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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
Luke Anguhadluq (1895 – 1982, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
AgS.04.01
Description
Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]
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Artist
Luke Anguhadluq (1895 – 1982, Canadian)
Title
Kayaks and Caribou
Date
1971
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
61.7 x 99.1 cm
Description
Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]
Subject
transportation
kayak
animal
caribou
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1972
Catalogue Number
AgS.04.01
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Artist
Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
AnA.04.01
Description
A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.
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Artist
Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)
Title
Seal Hunter
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
52.7 x 30.1 cm
Description
A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.
Subject
figure, male
activity, hunting
animal, fish
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
AnA.04.01
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Untitled [Flower Series]

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1977
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.02
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Two stalks of blue flowers - four blooms and several buds. There are two grey lines that come in from opposite sides of the circle. One blue stripe comes in at the upper left.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Untitled [Flower Series]
Date
1977
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Dimensions
38.5 x 33.4 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Two stalks of blue flowers - four blooms and several buds. There are two grey lines that come in from opposite sides of the circle. One blue stripe comes in at the upper left.
Subject
botanical
flowers
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.02
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1977
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.01
Description
General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Trout Stream Quilt
Date
1977
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
49.3 x 49.3 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.
Subject
animal
mythological
craft
quilt
Credit
Purchased from Dundurn Press, 1977
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.01
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Artist
Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
ink on cloth
Catalogue Number
BwA.04.03
Description
General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.
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Artist
Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Prairie Anemone
Date
1971
Medium
ink on cloth
Dimensions
14.9 x 17 cm
Description
General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.
Subject
botanical
anemone
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
BwA.04.03
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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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Portrait of Dr. Brett

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Artist
A.F. Cels
Date
1907
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CeA.03.01
Description
General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.
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Artist
A.F. Cels
Title
Portrait of Dr. Brett
Date
1907
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.6 x 15.5 cm
Description
General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.
Subject
portrait
male
Dr. R. G. Brett
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
CeA.03.01
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Artist
George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ClG.03.04
Description
A large black and white bird bends over to examine a red ball in the lower right corner. The left side is empty.
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Artist
George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
19.0 x 26.5 cm
Description
A large black and white bird bends over to examine a red ball in the lower right corner. The left side is empty.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
ClG.03.04
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Artist
George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ClG.03.03
Description
General colour: green on white. Two frog shaped creatures with large heads face out. Along the upper edge is a green raining stripe.
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Artist
George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.4 x 45.5 cm
Description
General colour: green on white. Two frog shaped creatures with large heads face out. Along the upper edge is a green raining stripe.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Unknown, 1969
Catalogue Number
ClG.03.03
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Artist
George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ClG.03.02
Description
General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.
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Artist
George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Mahuk
Date
1970
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 45.5 cm
Description
General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Unknown, 1969
Catalogue Number
ClG.03.02
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Artist
George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ClG.03.01
Description
General colour: blue on white. A serpent shaped creature whose tail in the lower left has three ends. Two flanges come out of the body in the upper right. The head is turned to the left.
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Artist
George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
The Wolf
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
43.8 x 30.2 cm
Description
General colour: blue on white. A serpent shaped creature whose tail in the lower left has three ends. Two flanges come out of the body in the upper right. The head is turned to the left.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Unknown, 1969
Catalogue Number
ClG.03.01
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Cascade Mountain 1908

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Cascade Mountain 1908
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.3 x 43.2 cm
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1909
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.10
Description
General colour: green. In the lower left corner there is a road and a cabin with a woman in the doorway and smoke coming out of the chimney. The road goes over a bridge over a stream. To the right is a lake with two men on the shore and a sailboat in the center. The hills rise up beyond and mountai…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1909
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51.2 x 81.4 cm
Description
General colour: green. In the lower left corner there is a road and a cabin with a woman in the doorway and smoke coming out of the chimney. The road goes over a bridge over a stream. To the right is a lake with two men on the shore and a sailboat in the center. The hills rise up beyond and mountains behind them. Small clouds drift across the sky.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.10
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Mount Temple with Bird

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Artist
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 – 1927, American)
Date
1909
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FeL.05.01
Description
Colour: brown, blue, grey. A bird perched on a rock, surrounded by wild flowers, fills the lower two thirds foreground. Behind are distant mountains and blue sky. The bird is a Grey Crown Rosy Finch
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Artist
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 – 1927, American)
Title
Mount Temple with Bird
Date
1909
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.0 x 24.9 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue, grey. A bird perched on a rock, surrounded by wild flowers, fills the lower two thirds foreground. Behind are distant mountains and blue sky. The bird is a Grey Crown Rosy Finch
Subject
bird
Grey Crown Rosy Finch
Credit
Gift of Mary Hallock, Fort St. James, 1981
Catalogue Number
FeL.05.01
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Artist
Charles L Gibbs
Date
1903
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
GiC.09.01
Description
Hard cover sketchbook Hudson & Kearns bookmakers, London. Each page has a graphite sketch of architectural details, buildings, statues, landscapes, most dated. First page has -Chas-L-Gibbs-1903-. Sketches are dated from May 31, 1903 to August 30, 1903, and contain sights from Italy, France, Swit…
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Artist
Charles L Gibbs
Title
Sketchbook
Date
1903
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
16.8 x 24.1 cm
Description
Hard cover sketchbook Hudson & Kearns bookmakers, London. Each page has a graphite sketch of architectural details, buildings, statues, landscapes, most dated. First page has -Chas-L-Gibbs-1903-. Sketches are dated from May 31, 1903 to August 30, 1903, and contain sights from Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. Front interior cover contains an inscription, which reads: Service held every year by British colny(?) at Brussels / Mr Brown gives ? ? every ? of June “ Back interior binding has “JL” written in pencil.
Subject
architecture
urban
rural
landscape
Europe
Germany
Italy
France
Switzerland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
GiC.09.01
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Beaver Pond, Banff Area

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Artist
Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
GoT.02.01
Description
The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.
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Artist
Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)
Title
Beaver Pond, Banff Area
Date
1978
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.7 x 59.5 cm
Description
The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.
Subject
landscape
lake
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1978
Catalogue Number
GoT.02.01
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Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Date
1973
Medium
acrylic on paper
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.01
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle -…
Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Title
LIfe Cycle
Date
1973
Medium
acrylic on paper
Dimensions
152 x 30.5 cm
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle - all powerful symbols.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.01
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White Pass and Yukon Route 1971

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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.01
Description
General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a…
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
White Pass and Yukon Route 1971
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
62.5 x 79.5 cm
Description
General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a train,a bridge, two churches, a government school and several more shacks. Behind are green hills and pink valleys. The sky is black with a red sun.
Subject
landscape, mountains
architecture, urban
figure, group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.01
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.02
Description
General colour: purple, red, green, yellow. Central image on a green ground is a building with two additions. Three chimneys, a crossed pole on the right behind, a stand with two oil drums on it at the front. The roof is red, the walls white and purple. In front are sixteen children and adults, two…
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
The Yellow Car 1971
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
40.8 x 50.8 cm
Description
General colour: purple, red, green, yellow. Central image on a green ground is a building with two additions. Three chimneys, a crossed pole on the right behind, a stand with two oil drums on it at the front. The roof is red, the walls white and purple. In front are sixteen children and adults, two black dogs and a black cat, three crows picking at garbage near an overturned oil drum at right. The sky is purple with a red sun. On the horizon line at the right side is a yellow car up on blocks.
Subject
architecture, urban
figure, group
automobile
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.02
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