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Apple Tree

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.527

Description: A pencil drawing of a leafless tree

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Apple Tree

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.5 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a leafless tree

Subject: tree; apple

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.527

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The Backyard Rink

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.02

Description: It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard …

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: The Backyard Rink

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 42.0 x 58.0 cm

Description: It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard illuminates the ice rink which dominates the middle right. Three boys are playing hockey and a girl in a yellow snowsuit is sitting on the ice. Trees and mountains are in the background.

Subject: landscape; mountain; tree; winter ice rink; children; activity, ice hockey; animal, cat; architecture

Credit: Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.02

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Bermuda

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.025

Description: A large tree next to water.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Bermuda

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: A large tree next to water.

Subject: seascape, Caribbean; botanical; tree

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.025

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Best Wishes Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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The Blind Cannot see Patterns

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Date: 1975

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: CmC.04.03

Description: Lithograph plate is pressed through paper but no ink was used. Only the pattern from the plate was pressed into the paper. Abstract figure under a tree.

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Title: The Blind Cannot see Patterns

Date: 1975

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 48.9 x 37.4 cm

Description: Lithograph plate is pressed through paper but no ink was used. Only the pattern from the plate was pressed into the paper. Abstract figure under a tree.

Subject: abstract; tree; figure

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: CmC.04.03

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Blossoms - Concord

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.040

Description: Two large trees on the left side of image, pink blossoms

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Blossoms - Concord

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.4 x 24.8 cm

Description: Two large trees on the left side of image, pink blossoms

Subject: botanical; tree; blossoms

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.040

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Branch of Cherry Tree

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1834

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.01

Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Branch of Cherry Tree

Date: 1834

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 32.7 x 23.0 cm

Subject: botanical; tree

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.01

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Branches

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.504

Description: Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Branches

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.3 x 17.5 cm

Description: Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page

Subject: tree; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.504

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Bush (4-24)

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Artist: Stephen Hutchings (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: HuS.04.02

Description: A single tree on a slope is silhouetted, the slope runs from lower cr to above bl. The tree and slope cover most of the picture.

Artist: Stephen Hutchings (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Bush (4-24)

Date: 1994

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 59.0 x 56.0 cm

Description: A single tree on a slope is silhouetted, the slope runs from lower cr to above bl. The tree and slope cover most of the picture.

Subject: landscape; tree

Credit: Purchased from Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, 1995

Catalogue Number: HuS.04.02

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Forest View

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.506

Description: Pencil drawing of line of coniferous trees

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Forest View

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 22.5 x 37.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of line of coniferous trees

Subject: tree; landscape; coniferous

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.506

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Jade Bay

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.14

Description: Tree on blue and green background which looks like water.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Jade Bay

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.9 x 12.7 cm

Description: Tree on blue and green background which looks like water.

Subject: botanical; tree

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.14

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The King

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.505

Description: A pencil drawing of a large, gnarly tree with extensive branches. Writing denotes colour scheme and details. The King appears in blc.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: The King

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.0 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a large, gnarly tree with extensive branches. Writing denotes colour scheme and details. The King appears in blc.

Subject: tree; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.505

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Lake Louise

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 r

Description: Lake Louise

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise

Date: c. 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Lake Louise

Subject: Lake Louise; mountain; lake; tree

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 r

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Large Tree in Forest

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.501

Description: A pencil drawing of a large tree truck in left side of foreground. Other tree trunks appear behind it.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Large Tree in Forest

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 17.7 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a large tree truck in left side of foreground. Other tree trunks appear behind it.

Subject: tree; landscape; trunk

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.501

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Leaning trees

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.497

Description: Pencil drawing of a group o deciduousf trees in the right side of the foreground, which lean towards the left, over what appears to be a path or stream. There are rocks at the base of the trees.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Leaning trees

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a group o deciduousf trees in the right side of the foreground, which lean towards the left, over what appears to be a path or stream. There are rocks at the base of the trees.

Subject: tree; landscape; rocks

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.497

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The Lone Pine Slopp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.495

Description: Three drawings, each enclosed in rectanges. The largest shows a man skiing on a hill with a tree. The other two show the man crashing into the tree.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Lone Pine Slopp

Date: 1929 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 21.8 cm

Description: Three drawings, each enclosed in rectanges. The largest shows a man skiing on a hill with a tree. The other two show the man crashing into the tree.

Subject: skiing; crash; accident; tree; Lone Pine Slopp

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.495

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Lone Tree Below Illecillewaet Glacier

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Artist: Dianne Bos (1956 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000

Medium: photograph on photographic paper

Catalogue Number: BoD.18.01

Description: Colour photograph of tree in foreground. Behind it there is a mountain landscape. Around the tree is a rocky area. Clouds extend across the sky.

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Artist: Dianne Bos (1956 – , Canadian)

Title: Lone Tree Below Illecillewaet Glacier

Date: 2000

Medium: photograph on photographic paper

Description: Colour photograph of tree in foreground. Behind it there is a mountain landscape. Around the tree is a rocky area. Clouds extend across the sky.

Subject: botanical; tree; landscape; Canadian Rockies; Illecillewaet Glacier

Credit: Purchased from Robert Smith, Banff, 2001

Catalogue Number: BoD.18.01

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Millerton, New York

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: photograph on foam core

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.26

Description: A colour photograph with hand-coloured paper negative border. The photograph is dominated by a large tree in the centre, its branches reaching out of frame. The tree is in a flat field and in the distant background is a hill covered in trees and on the right there is a smaller hill. At the bottom r…

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Millerton, New York

Date: 1985

Medium: photograph on foam core

Dimensions: 60.5 x 50.5 cm

Description: A colour photograph with hand-coloured paper negative border. The photograph is dominated by a large tree in the centre, its branches reaching out of frame. The tree is in a flat field and in the distant background is a hill covered in trees and on the right there is a smaller hill. At the bottom right is a figure facing the tree (back to the camera) wearing a baby blue jacket with the hood up and rubber boots. A thick pale pink border surrounds the photograph. All along the boarder are hand-drawn outlines of wolves, camels, squirrels, armadillos and mountain sheep. Each of the animals is coloured in with either golden yellow, magenta, pale teal, or pale pink. There is also a thicker, loosely drawn, reddish-pink outline around each animal. Au verso there are two labels at the bottom. In the bottom left-hand corner is a label with black print, “Millerton, New York, 1985 Ektacolour print with hand coloured paper negative border”. The other label is a silver sticker with black print, “FOLIO 328 - 10 STREET N.W., CALGARY, AB. T2N 1V8 (403) 283-6423 Distinctive Custom Framing”.