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Blood Indian Chief

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: 1927

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.01

Description: General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Blood Indian Chief

Date: 1927

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 45.1 cm

Description: General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.01

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The Intruder

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.01

Description: General colour: black on white. Two deer leap through snow to the left - one towards the viewer - the other away. In the upper right area a skier is seen between mounds of snow. The lower part of a tree is up under. Behind, in the distance across the top are trees, hills and sky.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: The Intruder

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Two deer leap through snow to the left - one towards the viewer - the other away. In the upper right area a skier is seen between mounds of snow. The lower part of a tree is up under. Behind, in the distance across the top are trees, hills and sky.

Subject: animal, deer; activity, skiing; landscape; winter; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Fern Brewster Dooley, Banff, 1966

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.01

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Spring Round Up

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.02

Description: Colour: black on white. A cowboy on a horse left of center is chasing a steer to the right. In the background a group of cattle and another horse and rider at the left. In the foreground are rocks and shrubs. Mountains can be seen in the distance.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Spring Round Up

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 24.7 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. A cowboy on a horse left of center is chasing a steer to the right. In the background a group of cattle and another horse and rider at the left. In the foreground are rocks and shrubs. Mountains can be seen in the distance.

Subject: animal, horse; figure, male; animal, bovine; landscape

Credit: Gift of James (Mrs.) Brewster, Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.02

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Untitled [Moon through Branches]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink and colour on silk; paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.09

Description: Colour: black; green; white; two branches of a tree in bloom across the lower left corner in front of a huge full moon.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Moon through Branches]

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink and colour on silk; paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: Colour: black; green; white; two branches of a tree in bloom across the lower left corner in front of a huge full moon.

Subject: landscape; night time

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.09

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1976

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.12

Description: Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.

Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1976

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.

Subject: portrait; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.12

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Mounted Indians on the Move

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.24

Description: People on horseback in a line from one edge of the picture to the other, facing to the left; some riders have children with them; a dog travois, one horse travois; mountains in the background; they are riding along the edge of water in which the scene is repeated upside down.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Mounted Indians on the Move

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 22.5;27.5 x 30.0;35.0 cm

Description: People on horseback in a line from one edge of the picture to the other, facing to the left; some riders have children with them; a dog travois, one horse travois; mountains in the background; they are riding along the edge of water in which the scene is repeated upside down.

Subject: landscape; mountain; figure, group; animal, horse; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.24

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Small lake in Mountains

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Small lake in Mountains

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.5; 26.7 x 26.7; 32.1 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

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Watermill and Waterfall

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1930

Medium: ink and colour on silk; card

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.03

Description: A watermill is in top right of picture, a stone basement, wooden building with a large waterwheel, a waterfall comes tumbling down from wheel; a grassy slope is in the foreground, lake in foreground; a waterfall tumbles down from left top of picture; the paper is gold trimmed; the foldover paper pr…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watermill and Waterfall

Date: c. 1930

Medium: ink and colour on silk; card

Dimensions: 27.2 x 24.1 cm

Description: A watermill is in top right of picture, a stone basement, wooden building with a large waterwheel, a waterfall comes tumbling down from wheel; a grassy slope is in the foreground, lake in foreground; a waterfall tumbles down from left top of picture; the paper is gold trimmed; the foldover paper presentation cover has Japanese writing: Square Paper for Drawing/painting (translation by Maskao Tani, 8/86). A business card was enclosed in the case: printed: Tsunejiro Miyaoka; handwritten: To Mr. Jack White with kind remembrances, Banff.July 24th 1935.

Subject: landscape; waterfall

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.03

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Untitled [German Shepherd Dog]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: copper

Catalogue Number: UnK.17.01

Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [German Shepherd Dog]

Date: n.d.

Medium: copper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 22.0 cm

Subject: portrait; dog

Credit: Gift of Peter Whyte, 1966

Catalogue Number: UnK.17.01

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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.08

Description: Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hi…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Kabuki Theatre Poster

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 18.5 cm

Description: Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hill, a small blue mountain, and a river. There are 2 text panels down the left side. Translator of print commented : Drawn by: Ichi bai tei(?), sai(?) ho. In images of the floating world Ichibaishi is also known as Yoshimine.

Subject: figure; Japanese; Kabuki; landscape; Japan

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.08

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Mountie on horseback

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.09

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Mountie on horseback

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 30.3;34.5 x 22.5;26.9 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal, horse; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.09

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Respected and Admired

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.14

Description: A Mountie in full dress uniform is mounted on a horse, walking to the right of picture. The Mountie and horse are in good detail, the background of mountains is lightly sketched, the grass foreground in good detail.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Respected and Admired

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 15; 15.7 x 12.5; 12.5 cm

Description: A Mountie in full dress uniform is mounted on a horse, walking to the right of picture. The Mountie and horse are in good detail, the background of mountains is lightly sketched, the grass foreground in good detail.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal, horse; figure, male; RCMP

Credit: Gift of Anne Faith Shepard, 1983

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.14

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Pair

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.12

Description: Two moose in foreground near water edge, one grazing, one looking to left. A mountain (Cascade mountain?) in background, trees line water edge, runs across page just below centre.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Pair

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 15; 15.7 x 10; 10 cm

Description: Two moose in foreground near water edge, one grazing, one looking to left. A mountain (Cascade mountain?) in background, trees line water edge, runs across page just below centre.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal, moose; river

Credit: Gift of Anne Faith Shepard, 1983

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.12

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Innesbruck M. Theresienstrasse

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on cloth

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.02

Description: A street scene in Innesbruck, Austria. Blue sky across top of picture, purple mountain range with some snow and a smaller green mountain backdrops the street scene. A tall statue is in the centre of the street.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Innesbruck M. Theresienstrasse

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on cloth

Dimensions: 17.0 x 20.3 cm

Description: A street scene in Innesbruck, Austria. Blue sky across top of picture, purple mountain range with some snow and a smaller green mountain backdrops the street scene. A tall statue is in the centre of the street.

Subject: architecture, urban; mountains; landscape

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.02

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Old Banff Springs Hotel

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.11

Description: A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the …

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Old Banff Springs Hotel

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 37.3 x 115.2 cm

Description: A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the sky looks unfinished).

Subject: landscape; Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Rockies; architecture; river

Credit: Purchased from Thomas N. Lackey, Halifax, 1983

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.11

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Lidded Basket with Four Faces

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.22 a,b

Description: Round woven basket of lyme ? grass, flat fitted lid has a stone handle. The handle is 5.0 high, has four faces carved on the sides, 3 are smiling. A round flat knob on top. Ten spear shaped open designs around side of bowl. One design has no handle .

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Lidded Basket with Four Faces

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 19.0 cm

Description: Round woven basket of lyme ? grass, flat fitted lid has a stone handle. The handle is 5.0 high, has four faces carved on the sides, 3 are smiling. A round flat knob on top. Ten spear shaped open designs around side of bowl. One design has no handle .

Subject: portrait; households

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.22 a,b

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Wolverine - Small - Vicious

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.25

Description: In the foreground there is a larger than normal wolverine that appears to be attacking or scaring a caribou. The caribou has jumped up with it's two front legs with his or her head directed toward the wolverine. The scene takes place in the mountains. The mountains in the back are covered with snow…

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Wolverine - Small - Vicious

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 38.5 x 37.0 cm

Description: In the foreground there is a larger than normal wolverine that appears to be attacking or scaring a caribou. The caribou has jumped up with it's two front legs with his or her head directed toward the wolverine. The scene takes place in the mountains. The mountains in the back are covered with snow and there are two more caribou in the background one on each side of the attack, looking on with intensity.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; animal; caribou; wolverine

Credit: Gift of A. Virginia Jalkanen, Kelowna, 3211

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.25

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Anis-Ta-ma-Ka

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.03

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Anis-Ta-ma-Ka

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”