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Abstract Sketch

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.02

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Abstract Sketch

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 8.3 cm

Subject: abstract; non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.02

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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.087

Description: Wildflowers and black trees in foreground, Athabasca Glacier in distance.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

Date: 1963

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 21.7 x 29.4 cm

Description: Wildflowers and black trees in foreground, Athabasca Glacier in distance.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.087

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Belly River near Monarch, Alberta

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.110

Description: Belly River in foreground.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Belly River near Monarch, Alberta

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 43.2 x 58.5 cm

Description: Belly River in foreground.

Subject: landscape; Southern Alberta; Belly River

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.110

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Bow Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

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Chin Coulee, Southern Alberta

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.108

Description: Oldman River runs through coulee.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Chin Coulee, Southern Alberta

Date: 1967

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 50.8 x 66.2 cm

Description: Oldman River runs through coulee.

Subject: landscape; Southern Alberta; Chin Coulee; Oldman River

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.108

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Christmas on the Ranch

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1961

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.20

Description: Four horses next to corral in winter. Falling snow on blue background.

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Christmas on the Ranch

Date: 1961

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 14.3 x 17.8 cm

Description: Four horses next to corral in winter. Falling snow on blue background.

Subject: season; winter; animal; horse

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.20

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Christmas, Refinery Row, Edmonton

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.049

Description: Abstract depiction of oil refineries lit up with Christmas lights.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Christmas, Refinery Row, Edmonton

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 13.6 x 15.8 cm

Description: Abstract depiction of oil refineries lit up with Christmas lights.

Subject: abstract; industry; oil refineries; activity; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.049

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Clouds

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: felt marker on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.08

Description: One central large facial image (on top of which is an arm and smaller face) under which is a beak and eye of a bird, two hands and a third and final facial image below that in the shape of a C off centre to the viewer’s left bottom. Vestiges of former drawing showing through.Au verso: “CLOUDS” brhc…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Clouds

Date: 1969

Medium: felt marker on paper

Dimensions: 30.8 x 45.6 cm

Description: One central large facial image (on top of which is an arm and smaller face) under which is a beak and eye of a bird, two hands and a third and final facial image below that in the shape of a C off centre to the viewer’s left bottom. Vestiges of former drawing showing through.Au verso: “CLOUDS” brhc encircled “35” topped by encircled “6”

Subject: face, human; animal, bird; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: StS.03.08

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Elephant

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.10

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Elephant

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 14.4 x 20.7 cm

Subject: animal, elephant

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.10

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The First Step Beyond

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.02

Description: Colour: black on white. A cowering figure at centre is surrounded by three hands at the right (one hand becoming a face) and a large face and two black figures to the left and above.Au verso: THE FIRST STEP BEYOND

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: The First Step Beyond

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.8 x 45.6 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. A cowering figure at centre is surrounded by three hands at the right (one hand becoming a face) and a large face and two black figures to the left and above.Au verso: THE FIRST STEP BEYOND

Subject: figure, male; mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: StS.03.02

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Foot of Three Sisters

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Foot of Three Sisters

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.7 x 65.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

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The Golden Range, Revelstoke, BC

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.022

Description: Foothills area makes up foreground of this mountain scene. Large rounded rocks poke up through the olive green ground. Several stands of trees are scattered across this area. Beyond the trees are craggy mountain peaks. Between the mountains and the trees, there appears to be a patch of mist tha…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: The Golden Range, Revelstoke, BC

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 33.9 x 40.7 cm

Description: Foothills area makes up foreground of this mountain scene. Large rounded rocks poke up through the olive green ground. Several stands of trees are scattered across this area. Beyond the trees are craggy mountain peaks. Between the mountains and the trees, there appears to be a patch of mist that runs across the print. The sky is soft blue at the top of the print and gets lighter as it moves towards the mountain tops.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; British Columbia; Revelstoke

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.022

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High Life

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1882

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.03.01

Description: A drawing (copy) of a dog sitting on the floor, back view with head turned to the left; he is sitting in front of a table with various things on top of it; drawn curtains in background, opened a little at the left, iron faceted window panes through which can be seen a tower with a flag. Hand writte…

Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: High Life

Date: 1882

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 48.0;61.2 x 36.2;50.7 cm

Description: A drawing (copy) of a dog sitting on the floor, back view with head turned to the left; he is sitting in front of a table with various things on top of it; drawn curtains in background, opened a little at the left, iron faceted window panes through which can be seen a tower with a flag. Hand written on the brown paper backing of the framed picture: Crayon Copy Mary Sharples 1880.

Subject: still life; animal, dog

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.03.01

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In the Afternoon sketch

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Artist: Robert Genn (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: c. 1967

Medium: graphite on pencil

Catalogue Number: GeR.03.01

Artist: Robert Genn (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: In the Afternoon sketch

Date: c. 1967

Medium: graphite on pencil

Dimensions: 29.9 x 22.5 cm

Subject: animal, horse; figure, group, boys

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

Catalogue Number: GeR.03.01

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John Brewster

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1870 – 1875

Medium: charcoal; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.01

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: John Brewster

Date: 1870 – 1875

Medium: charcoal; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 47.0 x 39.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.01

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Johnston’s Canyon, Banff

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.023

Description: A blue pool of water at the base of a waterfall at Johnston’s Canyon is in the bottom left corner. Ripples extend out from where the waterfall hits the pool. The pool is surrounded by brown rock walls. The blue waterfall flows over and between the rocks from the upper left area of the print.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Johnston’s Canyon, Banff

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 40.4 x 30.1 cm

Description: A blue pool of water at the base of a waterfall at Johnston’s Canyon is in the bottom left corner. Ripples extend out from where the waterfall hits the pool. The pool is surrounded by brown rock walls. The blue waterfall flows over and between the rocks from the upper left area of the print.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Johnston’s Canyon; waterfall

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.023

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Just Playing

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.04

Description: Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the bac…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Just Playing

Date: 1969

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 37.0 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the background are a gentle range of hills.Au verso printed in pencil “JUST PLAYING”, rhtc “115” encircled, blhc “20” encircled with “25” on top