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An Awkward Juxtaposition

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.11
Description
A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
An Awkward Juxtaposition
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.8 x 20.2 cm
Description
A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.
Subject
figure, male
cartoon
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.11
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Artist
Niviaksiak (1909 – 1959, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
stencil on paper
Catalogue Number
NiV.04.02
Description
General colour: blue and black on white. A blue figure fills the lower two thirds of the picture. He looks up, aims an arrow at the four black birds flying to the right of the top.
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Artist
Niviaksiak (1909 – 1959, Canadian)
Title
The Archer
Date
1960
Medium
stencil on paper
Dimensions
54.3 x 30.1 cm
Description
General colour: blue and black on white. A blue figure fills the lower two thirds of the picture. He looks up, aims an arrow at the four black birds flying to the right of the top.
Subject
figure, male
animal, bird
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
NiV.04.02
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1880 – 1900
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.06
Description
ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
The Bird Tree
Date
1880 – 1900
Dimensions
20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
Description
ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
Subject
figure, male
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.06
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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.66
Description
Male figure with head and torso of one piece of carved bone; four appendages joined to torso with sinew; all limbs movable; eyes and mouth jowls, nose carved.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Bone Man
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
6.5 x 2.8 x 6.4 cm
Description
Male figure with head and torso of one piece of carved bone; four appendages joined to torso with sinew; all limbs movable; eyes and mouth jowls, nose carved.
Subject
figure, male
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.66
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1900 – 1925
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.04
Description
Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Buddhist Icon
Date
1900 – 1925
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
8.4 x 6.6 cm
Description
Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
Subject
figure, male
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.04
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Artist
Velino Herrera (1902 – 1973, American)
Date
1920 – 1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HeV.07.01
Description
An man in full ceremonial regalia, bison headdress, yellow skirt with snake design, red sash, white moccasins with brown fringes, rattles in right hand and horns in left. He is dancing, standing on left leg.
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Artist
Velino Herrera (1902 – 1973, American)
Title
Buffalo Dancer
Date
1920 – 1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 12.5 cm
Description
An man in full ceremonial regalia, bison headdress, yellow skirt with snake design, red sash, white moccasins with brown fringes, rattles in right hand and horns in left. He is dancing, standing on left leg.
Subject
activity, dancing
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HeV.07.01
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.06
Description
Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Buffalo Hunt
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
Subject
landscape, prairie
animal, buffalo, horse
figure, male
hunting
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.06
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.01
Description
Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Buffalo Jump
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23 x 30.0 cm
Description
Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
Subject
landscape
animal, buffalo, horse
figure, male
hunting
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.01
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.08
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
California Polo
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
25 x 24.5 cm
Subject
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.08
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Artist
Andrew Kakik (1921 – , Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
KaA.06.01
Description
A hunter in a qayak (kayak) with three caribou swimming in front of him. Made out of wood on wood base.
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Artist
Andrew Kakik (1921 – , Canadian)
Title
Caribou and Qayak
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
7.5 x 8.0 x 28.3 cm
Description
A hunter in a qayak (kayak) with three caribou swimming in front of him. Made out of wood on wood base.
Subject
figure, male
animal, caribou
hunting
swimming
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KaA.06.01
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1978
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.15
Description
A realistic rendering of a mounted cowboy in full riding dress on a fully equipped western horse. Cast in solid bronze from the lost wax process. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which was one part of four of the display Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor.
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Caribou Cowboy
Date
1978
Dimensions
41.0 x 13.0 x 40.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a mounted cowboy in full riding dress on a fully equipped western horse. Cast in solid bronze from the lost wax process. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which was one part of four of the display Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor.
Subject
figure, male
cowboy
animal, horse
Credit
Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.15
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Artist
Gerald Tailfeathers (1925 – 1975, Canadian)
Date
1967
Medium
watercolour, ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TaG.05.01
Description
Colour: brown, black, turquoise, orange on white. A single figure in ceremonial dress whirls two turquoise blue hoops round his wrists. The black and white feathers of his headdress and tail are tipped with orange.
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Artist
Gerald Tailfeathers (1925 – 1975, Canadian)
Title
Ceremonial Dancer
Date
1967
Medium
watercolour, ink on paper
Dimensions
17.6 x 22.8 cm
Description
Colour: brown, black, turquoise, orange on white. A single figure in ceremonial dress whirls two turquoise blue hoops round his wrists. The black and white feathers of his headdress and tail are tipped with orange.
Subject
figure, male
activity, dancing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
TaG.05.01
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Charge of a Buffalo Cow

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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.01
Description
General colour: yellow tan, brown, with some black, white, red and orange. Mid-centre and viewer’s right is a charging bison. Above and behind it is a spotted horse and a rider who is spearing the bison. On the left side are three small red buffalo with orange centres decreasing in size, smallest b…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Charge of a Buffalo Cow
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
45.5 x 61.0 cm
Description
General colour: yellow tan, brown, with some black, white, red and orange. Mid-centre and viewer’s right is a charging bison. Above and behind it is a spotted horse and a rider who is spearing the bison. On the left side are three small red buffalo with orange centres decreasing in size, smallest being at the top. There is another small red bison with an orange centre in the upper right area.Au verso: CHARGE OF A BUFFALO COW - SARAIN STUMP - 1971
Subject
animal, horse
buffalo
figure, male
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1974
Catalogue Number
StS.05.01
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Artist
Earl F. Spencer
Date
1962
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Catalogue Number
SpE.02.03
Description
Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
Artist
Earl F. Spencer
Title
Chief Sitting Bull
Date
1962
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
Subject
figure, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SpE.02.03
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Church at Morley, Alberta

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1942
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.33
Description
McDougall Church at Morley, Alta. Mountain background with church and two figures in foreground. Signed blc WJP and inside block. Signed brc W.J. Phillips on border brc, was mailed in Season's Greetings card from Phillips. This print is #230 in R. Boulet Catalogue.
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Church at Morley, Alberta
Date
1942
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Dimensions
10.9 x 10.3 cm
Description
McDougall Church at Morley, Alta. Mountain background with church and two figures in foreground. Signed blc WJP and inside block. Signed brc W.J. Phillips on border brc, was mailed in Season's Greetings card from Phillips. This print is #230 in R. Boulet Catalogue.
Subject
mountain
architecture, rural
animal, horse
figure, male
MacDougall
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.33
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1963
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.02
Description
Colour: yellow, green, red. The left side is taken up with the side of a teepee. In the background to the right is a figure with a horse by a fenced gate near a log building with a red roof. Behind are trees and a mountain and sky.
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Corral at Banff
Date
prior to 1963
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
8.8 x 10.1 cm
Description
Colour: yellow, green, red. The left side is taken up with the side of a teepee. In the background to the right is a figure with a horse by a fenced gate near a log building with a red roof. Behind are trees and a mountain and sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
figure, male
animal, horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.02
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.03.01
Description
Colour: black on white. The horse plunges to the left. The rider leans to viewer’s right, the coup stick in his hand coming down to touch the head of another man who is bent over. In the background are silhouettes, to the left is a figure holding onto a horse and rider; both figures have arms rais…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Coup
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
27.7 x 39.5 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. The horse plunges to the left. The rider leans to viewer’s right, the coup stick in his hand coming down to touch the head of another man who is bent over. In the background are silhouettes, to the left is a figure holding onto a horse and rider; both figures have arms raised and between the rider and figure to the right is a silhouette of another horse and rider.Au verso in pencil “COUP” the word “SOLD” in a rectangle, to the right of that “Archives of the Cdn” and above that the number “60” encircled and then an “X” to cross it out
Subject
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
StS.03.01
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1938
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
HbA.04.02
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Covered Bridge
Date
1938
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
12.3 x 17.4 cm
Subject
landscape, hills
animal, oxen
figure, male
winter
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HbA.04.02
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1878
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.03 a-c
Description
(a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peoni…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Dancing Lions
Date
1878
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Dimensions
37.1 x 25.0 cm
Description
(a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peonies in the background. All actors hats have bells around the brim.
Subject
figure, male
activity
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.03 a-c
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil; graphite; charcoal on canvas; board
Catalogue Number
RuC.01.06 a,b
Description
(a) a painting in colours blue, brown. In a circular format, a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are snow-covered mountains in the background and blue sky.(b) a drawing in charcoal and pencil of the above painting: a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretc…
Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Design for pin
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil; graphite; charcoal on canvas; board
Dimensions
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
(a) a painting in colours blue, brown. In a circular format, a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are snow-covered mountains in the background and blue sky.(b) a drawing in charcoal and pencil of the above painting: a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are mountains in the background.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
activity, skiing
winter
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
RuC.01.06 a,b
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