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Portrait of Enos Hunter

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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: ChG.02.01

Description: Portrait of a man (Enos Hunter) sitting straight on and looking slightly to the right. His braids run down off the canvas. He wears a necklace of beads and a circular medallion. From his shoulders hang yellow and dark green feathers. The background is tan and grey.

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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Portrait of Enos Hunter

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 59.7 x 49.6 cm

Description: Portrait of a man (Enos Hunter) sitting straight on and looking slightly to the right. His braids run down off the canvas. He wears a necklace of beads and a circular medallion. From his shoulders hang yellow and dark green feathers. The background is tan and grey.

Subject: portrait; male; Enos Hunter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: ChG.02.01

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John Brewster

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.03

Description: General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.

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

Title: John Brewster

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 56.8 x 43.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Dell Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.03

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Portrait of an Indian

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: colour reproduction on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.04.01

Description: General colour: pink, brown. The head and shoulders of an man with braids.Two or three feathers coming out at the right side of his head. He looks out, he wears a blanket over his shoulders and a neckpiece with medallion.

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

Title: Portrait of an Indian

Date: n.d.

Medium: colour reproduction on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: General colour: pink, brown. The head and shoulders of an man with braids.Two or three feathers coming out at the right side of his head. He looks out, he wears a blanket over his shoulders and a neckpiece with medallion.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966

Catalogue Number: DgN.04.01

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Untitled [Seated Japanese man]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: sculpture

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.11

Description: Hotei (one of seven gods of Bliss) sits on the ground holding a basket with a smile on his roly poly face. Both hands are holding onto the basket and consequently folded across his chest. The colour of the figure is a very dark colour with hints of red-brown where the light hits it.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Seated Japanese man]

Date: n.d.

Medium: sculpture

Dimensions: 8.5 x 10.7 cm

Description: Hotei (one of seven gods of Bliss) sits on the ground holding a basket with a smile on his roly poly face. Both hands are holding onto the basket and consequently folded across his chest. The colour of the figure is a very dark colour with hints of red-brown where the light hits it.

Subject: figure; male; Hotei

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.11

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Earl Gammon

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.09

Description: A portrait of a Earl Gammon with grey hair and slightly smiling. He is wearing a dark suit jacket which is only partially coloured in. He is also wearing a white shirt and red bow tie. He has a light green handkerchief in his pocket. The same light green colour surrounds his head. The man is visi…

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

Title: Earl Gammon

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 60.0 x 44.0 cm

Description: A portrait of a Earl Gammon with grey hair and slightly smiling. He is wearing a dark suit jacket which is only partially coloured in. He is also wearing a white shirt and red bow tie. He has a light green handkerchief in his pocket. The same light green colour surrounds his head. The man is visible from the chest up. The paper is yellowish.

Subject: portrait; male; Earl Gammon

Credit: Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.09

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Untitled [Native Man]

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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: ChG.03.01

Description: A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right…

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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Native Man]

Date: 1949

Medium: pastel on paper

Description: A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner. Behind his shoulder on the left, a tipi is visible. Smoke is coming out of the top of it. Brown, craggy mountains are visible across the horizon. The sky moves up from yellow to green to blue. Clouds at the top of the image are orange.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000

Catalogue Number: ChG.03.01

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Chief John Hunter

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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: ChG.03.02

Description: Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corne…

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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Chief John Hunter

Date: 1949

Medium: pastel on paper

Description: Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corner, trees are visible. Above them are loosely drawn mountains. The sky is green (light and dark) and mauve.

Subject: portrait; male; Chief John Hunter

Credit: Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000

Catalogue Number: ChG.03.02

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Untitled [Sacred Owl]

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

Date: c. 1950

Medium: pastel on sandpaper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.10

Description: Pastel portrait of a First Nations man who is facing toward the left of the piece. The man is resting his face on his hand and he is visible from only the neck up. On his head he is wearing a red kerchief. His hair is in two braids, the one on the left of his head is only slightly visible, the o…

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

Title: Untitled [Sacred Owl]

Date: c. 1950

Medium: pastel on sandpaper

Dimensions: 37.5 x 27.5 cm

Description: Pastel portrait of a First Nations man who is facing toward the left of the piece. The man is resting his face on his hand and he is visible from only the neck up. On his head he is wearing a red kerchief. His hair is in two braids, the one on the left of his head is only slightly visible, the one on the right is completely visible. He is wearing a blue scarf or tie around his neck. Identified by Rod Green at Masters Gallery as Sacred Owl.