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First Time Bean Pods

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1885 – 1885

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.01

Description: This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the…

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: First Time Bean Pods

Date: 1885 – 1885

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 33.5 cm

Description: This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the bottom of the branch.

Subject: botanical; bean pods

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.01

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Untitled [Cucumber, Its Flower, Vine, Leaf]

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.02

Description: This drawing features a cucumber, and it vine with leaves. There is a slight green tint at the top of the Cucumber, and a yellow colour for one of its flowers. The vine starts in the trc of the paper and slopes to the blc.

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: Untitled [Cucumber, Its Flower, Vine, Leaf]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 21.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: This drawing features a cucumber, and it vine with leaves. There is a slight green tint at the top of the Cucumber, and a yellow colour for one of its flowers. The vine starts in the trc of the paper and slopes to the blc.

Subject: botanical; cucumber

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.02

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Ink Leaves

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Date: 1883 – 1883

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.01

Description: an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Title: Ink Leaves

Date: 1883 – 1883

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.

Subject: botanical; leaves

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

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.01

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Untitled [Leaves and Flower]

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.03

Description: This drawing features a curious looking portion of a plant. It extends with soft lines from the brc to the tlc. At the top of this extended branch is a dark pointy leaf, and under this leaf is a branch of blossoms with pale yellow centers.

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: Untitled [Leaves and Flower]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 32.2 cm

Description: This drawing features a curious looking portion of a plant. It extends with soft lines from the brc to the tlc. At the top of this extended branch is a dark pointy leaf, and under this leaf is a branch of blossoms with pale yellow centers.

Subject: Botanical

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.03

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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Title: Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32 x 35 cm

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

Subject: botanical; willow branches; landscape; moon

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

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

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Untitled [Insect and Basket]

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Artist: Hobun Tani

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TaH.03.01

Description: A brown insect with long antenna’s is inside of a basket. The basket has four sides with lines going across to form a trap of sorts and is quite tall. There are green leaves around the basket, with little blue flowers or berries on them.

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Artist: Hobun Tani

Title: Untitled [Insect and Basket]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: A brown insect with long antenna’s is inside of a basket. The basket has four sides with lines going across to form a trap of sorts and is quite tall. There are green leaves around the basket, with little blue flowers or berries on them.

Subject: still life; basket; insect; leaves

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

Catalogue Number: TaH.03.01

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Untitled [Emblem]

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Artist: Takahashi

Date: 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BoA.03.01

Description: Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.

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Artist: Takahashi

Title: Untitled [Emblem]

Date: 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 18.0 x 32.5 cm

Description: Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.

Subject: design; fishing float

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

Catalogue Number: BoA.03.01

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Untitled [two egg plants]

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Artist: Umehala Kolyo

Date: 1884 – 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KoU.03.01

Description: an ink drawing featuring two eggplants which are both shaded in darkly, and one line drawing of a marrow vegetable. This line drawn vegetable is placed behind the largest eggplant. The drawing is set towards the bottom right of the paper. A 9cm x approx. 9cm piece is torn from the bottom right c…

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Artist: Umehala Kolyo

Title: Untitled [two egg plants]

Date: 1884 – 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: an ink drawing featuring two eggplants which are both shaded in darkly, and one line drawing of a marrow vegetable. This line drawn vegetable is placed behind the largest eggplant. The drawing is set towards the bottom right of the paper. A 9cm x approx. 9cm piece is torn from the bottom right corner.

Subject: still life; vegetables; eggplant

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

Catalogue Number: KoU.03.01

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Untitled

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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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Indian Life 1952

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Date: 1952

Medium: felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.01

Description: Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Title: Indian Life 1952

Date: 1952

Medium: felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper

Dimensions: 45.0 x 56.0 cm

Description: Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.

Subject: figure; group; ceremonial

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

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.01

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Card Sketches

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1951 – 1959

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.01

Description: TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Card Sketches

Date: 1951 – 1959

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.0 cm

Description: TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.

Subject: landscape; Christmas

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

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.01

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Prairie Highway

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Artist: William Townsend (1909 – 1973, British)

Date: 1951 – 1972

Medium: oil pastel on paper (sketchbook)

Catalogue Number: ToW.03.01

Description: Blacktop highway covers bottom of picture going to center right, a yellow line runs in middle; yellow beside road, brown hills on either side, red on horizon, blue over the red, very sketchy.

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Artist: William Townsend (1909 – 1973, British)

Title: Prairie Highway

Date: 1951 – 1972

Medium: oil pastel on paper (sketchbook)

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.5 cm

Description: Blacktop highway covers bottom of picture going to center right, a yellow line runs in middle; yellow beside road, brown hills on either side, red on horizon, blue over the red, very sketchy.

Subject: landscape, prairie

Credit: Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1984

Catalogue Number: ToW.03.01

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Moose at water's edge

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: felt pen; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.03

Description: The foreground is a green grass and tree rimmed lake, a moose enters the lake near centre edge, grey mountains in background, light blue sky, large white cloud covers most of sky, edge of another cloud at right border

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Title: Moose at water's edge

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: felt pen; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 42.5 cm

Description: The foreground is a green grass and tree rimmed lake, a moose enters the lake near centre edge, grey mountains in background, light blue sky, large white cloud covers most of sky, edge of another cloud at right border

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal; moose

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

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.03

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Untitled

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.34

Description: Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1957

Medium: crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.4 x 37.0 cm

Description: Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.