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Animalia Capillary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.05.21
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.21
- Description
- Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Animalia Capillary
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 17.9 cm
- Description
- Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
- Subject
- animals, whimsey
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.21
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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54193
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
- 1975
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
- GMD
- Poster
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 3 Posters: colour, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.
- Notes
- Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"
- Name Access
- di Michelino, Domenico
- Vermeer
- Subject Access
- Midwestern Rail Association
- Trains
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Arts
- Painting
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- Latin
- Conservation
- Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.10
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- aquatec stain on raw cotton
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.10
- Description
- Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank excep…
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- Title
- Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- aquatec stain on raw cotton
- Dimensions
- 93.9 x 205.7 cm
- Description
- Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank except for signature and date.
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.10
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Canada Classic: Roaded Sunset
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.12.07
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.07
- Description
- A mountain peak with a small section of snow sits at the bottom of the work. A small segment of road painted in brown with a white line runs toward the mountain. The sky is painted in a wash of different shades of deep red.
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- Title
- Canada Classic: Roaded Sunset
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 127 x 115.5 cm
- Description
- A mountain peak with a small section of snow sits at the bottom of the work. A small segment of road painted in brown with a white line runs toward the mountain. The sky is painted in a wash of different shades of deep red.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.07
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Christmas Card ‘87
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.19
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.19
- Description
- “‘87” written at bottom right. “Sinclairs” written on inside.
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- Title
- Christmas Card ‘87
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “‘87” written at bottom right. “Sinclairs” written on inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.19
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Christmas Card ‘88
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.20
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.20
- Description
- “’88” written at bottom right. “Sinclairs” written on inside.
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- Title
- Christmas Card ‘88
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “’88” written at bottom right. “Sinclairs” written on inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.20
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Christmas Card ‘89
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.21
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.21
- Description
- “’89” written at bottom left. “the Sinclairs” written inside, with two dots of orange paint.
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- Title
- Christmas Card ‘89
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “’89” written at bottom left. “the Sinclairs” written inside, with two dots of orange paint.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.21
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- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.12
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 80” written at bottom right. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS 80
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 80” written at bottom right. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.12
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.13
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 81” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS 81
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 81” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.13
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- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.14
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 82” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS 82
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 82” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.14
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.15
- Description
- “CHRST’MS 83” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRST’MS 83
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRST’MS 83” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.15
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- Date
- 1984
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.16
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘84” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS ‘84
- Date
- 1984
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘84” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.16
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- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.17
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘85” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS ‘85
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘85” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.17
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- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.18
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘86” written at bottom right. “the Sinclairs” written on inside. “Mount Rundle” written at back bottom centre.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS ‘86
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS ‘86” written at bottom right. “the Sinclairs” written on inside. “Mount Rundle” written at back bottom centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.18
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CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.16
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- watercolor on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.16
- Description
- Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.
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- Title
- CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- watercolor on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 45.6 x 60.7 cm
- Description
- Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.16
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Cut Paper Card
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.49
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.49
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- Title
- Cut Paper Card
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.49
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Fog Run (Reno, USA)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.61
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour and graphite on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.61
- Description
- Mountain cliffs on left and right at bottom, with green grass on either side of road running through. Top left and right of work has small segments of mountain or cliff suggested.
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- Title
- Fog Run (Reno, USA)
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour and graphite on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 151.9 x 51.2 cm
- Description
- Mountain cliffs on left and right at bottom, with green grass on either side of road running through. Top left and right of work has small segments of mountain or cliff suggested.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.61
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Folded Mountain Hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.12.15
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain; Aquatec Matt Varnish on raw cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.15
- Description
- The sky is painted in shades of red and pink. The bottom third of the canvas is composed of rolling mountains, with one highlight of snow at the back centre peak.
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- Title
- Folded Mountain Hills
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain; Aquatec Matt Varnish on raw cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 127 x 152.4 cm
- Description
- The sky is painted in shades of red and pink. The bottom third of the canvas is composed of rolling mountains, with one highlight of snow at the back centre peak.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.15
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Foothills Road
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.48
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.48
- Description
- “’Foothills Road’ c. 1989 Sinclair B. P. Sculpture Proposal (1/4” Float Glass).”
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- Title
- Foothills Road
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “’Foothills Road’ c. 1989 Sinclair B. P. Sculpture Proposal (1/4” Float Glass).”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.48
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.02
- Description
- Big sky scene with road through badlands; top 3/4 is sky, very delicately coloured, slight reddish tint at horizon off into yellow and a very slight blue tinge at the top; a brown road with a white stripe down the centre undulates through green topped badlands; blc is white with pencil lines indica…
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- Title
- Forced Entry
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 60.4 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- Big sky scene with road through badlands; top 3/4 is sky, very delicately coloured, slight reddish tint at horizon off into yellow and a very slight blue tinge at the top; a brown road with a white stripe down the centre undulates through green topped badlands; blc is white with pencil lines indicating side of mesa; the picture is outlined with pencil;
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.02
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