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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.322
- Date
- c. 1911
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.322
- Description
- Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…
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- Title
- 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
- Date
- c. 1911
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.322
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Above Tree Line
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmal.06.01
- Date
- 1995
- Catalogue Number
- MaL.06.01
- Description
- An irregularly shaped vessel with various coloured clays juxtaposed to resemble land formations, sweeping upwards to approximately mid way. Lip is cut away to alter round shape. Also bottom edge is cut away in two places. Composed of 3 stoneware clays and porcelain - laminated, thrown and altere…
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- Title
- Above Tree Line
- Date
- 1995
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- An irregularly shaped vessel with various coloured clays juxtaposed to resemble land formations, sweeping upwards to approximately mid way. Lip is cut away to alter round shape. Also bottom edge is cut away in two places. Composed of 3 stoneware clays and porcelain - laminated, thrown and altered, glazed with a traditional Celedone glaze, fired in reduction cone 9. Post firing sand blasting with silver amalgam added in lamination separations to conclude the work in keeping with historical ceramic traditions.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Purchased from Leslie Manning, Elginburg, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- MaL.06.01
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Along Icefields Parkway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcud.18.26
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- ekta colour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CuD.18.26
- Description
- A lake dominates the picture; lower right corner are 2 men with fishing tackle; the far shore has a red roofed house; mountain behind with some snow; blue sky with white clouds; a colour photograph. A documentary photographic exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phill…
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- Title
- Along Icefields Parkway
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- ekta colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.7;40.5 x 46.5;50.7 cm
- Description
- A lake dominates the picture; lower right corner are 2 men with fishing tackle; the far shore has a red roofed house; mountain behind with some snow; blue sky with white clouds; a colour photograph. A documentary photographic exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery in response to Parks Canada Centennial celebration in 1985, and then donated to The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
- Credit
- Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- CuD.18.26
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Along Yuknes Trail
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- Artist
- Wilfred Lambert
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.17
- Description
- Woodblock print showing blocky grey mountain in foreground at right. Stylized wavy mountains in varying shades of brown and orange are in background at left with grey snow-capped peaks beyond. Handwritten in pencil at bottom left is “Along Yuknes Trail 3/10” with “Wilfred Lambert /80” at right. Red…
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- Artist
- Wilfred Lambert
- Title
- Along Yuknes Trail
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- Woodblock print showing blocky grey mountain in foreground at right. Stylized wavy mountains in varying shades of brown and orange are in background at left with grey snow-capped peaks beyond. Handwritten in pencil at bottom left is “Along Yuknes Trail 3/10” with “Wilfred Lambert /80” at right. Red “W” in circle is stamped at bottom right.
- Subject
- Mountains
- Lake O’Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Credit
- Gift of Tim Wake, Whistler, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.17
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Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.26
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.26
- Description
- A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
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- Title
- Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.26
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Alpine Meadows
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcwd.18.02
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- polaroid on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CwD.18.02
- Description
- Painted polaroid print, top left corner is white and blue sky, the rest of the picture is dark green with light greens, brown, yellow, indicating a meadow, some trees in foreground
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- Title
- Alpine Meadows
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- polaroid on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.8 x 8.8 cm
- Description
- Painted polaroid print, top left corner is white and blue sky, the rest of the picture is dark green with light greens, brown, yellow, indicating a meadow, some trees in foreground
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Diane Colwell
- Credit
- Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- CwD.18.02
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- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- watercolour sumi-e on rice paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.59
- Description
- A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.
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- Title
- Amaryllis #6
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- watercolour sumi-e on rice paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.59
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- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- watercolour on rice paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.69
- Description
- A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.
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- Title
- Amaryllis #9
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- watercolour on rice paper
- Dimensions
- 30.4 x 22.7 cm
- Description
- A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.69
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- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.01
- Description
- A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.
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- Title
- Andromeda
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.
- Subject
- mountains
- glaciers
- Mount Andromeda, Banff
- Credit
- Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.01
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- Date
- 1993 – 1994
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- VtP.02.01
- Description
- An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.
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- Title
- Andromeda
- Date
- 1993 – 1994
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 142.2 x 218.4 cm
- Description
- An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- glacier
- Credit
- Purchased from Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- VtP.02.01
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Andromeda and Athabasca Glaciers, Columbia Icefield
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthrd.18.01
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HrD.18.01
- Description
- A colour photographic positive, an almost full frame picture of glaciers, the white colour and formations dominate, a bare rock juts out bottom left corner, rocks also near top left to near bottom right, the sky is extreme top of picture, some clouds
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- Title
- Andromeda and Athabasca Glaciers, Columbia Icefield
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Dimensions
- 57.2 x 45.6 cm
- Description
- A colour photographic positive, an almost full frame picture of glaciers, the white colour and formations dominate, a bare rock juts out bottom left corner, rocks also near top left to near bottom right, the sky is extreme top of picture, some clouds
- Credit
- Purchased from Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- HrD.18.01
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Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.24
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.24
- Description
- Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
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- Title
- Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.24
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Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.22
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.22
- Description
- A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
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- Title
- Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
- Credit
- Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.22
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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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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.28
- Description
- Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Anne and Kent
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.28
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Anne in her Van
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgil.18.30
- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.30
- Description
- Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Anne in her Van
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.30
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Answering The Challenge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.02.07
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.07
- Description
- At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown…
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- Title
- Answering The Challenge
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 182.8 cm
- Description
- At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown hue. The two male elk are facing each other and both have a full set of horns. The mountains in the far distance are a grey blue color.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- animal
- elk
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.07
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- Artist
- Peggy Dixon
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DiP.03.04
- Description
- An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.
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- Artist
- Peggy Dixon
- Title
- Antelope Buck
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 20.3 cm
- Description
- An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.
- Credit
- Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- DiP.03.04
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Aprons in the Wind
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactweb.18.42
- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1999 – 1999
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.42
- Description
- Three unidentified individuals walking in a field holding aprons over their heads in the wind. Photograph was taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern, Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Aprons in the Wind
- Date
- 1999 – 1999
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Three unidentified individuals walking in a field holding aprons over their heads in the wind. Photograph was taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern, Alberta.
- Subject
- documentary photograph
- colony
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.42
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.35
- Date
- 1904
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.35
- Description
- A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…
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- Title
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
- Date
- 1904
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.
- Subject
- bearberry
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.35
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