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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
Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959)
Date
c. 1917
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BxA.05.01
Description
Colour: green, blue. A green valley with a peak at the left and a ridge at the right. Two peaks in the distance at center meet blue sky with two clouds.
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Artist
Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1917
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. A green valley with a peak at the left and a ridge at the right. Two peaks in the distance at center meet blue sky with two clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Canmore area
Credit
Gift of T. (Mrs.) B. Williams, Victoria, 1970
Catalogue Number
BxA.05.01
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
Medusa cement [self-setting]
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.02
Description
Colour: white. This is a bas-relief of a pack horse facing right standing in grass.Modelled ca. 1931 for Tex Woods, a packer and guide in Banff, for gable on house on Spray Avenue. Taken off house in 1977 by Ray Haimila. He had permission to cast 14 bronzes plus 1 Aluminum on the condition that he …
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
The Pack Horse
Date
1931
Medium
Medusa cement [self-setting]
Dimensions
36.0 x 46.0 cm
Description
Colour: white. This is a bas-relief of a pack horse facing right standing in grass.Modelled ca. 1931 for Tex Woods, a packer and guide in Banff, for gable on house on Spray Avenue. Taken off house in 1977 by Ray Haimila. He had permission to cast 14 bronzes plus 1 Aluminum on the condition that he present the master cast to the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation. He presented 1 bronze to the Senior Citizen’s Home in Canmore; sold the others.
Subject
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Raymond Haimila, Canmore, 1985
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.02
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View of Goat Mountain

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent t…
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
View of Goat Mountain
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.3 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated across the country for two years.
Subject
landscape, lake, mountain
Vermilion Lake ?
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
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Lady Slipper, Sicamous

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Artist
Mary Black
Date
1911
Medium
grass; fireweed on paper
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.02
Description
Yellow brown plants. Several stems, the leaves are near the bottom, sic pods throughout. Upper part mostly bare paper.
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Artist
Mary Black
Title
Lady Slipper, Sicamous
Date
1911
Medium
grass; fireweed on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Yellow brown plants. Several stems, the leaves are near the bottom, sic pods throughout. Upper part mostly bare paper.
Subject
botanical
grass
stems
leaves
Credit
Gift of Fern Brewster Dooley, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.02
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Artist
Mary Black
Date
1911
Medium
dried flowers; grass; butterfly on paper
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.01
Description
Two fire weed plants run the length and tilt to the right at the top. A butterfly hangs upside down in the upperleft corner. General colour-brown on soft grey white.
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Artist
Mary Black
Title
Fireweed
Date
1911
Medium
dried flowers; grass; butterfly on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Two fire weed plants run the length and tilt to the right at the top. A butterfly hangs upside down in the upperleft corner. General colour-brown on soft grey white.
Subject
botanical
fireweed
animal
butterfly
Credit
Gift of Fern Brewster Dooley, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.01
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26 x 19 cm
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
Subject
NWMP
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BrH.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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Artist
Fredrick S. Chattuses
Date
1911
Medium
conté on paper
Catalogue Number
ChF.03.01
Description
Colour: black on white. A man facing right sits at a table lighted by a single lamp hanging above right.
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Artist
Fredrick S. Chattuses
Title
Untitled
Date
1911
Medium
conté on paper
Dimensions
48.7 x 33.6 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. A man facing right sits at a table lighted by a single lamp hanging above right.
Subject
figure, male
Credit
Gift of W. (family) Painter, 1975
Catalogue Number
ChF.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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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Bogside Scotland
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.25 x 18.75 cm
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
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Valley of the Ten Peaks

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Artist
Kenneth Keith Forbes (1892 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
FoK.02.01
Description
General colour: tans, purples. There is a glacier at the center top of the canvas. A lake in the bottom right corner. Scree and trees fill lower third. Two bits of sky at the top. Major pat of the canvas is rock face of the mountain.
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Artist
Kenneth Keith Forbes (1892 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Valley of the Ten Peaks
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
46.9 x 59.9 cm
Description
General colour: tans, purples. There is a glacier at the center top of the canvas. A lake in the bottom right corner. Scree and trees fill lower third. Two bits of sky at the top. Major pat of the canvas is rock face of the mountain.
Subject
landscape, mountain
landscape, Valley of the Ten Peaks
Credit
Purchased from Christie's of Canada, Toronto, 1970
Catalogue Number
FoK.02.01
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