Search Results - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

The Man from Big Stone

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmj.04.04

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1988

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.04

Description: Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a coat and hat, holding a lighted match in his right hand and a pape in his left. In the lower left corner is a stone.

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: The Man from Big Stone

Date: prior to 1988

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 28.3 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a coat and hat, holding a lighted match in his right hand and a pape in his left. In the lower left corner is a stone.

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.04

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Man in a Fur Coat

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmj.04.05

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1988

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.05

Description: Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a fur hat and coat. He is pulling on his gloves. Beyond on the left side are two figures with their backs facing the viewer.

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: The Man in a Fur Coat

Date: prior to 1988

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 22.1 x 28.4 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a fur hat and coat. He is pulling on his gloves. Beyond on the left side are two figures with their backs facing the viewer.

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.05

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Portrait of a Grandmother

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmj.04.06

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1988

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.06

Description: Colour: black on white. In the lower left corner is the head and shoulders of an elderly woman looking left. Behind her in the center is a large hat and shawl hanging on the wall.

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Portrait of a Grandmother

Date: prior to 1988

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. In the lower left corner is the head and shoulders of an elderly woman looking left. Behind her in the center is a large hat and shawl hanging on the wall.

Subject: portrait; female

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

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.06

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Reflection on a Great Grandfather

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmj.04.07

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1988

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.07

Description: Colour: black on white. A glassed portrait of an elderly man hangs on a flowered wall paper. Reflected in the glass is the artist, his easel and a window to the right.

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Reflection on a Great Grandfather

Date: prior to 1988

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 14.8 x 19.5 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. A glassed portrait of an elderly man hangs on a flowered wall paper. Reflected in the glass is the artist, his easel and a window to the right.

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.07

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.03.12

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

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Two Indians

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmj.04.08

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: wood engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.08

Description: Two people dressed in outerwear, are standing facing to the right, the one in front has a cigarette in his left hand, right hand in pocket, the other has his hands behind his back, image in black ink. Initialed JAS in block brc: in pencil from l: Two Indians 27/50 James Agrell Smith.

Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Two Indians

Date: 1977

Medium: wood engraving on paper

Dimensions: 19.7;21.0 x 12.3;14.2 cm

Description: Two people dressed in outerwear, are standing facing to the right, the one in front has a cigarette in his left hand, right hand in pocket, the other has his hands behind his back, image in black ink. Initialed JAS in block brc: in pencil from l: Two Indians 27/50 James Agrell Smith.

Subject: figure; male; group; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: SmJ.04.08

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled [Seated Japanese man]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.11

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.

1 image

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.