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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 651
- Peter or Catharine Whyte 148
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 100
- Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 37
- Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian) 29
- Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian) 26
- Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American) 20
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 17
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 16
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 16
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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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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1975
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.08
- Description
- Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1975
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 15.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.08
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.83
- Description
- A free standing block on which are carved two faces each side (front and back) the whalebone is a mottled colour and irregular in texture, one side the larger face is on top, other side the larger face is on the bottom, each expression is different, the features are stylized but distinct.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 11.0 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- A free standing block on which are carved two faces each side (front and back) the whalebone is a mottled colour and irregular in texture, one side the larger face is on top, other side the larger face is on the bottom, each expression is different, the features are stylized but distinct.
- Subject
- mythological
- faces
- Credit
- Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.83
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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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.03
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Untitled [Poster of Geisha]
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1878 – 1878
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.07 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features 7 women in a room with a brightly coloured floral rug (red,white and green) a large window spreads through all three panels, through which can be seen land with buildings and water. It is snowing out side. Most of the women have musical instruments. Next to each woman is a…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled [Poster of Geisha]
- Date
- 1878 – 1878
- Medium
- print on paper
- Description
- This triptych features 7 women in a room with a brightly coloured floral rug (red,white and green) a large window spreads through all three panels, through which can be seen land with buildings and water. It is snowing out side. Most of the women have musical instruments. Next to each woman is a descriptor of their role in Japanese. In the first panel are two women standing facing to their own right. The centre panel features three women sitting; two facing left, one right. 2 of these women have musical instruments. The third panel features two women sitting facing left. A green panel is behind them with a scroll on the far wall.
- Subject
- gathering
- figures
- women;Geisha
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.07 a-c
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1880
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.15
- Description
- on a rather square piece of thin rice paper is a small shape approx. 5cm x 5cm. It sits to the centre right of the page and centre bottom. The shape in unidentifiable, and is made of of 2 types of brush strokes. The ‘body’ of the shape has thick brush strokes that move inward. the top of the sh…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1880
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- on a rather square piece of thin rice paper is a small shape approx. 5cm x 5cm. It sits to the centre right of the page and centre bottom. The shape in unidentifiable, and is made of of 2 types of brush strokes. The ‘body’ of the shape has thick brush strokes that move inward. the top of the shape is a thin solid line that sits on top of the shape. On top of this line is a small triangle. On the bottom left of the shape a small strait line juts out, and curves a little at the bottom
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.15
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A view of Boston
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- A view of Boston
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.3 x 48.0 cm
- Subject
- architecture, urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Bird Tree
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1955
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.10
- Description
- A seated man, carved out of wood, wearing a loin cloth. He is in the lotus position with his head thrown back.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Seated Man
- Date
- c. 1955
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 14.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A seated man, carved out of wood, wearing a loin cloth. He is in the lotus position with his head thrown back.
- Subject
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.10
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.01.01
- Title
- Oil Sketches
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 30.2 cm
- Subject
- portrait
- still life
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.01.01
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Figure Studies
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- Date
- 1924 – 1932
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.03.044
- Description
- Figure study of female dressed in harem pants and top with headwear. Two studies on front, standing figure on left and seated figure with crossed legs on right.
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- Title
- Figure Studies
- Date
- 1924 – 1932
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.6 x 48.1 cm
- Description
- Figure study of female dressed in harem pants and top with headwear. Two studies on front, standing figure on left and seated figure with crossed legs on right.
- Subject
- figure
- still life;
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.03.044
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- poster paint on board
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.11.01
- Description
- These illustrations were part of Edmee Moore's (daughter of Col. & Mrs. Pearl Moore) training at art school. It is difficult to ascertain which school they were done at, as Edmee attended schools in Boston, New York, Chicago and London, while accompanying her parents on her father's lecture tours f…
- Title
- Illustrations
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- poster paint on board
- Dimensions
- 23.0;66.0 x 27.6;46.0 cm
- Description
- These illustrations were part of Edmee Moore's (daughter of Col. & Mrs. Pearl Moore) training at art school. It is difficult to ascertain which school they were done at, as Edmee attended schools in Boston, New York, Chicago and London, while accompanying her parents on her father's lecture tours for the C.P.R.
- Subject
- figure
- still life
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.11.01
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Eagle Feeding Young
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Eagle Feeding Young
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 45.7 x 65.5 cm
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- John Brewster
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
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Profile of a Young Girl
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.02
- Description
- A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Profile of a Young Girl
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.02
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1920 – 1922
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.34 a-c
- Description
- Three seals made out of ivory, smallest 1.5 cm, largest 4.2 cm. There is a small hole through each indicating that they were once strung.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Seals
- Date
- 1920 – 1922
- Description
- Three seals made out of ivory, smallest 1.5 cm, largest 4.2 cm. There is a small hole through each indicating that they were once strung.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.34 a-c
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1930
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.43
- Description
- grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bird
- Date
- c. 1930
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.43
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1960 – 1965
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.30
- Description
- Two figures on a dog sled, on land, surrounded by animals. Two poles are used at the back of the sealskin for hanging purposes.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- ca. 1960 – 1965
- Dimensions
- 95.0 x 168.0 cm
- Description
- Two figures on a dog sled, on land, surrounded by animals. Two poles are used at the back of the sealskin for hanging purposes.
- Credit
- Gift of Nikki MacKenzie, Saanichton, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.30
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Figure Studies
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- Date
- 1924 – 1932
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.03.045
- Description
- Figure study of older figure and young child. Left study - older figure seated and young child standing beside holding hand (?) with older figure. Right Study - older figure seated and young child seated on lap, facing left.
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- Title
- Figure Studies
- Date
- 1924 – 1932
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.6 x 48.1 cm
- Description
- Figure study of older figure and young child. Left study - older figure seated and young child standing beside holding hand (?) with older figure. Right Study - older figure seated and young child seated on lap, facing left.
- Subject
- figure
- still life
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.03.045
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Figure Studies
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- Date
- 1924 – 1932
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.03.046
- Description
- Three figure studies of nude woman in various positions. Left figure - lunging with right foot and hand covering head bent down. Middle figure - top centre, seated position, almost cross legged. Right figure - bottom right, standing position.
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- Title
- Figure Studies
- Date
- 1924 – 1932
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.2 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- Three figure studies of nude woman in various positions. Left figure - lunging with right foot and hand covering head bent down. Middle figure - top centre, seated position, almost cross legged. Right figure - bottom right, standing position.
- Subject
- figure
- still life
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.03.046
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