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Chief John Hunter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchg.03.02
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.02
- Description
- Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corne…
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- Title
- Chief John Hunter
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Description
- Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corner, trees are visible. Above them are loosely drawn mountains. The sky is green (light and dark) and mauve.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Chief John Hunter
- Credit
- Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.02
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Cowboy at Brewster Ranch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcmd.03.01
- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.01
- Description
- A pastel chalk drawing on brown paper. The drawing is a portrait of a young cowboy seated. The boy is wearing a blue shirt with a white scarf and tan chaps. He is sitting on a push foot stool that has a salmon-coloured throw over it. In the background behind the boy is a black and white cowhide han…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Cowboy at Brewster Ranch
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A pastel chalk drawing on brown paper. The drawing is a portrait of a young cowboy seated. The boy is wearing a blue shirt with a white scarf and tan chaps. He is sitting on a push foot stool that has a salmon-coloured throw over it. In the background behind the boy is a black and white cowhide hanging on the wall. There is a black chalk line border, 33 x 23 cm, around the drawing. the artist signature and date are in the bottom left hand corner, “DORIS CORMIE 8/23/33”.
- Subject
- cowboy
- ranch
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.01
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Power Dam near Calgary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcmd.03.02
- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.02
- Description
- A pastel landscape drawing on brown paper. A large cement dam at left, reaching past the centre dominates the drawing. In the background the sky is a pale blue. The large, grey dam has white water rushing through on the viewer’s right. On the same side of the drawing, extending out of frame, is a …
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Power Dam near Calgary
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 38.5 cm
- Description
- A pastel landscape drawing on brown paper. A large cement dam at left, reaching past the centre dominates the drawing. In the background the sky is a pale blue. The large, grey dam has white water rushing through on the viewer’s right. On the same side of the drawing, extending out of frame, is a large brown rock with yellow and orange highlites. In the foreground is blue water with white highlites. The artist signature is written in the bottom right corner in pencil. Au verso, written in very faint pencil in the top right corner is, “Doris Cormie 23 Aug 1933”.
- Subject
- dam
- architecture
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.02
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Untitled [Native Man]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchg.03.01
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.01
- Description
- A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right…
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- Title
- Untitled [Native Man]
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Description
- A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner. Behind his shoulder on the left, a tipi is visible. Smoke is coming out of the top of it. Brown, craggy mountains are visible across the horizon. The sky moves up from yellow to green to blue. Clouds at the top of the image are orange.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.01
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Untitled [Portrait of Sonia]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.03.14
- Date
- c. 1951
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.14
- Description
- Pastel drawing of young female age 5 years old wearing a blue/green shirt
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- Title
- Untitled [Portrait of Sonia]
- Date
- c. 1951
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- Pastel drawing of young female age 5 years old wearing a blue/green shirt
- Subject
- portrait
- Sonia De Grandmaison
- child
- Credit
- Gift of David Duffin, De Winton, 2019
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.14
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Untitled [Sacred Owl]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.03.10
- Date
- c. 1950
- Medium
- pastel on sandpaper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.10
- Description
- Pastel portrait of a First Nations man who is facing toward the left of the piece. The man is resting his face on his hand and he is visible from only the neck up. On his head he is wearing a red kerchief. His hair is in two braids, the one on the left of his head is only slightly visible, the o…
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- Title
- Untitled [Sacred Owl]
- Date
- c. 1950
- Medium
- pastel on sandpaper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Pastel portrait of a First Nations man who is facing toward the left of the piece. The man is resting his face on his hand and he is visible from only the neck up. On his head he is wearing a red kerchief. His hair is in two braids, the one on the left of his head is only slightly visible, the one on the right is completely visible. He is wearing a blue scarf or tie around his neck. Identified by Rod Green at Masters Gallery as Sacred Owl.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Sacred Owl
- Credit
- Gift of Caroline Harris-Andrews, Kingston, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.10
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Untitled (Young First Nations Child)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactoxd.03.02
- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- pastel chalk on paper
- Catalogue Number
- OxD.03.02
- Description
- Pastel portrait of an Indigenous child. The child’s long hair is in braids, and she wears a beaded headband, with triangles of yellow and blue. Her shirt is yellow, with a white collar, and she wears purple beads around her neck.
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- Title
- Untitled (Young First Nations Child)
- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- pastel chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- 24 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- Pastel portrait of an Indigenous child. The child’s long hair is in braids, and she wears a beaded headband, with triangles of yellow and blue. Her shirt is yellow, with a white collar, and she wears purple beads around her neck.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- child
- portrait
- Credit
- Gift of Roy Dundas, Executor- Roy B. and Delores M. Dundas Family Trust, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- OxD.03.02
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Untitled (Young First Nations Child)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactoxd.03.03
- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- pastel chalk on paper
- Catalogue Number
- OxD.03.03
- Description
- Pastel portrait of a young girl. She has black hair, in two braids, with bangs visible on the left side of her forehead, under her brown cowboy hat. She wears a red scarf with white dots around her neck. The child gazes at the viewer, unsmiling.
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- Title
- Untitled (Young First Nations Child)
- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- pastel chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- 24 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- Pastel portrait of a young girl. She has black hair, in two braids, with bangs visible on the left side of her forehead, under her brown cowboy hat. She wears a red scarf with white dots around her neck. The child gazes at the viewer, unsmiling.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- child
- portrait
- Credit
- Gift of Roy Dundas, Executor- Roy B. and Delores M. Dundas Family Trust, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- OxD.03.03
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