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Untitled [Two Men in Canoes]

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Artist
Frank Weston Benson (1862 – 1951, American)
Date
1925
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
BnF.04.01
Description
Two men in two canoes pulled up on the left bank of a river which runs from lower right corner across to near the upper left corner where there are trees. The far bank goes up into the upper right corner. The sky is seen in the upper left area.
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Artist
Frank Weston Benson (1862 – 1951, American)
Title
Untitled [Two Men in Canoes]
Date
1925
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
29.7 x 19.8 cm
Description
Two men in two canoes pulled up on the left bank of a river which runs from lower right corner across to near the upper left corner where there are trees. The far bank goes up into the upper right corner. The sky is seen in the upper left area.
Subject
figure
landscape
figure, men
landscape, river
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
BnF.04.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Umagaesh, from the series Ten Views of Mount Fuji

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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.01
Description
Colour: charcoal grey, brown, purple. A dark slope slanting down from left to right. Has figures and horses dispersed across the bottom and up the left side. It fills the lower two thirds Behind and beyond is a mountain peak and pink clouded blue sky.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Umagaesh, from the series Ten Views of Mount Fuji
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
37.4 x 24.7 cm
Description
Colour: charcoal grey, brown, purple. A dark slope slanting down from left to right. Has figures and horses dispersed across the bottom and up the left side. It fills the lower two thirds Behind and beyond is a mountain peak and pink clouded blue sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
figure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.01
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Fujiyama - Early Morning

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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1928
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.06
Description
Colour: mauve grey, orange. Looking down from a great height, on cloud cover over distant mountains. A few peaks can be seen. In the lower corner is a rock cliff with eleven climbers on it. The early morning light is bursting onto the horizon at the top of the picture.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Fujiyama - Early Morning
Date
1928
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.8 x 37.5 cm
Description
Colour: mauve grey, orange. Looking down from a great height, on cloud cover over distant mountains. A few peaks can be seen. In the lower corner is a rock cliff with eleven climbers on it. The early morning light is bursting onto the horizon at the top of the picture.
Subject
skyscape
mountain
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.06
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.004
Description
Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seven Teepees
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
56.0 x 152.5 cm
Description
Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
figure
group
teepee
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.004
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.135
Description
Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Shanghai
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is in the lower right corner.
Subject
architecture
urban
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.135
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.139
Description
Colour: blue, purple, yellow. In the lower left corner, a section of sail can be seen. In the middleof the water on the lower right side is he frontal view of a boat. Two boats are pulld up to the dock on te left and center halfway up. Purple hills are seen behind and blue sky above.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Junks
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
9 x 11 cm
Description
Colour: blue, purple, yellow. In the lower left corner, a section of sail can be seen. In the middleof the water on the lower right side is he frontal view of a boat. Two boats are pulld up to the dock on te left and center halfway up. Purple hills are seen behind and blue sky above.
Subject
seascape
transportation
mountains
figure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.139
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Teepees at Banff Indian Days

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.056
Description
Colour: blue, red, yellow, green, tan. Five teepees (the center three going into the distance) with figures grouped around them fills the lower two thirds. The edge of a sixth teepee can be seen in the lower night corner. Behind is a bank of green trees and beyond a blue mountain side and sky in th…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Teepees at Banff Indian Days
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, red, yellow, green, tan. Five teepees (the center three going into the distance) with figures grouped around them fills the lower two thirds. The edge of a sixth teepee can be seen in the lower night corner. Behind is a bank of green trees and beyond a blue mountain side and sky in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
camp
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.056
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Plantation Houses, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.046
Description
Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the righ…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Plantation Houses, Hawaii
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the right edge is a building, a line of laundry, another building back further. Behind these is a dark green forest.
Subject
architecture
rural
figure
group
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.046
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Pete's "Grandmother"

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.018
Description
Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are d…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Pete's "Grandmother"
Date
1925 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.4 x 101.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are distant mountains and clear blue sky across the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.018
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Skiing the High Country

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.006
Description
Colour: blue. A ski trail comes up from the lower right across to center where there are three figures going over the crest of the hill. Behind are peaks and slopes meeting a bright sky which becomes darker near the top. The sky fills a little less than two thirds of the picture.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Skiing the High Country
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
53 x 64 cm
Description
Colour: blue. A ski trail comes up from the lower right across to center where there are three figures going over the crest of the hill. Behind are peaks and slopes meeting a bright sky which becomes darker near the top. The sky fills a little less than two thirds of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.006
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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Filling in the Bathtubs
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
100.1 x 74.6 cm
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
activity
skiing
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.007
Description
Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Deception Pass
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.5 x 70.6 cm
Description
Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are snowy peaks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.007
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.019
Description
Colour: dark grey, blue, orange. In the foreground is a teepee at the left and right sides. The fires within glow through the tents. In between twelve more teepees are situated forming a partial circle around the central area where there are figures moving around in the darkness. Behind are hills a…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Stoney Camp at Dusk
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
59.0 x 160.9 cm
Description
Colour: dark grey, blue, orange. In the foreground is a teepee at the left and right sides. The fires within glow through the tents. In between twelve more teepees are situated forming a partial circle around the central area where there are figures moving around in the darkness. Behind are hills and mountains and blue sky which becomes dark grey with yellow streaks. Smoke can be seen coming out of the top flaps.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
figure
group
camp
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.019
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.023
Description
Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banyan Tree, Bali
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.
Subject
landscape
architecture
figure
group
Pacific
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.023
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1940
Medium
Bronze
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.17
Description
This bronze cast trophy features a downhill skier. It is a relief sculpture with the skier and skies emerging out of a 2 inch slab of bronze which is shaped like a mountain on the top. The portion the skier is skiing on comes out approx. 4 inches from the bronze slab, and angles down at a 45 degr…
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Trophy]
Date
prior to 1940
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
58.0 x 27.0 cm
Description
This bronze cast trophy features a downhill skier. It is a relief sculpture with the skier and skies emerging out of a 2 inch slab of bronze which is shaped like a mountain on the top. The portion the skier is skiing on comes out approx. 4 inches from the bronze slab, and angles down at a 45 degree angle mimiking a mountain ski trail.The skier is facing left, bent at the knees and waist, with poles up and back. He is wearing a hat and gazes strait ahead. This sits on a black wooden base with a plaque in centre and 12 individual name plaques.
Subject
Activity
skiing
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Clifford J. White, Victoria, 1999
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.17
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Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
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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Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
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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Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
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…
Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
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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Artist
Henry Ayn
Date
c. 1925
Medium
gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
AyH.07.01
Description
Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady …
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Artist
Henry Ayn
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1925
Medium
gouache on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 24.0 cm
Description
Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady is wearing a dark dress and the other is wearing a lighter coloured dress.Both women are wearing head covers of some type.
Subject
figure
female
animal
duck
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AyH.07.01
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Untitled [Saddle horse in snow]

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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
c. 1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BeC.04.35
Description
A saddle horse, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied, is facing left, standing in snow. A snow covered cabin is to the centre left, smoke is coming out of chimney. A very slight indication of a mountain is evident in background behind cabin.
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Saddle horse in snow]
Date
c. 1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
6.3 x 9.8 cm
Description
A saddle horse, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied, is facing left, standing in snow. A snow covered cabin is to the centre left, smoke is coming out of chimney. A very slight indication of a mountain is evident in background behind cabin.
Subject
animal
horse
figure
male
cowboy
architecture
cabin
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
BeC.04.35
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Downhill Skier
Date
1937
Dimensions
29.0 x 9.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2.5 cm high. The whole sculpture, excluding the poles, is painted silver.
Subject
figure
skier
activity
skiing
Credit
Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
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