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Abraham Lake #3

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: Grl.01.07

Description: An oil sketch of a lake landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, blue and brown. The sky is dominated with thick grey strokes of colour. Surrounding the water at the top and bottom are thick strokes of green. The blue of the water is a streak across the middle of the work. The artist’s …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake #3

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a lake landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, blue and brown. The sky is dominated with thick grey strokes of colour. Surrounding the water at the top and bottom are thick strokes of green. The blue of the water is a streak across the middle of the work. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: Grl.01.07

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Abraham Lake/East

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake/East

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the trhc, “45/W”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

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Across the North Saskatchewan River/Shadows

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2003 – 2003

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.28

Description: An oil sketch of a landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, purple and beige. The upper third of the piece is in green, red and beige, with the shadows of the trees depicted as red lines. The majority of the canvas centre is grey, with a variety of colours on the right centre. The artis…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Across the North Saskatchewan River/Shadows

Date: 2003 – 2003

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 40.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, purple and beige. The upper third of the piece is in green, red and beige, with the shadows of the trees depicted as red lines. The majority of the canvas centre is grey, with a variety of colours on the right centre. The artist’s signature is in the blhc in purple paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “47/R”.

Subject: landscape; river; shadow

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2007

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.28

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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.39

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of cloud…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of blue, above which there are a series of vertical forms in green, blue and grey which could represent trees. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in orange paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/W”.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.39

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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #2

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.40

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple and beige. The sky is composed of swirls of grey , and the mountain on the left rises high into the sky and runs low across the centre of the work towards the right. The lower third of thework is blue, with lines of mo…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #2

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple and beige. The sky is composed of swirls of grey , and the mountain on the left rises high into the sky and runs low across the centre of the work towards the right. The lower third of thework is blue, with lines of mottled green and beige. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in purple paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/X”.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.40

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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #3

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.41

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple, green and beige. From the left side of the image raises a grey mountain in light and dark grey sections. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that sugg…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #3

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple, green and beige. From the left side of the image raises a grey mountain in light and dark grey sections. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of grey-blue, above which there is a line of green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/Y”.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.41

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Bow Lake Study #1

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.20

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, blue, yellow and purple. The top section of the image represents the mountains, rendered with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The bottom third of the image represents the water, which is also intersected with ver…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake Study #1

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, blue, yellow and purple. The top section of the image represents the mountains, rendered with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The bottom third of the image represents the water, which is also intersected with vertical lines on the right of the piece. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in red paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/P”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.20

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Bow Lake Study #4

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.19

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are blue, green, purple, orange and brown. The piece is dominated by one mountain, painted in a variety of colours. The bottom third of the image is blue. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint. Au verso, written in black ink …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake Study #4

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are blue, green, purple, orange and brown. The piece is dominated by one mountain, painted in a variety of colours. The bottom third of the image is blue. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/S”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.19

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Bow Lake Study #5

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.18

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are white, blue, purple and green. The top of the image is blue, with grey clouds. The mountains are represented in the centre of the image in tones of purple, white and blue. The bottom third of the image is a mixture of purple and green. …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake Study #5

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are white, blue, purple and green. The top of the image is blue, with grey clouds. The mountains are represented in the centre of the image in tones of purple, white and blue. The bottom third of the image is a mixture of purple and green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/T”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; forest; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.18

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Glacier Study #1

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2006 – 2006

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.46

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, green, purple and beige. The sky is a solid wash of blue, and the remainder of the work is a mixture of shades, prominently green on the left, beige closer to the sky, and purple mixed with green on the right. One of the moun…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Glacier Study #1

Date: 2006 – 2006

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, green, purple and beige. The sky is a solid wash of blue, and the remainder of the work is a mixture of shades, prominently green on the left, beige closer to the sky, and purple mixed with green on the right. One of the mountains on the left is highlighted with a stroke of orange. The glacier is in the centre right of the image. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in blue paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “50/A-3”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; glacier

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.46

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.156

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a five-petal flower with a leafy stem.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 31.7 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a five-petal flower with a leafy stem.

Subject: flower, stem, leaves

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.156

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.140

Description: Japanese ink drawing of various teardrop-shaped forms and leaves of different shapes and sizes, with a dark diagonal branch cutting through the middle of the composition.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 34.6 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing of various teardrop-shaped forms and leaves of different shapes and sizes, with a dark diagonal branch cutting through the middle of the composition.

Subject: leaves, branches

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.140

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.155

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a six-petal flower with a leafy stem.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 32.5 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a six-petal flower with a leafy stem.

Subject: flower, stem

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.155

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.157

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring a mixed composition of horizontally lain sticks, circular leaves, and a upright Baby’s Breath on the right side.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 31.7 x 33.5 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring a mixed composition of horizontally lain sticks, circular leaves, and a upright Baby’s Breath on the right side.