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Abstract Carving
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.67
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.67
- Description
- Form with three sides, broad flat base narrowing towards peak; shapes resemble iceberg floes, mountains or possibly clouds; G or 6 incised on bottom and 5 followed by illegible number.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Abstract Carving
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 6.3 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Form with three sides, broad flat base narrowing towards peak; shapes resemble iceberg floes, mountains or possibly clouds; G or 6 incised on bottom and 5 followed by illegible number.
- Subject
- abstract, non-representational
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.67
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- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- StS.06.06
- Description
- Flat back carved face of cedar; details in eyes, broad nose, full mouth; geometric carving on forehead and ears; hollowed out opening at top of head for cord passage; carved signature IS on back
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- Title
- Amulet
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 6.9 x 2.0 x 4.6 cm
- Description
- Flat back carved face of cedar; details in eyes, broad nose, full mouth; geometric carving on forehead and ears; hollowed out opening at top of head for cord passage; carved signature IS on back
- Subject
- portrait
- abstract
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StS.06.06
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- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NiM.05.03
- Description
- An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left
- Title
- Automatic
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 28.3 cm
- Description
- An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left
- Subject
- abstract, non-representational
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NiM.05.03
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Battling Moose
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactruc.11.02
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- photo engraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.11.02
- Description
- At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture. Glued to the back of the matt are mylar encapsulated newspaper clippings with the notation “From the old fr…
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- Title
- Battling Moose
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- photo engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 34 x 51 cm
- Description
- At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture. Glued to the back of the matt are mylar encapsulated newspaper clippings with the notation “From the old frame of RuC.11.01.”
- Credit
- Gift of Charles Reid Foundation, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.11.02
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Bear Spirit Totem
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.31
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear Spirit Totem
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 7.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
- Subject
- mythological
- animal
- bear
- totem
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
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Bears and Woman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpia.04.01
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.01
- Description
- engraved images of a woman in long tailed parka faces to the left, arms outstretched; she is facing two bears one is standing and showing teeth. 2.8 dia. embossed circle in br.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”Back reads “#270 DOR/FG 1962-49”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop …
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- Title
- Bears and Woman
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 45.3 cm
- Description
- engraved images of a woman in long tailed parka faces to the left, arms outstretched; she is facing two bears one is standing and showing teeth. 2.8 dia. embossed circle in br.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”Back reads “#270 DOR/FG 1962-49”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.
- Subject
- animal
- bear
- figure
- female
- mythological
- transformation
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.01
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Best Wishes Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.772
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.772
- Description
- Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the pa…
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- Title
- Best Wishes Peter
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the paper it says “BEST WISHES PETER”verso: rectangular box drawn that is blank, that could have been used for another sketch.
- Subject
- bears
- stool
- fork
- moose
- birds
- squirrel
- rabbit
- tree
- cooking
- pot
- woman
- man
- reading
- vehicle
- Christmas card
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.772
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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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- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EsK.04.02
- Description
- The bottom two thirds of the print is white with an interconnecting web of straight lines throughout. Above this light section are two low tent shaped images with a gray shadow. The top third is a combination of straight and crossed lines and shapes differing in colours ranging from dark blue and g…
1 image
- Title
- Boreas
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Description
- The bottom two thirds of the print is white with an interconnecting web of straight lines throughout. Above this light section are two low tent shaped images with a gray shadow. The top third is a combination of straight and crossed lines and shapes differing in colours ranging from dark blue and gray to a maroon colour.
- Subject
- mythological
- Boreas
- Credit
- Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- EsK.04.02
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Bringing Back A Lost Soul
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsts.04.05
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.05
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central figure is kneeling, with the head of an ill man resting in his hands. Behind them are swirls of strange figures, their arms outstretched.
1 image
- Title
- Bringing Back A Lost Soul
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 59.6 x 39.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central figure is kneeling, with the head of an ill man resting in his hands. Behind them are swirls of strange figures, their arms outstretched.
- Subject
- figure, group
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.05
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Bringing Back a Lost Soul
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsts.04.01
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.01
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central figure is kneeling, with the head of an ill man resting in his hands. Behind them are swirls of strange figures, their arms outstretched. Vestiges of former drawing visible.
1 image
- Title
- Bringing Back a Lost Soul
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 59.6 x 39.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central figure is kneeling, with the head of an ill man resting in his hands. Behind them are swirls of strange figures, their arms outstretched. Vestiges of former drawing visible.
- Subject
- figure, group
- mythological
- Credit
- Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.01
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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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But of all the creatures...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.11
- 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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- 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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Catharine and Peter Season’s Greetings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.939
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.939
- Description
- Christmas card drawing. A group of animals are painting canvases that are resting on easels. They are facing the viewer suggesting they could be painting you. Below the drawing it says “CATHARINE AND PETER SEASON’S GREETINGS” and in the TRC “164”
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- Title
- Catharine and Peter Season’s Greetings
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 25.9 cm
- Description
- Christmas card drawing. A group of animals are painting canvases that are resting on easels. They are facing the viewer suggesting they could be painting you. Below the drawing it says “CATHARINE AND PETER SEASON’S GREETINGS” and in the TRC “164”
- Subject
- animal
- moose
- bird
- squirrel
- mouse
- deer
- bear
- rabbit
- wolf
- easel
- canvas
- paint
- painting
- brush
- palette
- Christmas card
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.939
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- 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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- 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
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactraa.03.02
- 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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- 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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Coming to Call
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactruc.04.38
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- etching on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.04.38
- Description
- Same as RuC.04.03. Colour: black on white. A bull moose stands, facing viewer’s right, in long grass by the edge of the water showing in the lower right corner. Behind him on viewer’s left are three leafless trees; in front are low bushes. In the upper left and right corners blurred and hazy conife…
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- Title
- Coming to Call
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- etching on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Same as RuC.04.03. Colour: black on white. A bull moose stands, facing viewer’s right, in long grass by the edge of the water showing in the lower right corner. Behind him on viewer’s left are three leafless trees; in front are low bushes. In the upper left and right corners blurred and hazy coniferous trees are visible. Signed brhc: C. Rungius in pencilled script.
- Subject
- animal, moose
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Reid (Estate), 2008
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.04.38
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.05.02
- Description
- General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to e…
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- Title
- The Contest
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 37.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to each side of the central image.Au verso: “THE CONTEST” tlhc “436” encircled, rhtc “K.6” (remaining number hidden by archival tape)brhc “12” encircled, below “30” encircled
- Credit
- Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- StS.05.02
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1970
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.15
- Description
- Metal tree. Gift to Catharine Robb Whyte from Brad White, Christmas, c.1975.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Copper Tree
- Date
- 1970
- Dimensions
- 19.0 cm
- Description
- Metal tree. Gift to Catharine Robb Whyte from Brad White, Christmas, c.1975.
- Subject
- abstract, non-representational
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.15
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