lower edge.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.031 j
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Untitled [wall hanging]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactanm.08.034
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- fibre; cotton, wool; wood
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.034
- Description
- A fringed orange cotton wall hanging woven in plain weaving with a piece of undulating, unbleached wool in various sheds through to create a design (there was no pattern); 1.0 cm from the top fringe there is a piece of flat varnished bamboo (1.0cmx13.5cm wide) passed through the weaving horizontall…
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- Title
- Untitled [wall hanging]
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- fibre; cotton, wool; wood
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 55.0 cm
- Description
- A fringed orange cotton wall hanging woven in plain weaving with a piece of undulating, unbleached wool in various sheds through to create a design (there was no pattern); 1.0 cm from the top fringe there is a piece of flat varnished bamboo (1.0cmx13.5cm wide) passed through the weaving horizontally enabling it to be attached to something for hanging on the wall. The bamboo piece could also sit on wall pegs or small nails.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary G. Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.034
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Untitled (weaving sample of bookmarks)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactanm.08.037
- Date
- 1980
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.037
- Description
- A weaving sample of two bookmarks (still attached to each other). It is woven with blue, brown and yellow cotton. The warp has paper inserted in two places (1.50cm wide) in the middle of the sample. After the hem stitching was done it could be cut; when cut between the inserted papers it would have…
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- Title
- Untitled (weaving sample of bookmarks)
- Date
- 1980
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- A weaving sample of two bookmarks (still attached to each other). It is woven with blue, brown and yellow cotton. The warp has paper inserted in two places (1.50cm wide) in the middle of the sample. After the hem stitching was done it could be cut; when cut between the inserted papers it would have a perfect fringe on each bookmark.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary G. Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.037
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Mountain/Moutard
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.05.05
- 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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- 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
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.05
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- 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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- 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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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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The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.05.08
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.08
- Description
- Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.
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- Title
- The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 54.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.
- Subject
- whimsey
- architecture
- animal
- chesspieces
- Pat Askren
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.08
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AsH.03.01
- Description
- Portrait of Jimmy Simpson.
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- Title
- Jimmy Simpson
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 65.0 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- Portrait of Jimmy Simpson.
- Subject
- characters
- Jimmy Simpson
- portrait
- male
- Credit
- Gift of G. H. W Ashley, Salmon Arm, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- AsH.03.01
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View of Beaver Pond
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbab.12.01
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- acrylic on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BaB.12.01
- Description
- A blue/purple pond is in centre foreground, surrounded with brownish and green solid shapes. Green foliage, with some distinct trees, are over all the picture, mainly in top third with some distinct trees in immediate foreground. Five grey, stark trees are in center of picture, some more grey at ex…
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- Title
- View of Beaver Pond
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- acrylic on paper
- Dimensions
- 77.5 x 57.3 cm
- Description
- A blue/purple pond is in centre foreground, surrounded with brownish and green solid shapes. Green foliage, with some distinct trees, are over all the picture, mainly in top third with some distinct trees in immediate foreground. Five grey, stark trees are in center of picture, some more grey at extreme bottom left.
- Credit
- Purchased from Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- BaB.12.01
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Perspective Range
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- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.06.01
- Description
- A pie-shaped sculpture of a mountain range. The mountains gradually get taller, the shortest ones being at the tip of the wedge. On one side of the mountain range is a patchwork of prairies. On the other side is the Pacific Ocean. Along the bottom and back of the sculpture, the strata of the ea…
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- Title
- Perspective Range
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 31.75 x 21.59 x 44.45 cm
- Description
- A pie-shaped sculpture of a mountain range. The mountains gradually get taller, the shortest ones being at the tip of the wedge. On one side of the mountain range is a patchwork of prairies. On the other side is the Pacific Ocean. Along the bottom and back of the sculpture, the strata of the earth is visible. The mountains are snow-capped and rivers run down either side of them, perhaps representing the Great Divide.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorne Beug, Regina, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.06.01
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Exceptional Pass - Geology
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbel.13.01
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.01
- Description
- The top left corner is a fragment of a map, predominantly yellow; the rest of the collage has diagonally coloured stripes of varying width and colours - mostly greens and browns. The bottom left corner is brown.
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- Title
- Exceptional Pass - Geology
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- The top left corner is a fragment of a map, predominantly yellow; the rest of the collage has diagonally coloured stripes of varying width and colours - mostly greens and browns. The bottom left corner is brown.
- Subject
- abstract, expressionist
- Credit
- Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.01
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Paradise on Earth - Cross Section #2
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbel.13.02
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.02
- Description
- Horizontal panels run across piece, (resembling) depicting various layers of earth formations. The predominant colours are brownish. One-fifth section from the bottom has various shaped and coloured shells lying in individual white boxes; another layer, four-fifths from the bottom shows a number of…
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- Title
- Paradise on Earth - Cross Section #2
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Horizontal panels run across piece, (resembling) depicting various layers of earth formations. The predominant colours are brownish. One-fifth section from the bottom has various shaped and coloured shells lying in individual white boxes; another layer, four-fifths from the bottom shows a number of human arms and hands - flesh coloured.
- Subject
- abstract, expressionist
- Credit
- Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.02
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Conic Section - #1
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbel.13.03
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.03
- Description
- A wedge shaped fragment, various layers of colour and texture, mostly in the yellow (pale) to light green range.
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- Title
- Conic Section - #1
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- A wedge shaped fragment, various layers of colour and texture, mostly in the yellow (pale) to light green range.
- Subject
- abstract, expressionist
- Credit
- Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.03
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Exceptional Pass - Stratigraphic column
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbel.13.04
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.04
- Description
- A narrow column of layers of colours, ranging from beige to brown, with a few lines of pink and blue.
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- Title
- Exceptional Pass - Stratigraphic column
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- A narrow column of layers of colours, ranging from beige to brown, with a few lines of pink and blue.
- Subject
- abstract, expressionist
- Credit
- Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.04
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Mountain Making
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbel.13.05
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.05
- Description
- Layers of colour and texture run horizontally, mostly browns, greens, yellows and highlighted with reds on the purple side of the colour wheel. Odd shaped vertical formations are in shades of red/pink. An optical illusioned beetle is in the lower left corner.
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- Title
- Mountain Making
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- Layers of colour and texture run horizontally, mostly browns, greens, yellows and highlighted with reds on the purple side of the colour wheel. Odd shaped vertical formations are in shades of red/pink. An optical illusioned beetle is in the lower left corner.
- Subject
- abstract, expressionist
- Credit
- Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.05
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- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.06
- Description
- Top left corner, covering roughly one-third of the surface is layered in tones of brown; the other two-thirds is layered in lighter tones of brown.
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- Title
- Time Warp
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- mixed media on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Top left corner, covering roughly one-third of the surface is layered in tones of brown; the other two-thirds is layered in lighter tones of brown.
- Subject
- abstract, expressionist
- Credit
- Purchased from Lorne Beug, Regina, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- BeL.13.06
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