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Chief John Hunter

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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

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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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

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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Untitled [Native Man]

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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

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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Artist: Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)

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]

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

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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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

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]

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

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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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

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.