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But of all the creatures...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.11

Description: The story - page 10:But of all the creatures I've run across, there is nothing so wonderful as a banquet. They all eat supper just about the same.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: But of all the creatures...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 10:But of all the creatures I've run across, there is nothing so wonderful as a banquet. They all eat supper just about the same.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.11

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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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The Cock and the Jewel

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.02

Description: One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Title: The Cock and the Jewel

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.6 x 18.3 cm

Description: One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121

Subject: animal; chicken; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.02

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The creatures in Southern waters...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.04

Description: The story - page 3:The creatures in southern waters are known for their cleverness. Jacques Cousteau has found them invaluable.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: The creatures in Southern waters...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 3:The creatures in southern waters are known for their cleverness. Jacques Cousteau has found them invaluable.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.04

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Creatures must be careful...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.07

Description: The story - page 6:Creatures must be careful if it should happen to get dark up there, they lose their gravity and go coasting through the night.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Creatures must be careful...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 6:Creatures must be careful if it should happen to get dark up there, they lose their gravity and go coasting through the night.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.07

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Creatures [Title Page]

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.01

Description: Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Creatures [Title Page]

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.4 x 17.6 cm

Description: Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.01

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A Day at the Races

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.12

Description: This image has many people shaped figures with animal or bird type heads sitting on other animals or frogs that are racing each other. In the sky are flying fish in the shape of airplanes and it is raining from the clouds above. The race has started at the left side of the image and is headed towar…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: A Day at the Races

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 30.0 cm

Description: This image has many people shaped figures with animal or bird type heads sitting on other animals or frogs that are racing each other. In the sky are flying fish in the shape of airplanes and it is raining from the clouds above. The race has started at the left side of the image and is headed toward the right.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.12

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The Dog and the Hare

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.01

Description: Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Title: The Dog and the Hare

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.8 x 25.2 cm

Description: Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.

Subject: animal; dog; hare; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.01

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A few of them I know...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.09

Description: The story - page 8: A few of them I have know have a wonderful time changing personalities once in a while. I find the clothes all over everytime I go into the bathroom.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: A few of them I know...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 8: A few of them I have know have a wonderful time changing personalities once in a while. I find the clothes all over everytime I go into the bathroom.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.09

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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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Lizards and frogs...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.10

Description: The story - page 9:Lizards and frogs, monkeys and toads. You know most of them can't see in the dark.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Lizards and frogs...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 9:Lizards and frogs, monkeys and toads. You know most of them can't see in the dark.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.10

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Mahuk

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.02

Description: General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Mahuk

Date: 1970

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 45.5 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Purchased from Unknown, 1969

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.02

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Once they are up there...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.06

Description: The story - page 5:Once they are up there it is hard to tell if it is night or day. The stars are out, the sky is bright.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Once they are up there...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 5:Once they are up there it is hard to tell if it is night or day. The stars are out, the sky is bright.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.06

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Some of them like...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.05

Description: The story - page 4 :Some of them like jungles. Hummingbirds and pellikans are up there, but once in awhile those fisheaters fall off their perches (How else do they remember to go look for supper?)

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Some of them like...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 4 :Some of them like jungles. Hummingbirds and pellikans are up there, but once in awhile those fisheaters fall off their perches (How else do they remember to go look for supper?)

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.05

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Squirrel Lover

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: felt pen on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.06

Description: Colour: orange, red and black on white. A man sits at viewer’s left holding his hand over his heart. Right of centre behind some trees is a wigwam with a black and white figure at the entrance. Orange squirrel tracks are visible in the front of the wigwam and to the right behingd a squirrel sits on…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Squirrel Lover

Date: n.d.

Medium: felt pen on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.1 cm

Description: Colour: orange, red and black on white. A man sits at viewer’s left holding his hand over his heart. Right of centre behind some trees is a wigwam with a black and white figure at the entrance. Orange squirrel tracks are visible in the front of the wigwam and to the right behingd a squirrel sits on a branch. To the right of this a woman kneeling with hair and hands covering her face. A bird with its beak open flies underneath.Au verso SQUIRREL LOVER printed viewer’s top rhc “K.65” brhc “40” encircled and on top of that “1” encircled

Subject: figure, male; female; mythological

Credit: Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: StS.03.06

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There are creatures who live...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.02

Description: The story begins on page 1:There are creatures who live on the ground and catch falling leaves. Some of them spend all their lives in the pursuit of leaves; eat them; make shoes of them, sleep under beds of the leaves and carry baskets of the things around. Occasionally, there is a special leaf to …

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: There are creatures who live...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.6 x 17.6 cm

Description: The story begins on page 1:There are creatures who live on the ground and catch falling leaves. Some of them spend all their lives in the pursuit of leaves; eat them; make shoes of them, sleep under beds of the leaves and carry baskets of the things around. Occasionally, there is a special leaf to search for and go after until you've got it.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.02

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There are creatures who sleep...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.08

Description: The story - page 7:There are creatures who sleep all night except on those tropic nights no one can sleep and they all go out for a stroll.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: There are creatures who sleep...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: The story - page 7:There are creatures who sleep all night except on those tropic nights no one can sleep and they all go out for a stroll.

Subject: animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.08

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These are creatures who swim...

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.04.03

Description: The story - page 2:There are creatures who swim in the deep blue seas. Things with teeth, these creatures wait under the surface, watching everything. But there is nothing to worry about, they only live in the north.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: These are creatures who swim...

Date: 1978

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.6 x 17.6 cm

Description: The story - page 2:There are creatures who swim in the deep blue seas. Things with teeth, these creatures wait under the surface, watching everything. But there is nothing to worry about, they only live in the north.