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Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1986
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.06
Description
Colour: black on white. Lower third is bare slope - no markings. The upper two thirds are rock cliffs leaning to the right. Clear sky is in the upper left corner.
Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1986
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 26.5 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Lower third is bare slope - no markings. The upper two thirds are rock cliffs leaning to the right. Clear sky is in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.06
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Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1986
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.07
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Bare branched trees lean to the right from the left side over a rocky ground. Bushes are behind at left on a short horizon line appears right of enter.
Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1986
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 30.0 cm
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Bare branched trees lean to the right from the left side over a rocky ground. Bushes are behind at left on a short horizon line appears right of enter.
Subject
landscape
forest
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.07
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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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Sled and Seal Cached on Snow Blocks

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Artist
Niviaksiak (1909 – 1959, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NiV.04.01
Description
General colour: black and blue on white. Left of center is a short column of blue blocks. Right of center is another chunk of blue blocks. Sitting on top of these blocks is a long black sled (left) and a small black seal (right).
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Artist
Niviaksiak (1909 – 1959, Canadian)
Title
Sled and Seal Cached on Snow Blocks
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
19.9 x 44.1 cm
Description
General colour: black and blue on white. Left of center is a short column of blue blocks. Right of center is another chunk of blue blocks. Sitting on top of these blocks is a long black sled (left) and a small black seal (right).
Subject
animal, seal
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
NiV.04.01
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Boats in Harbour, 1963

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.03
Description
Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Boats in Harbour, 1963
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
41.6 x 45.0 cm
Description
Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.
Subject
ocean
boats
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.03
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Mount Rundle from Canmore

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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.02
Description
General colour: brown, black on grey, minimum of colour in sky. Lower half - mountains. Upper half - clouds and sky. Yellow, white, peach, sand colours on grey.
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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle from Canmore
Date
1968
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
49.7 x 65.9 cm
Description
General colour: brown, black on grey, minimum of colour in sky. Lower half - mountains. Upper half - clouds and sky. Yellow, white, peach, sand colours on grey.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.02
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Foot of Three Sisters

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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.01
Description
General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.
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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
Foot of Three Sisters
Date
1968
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
49.7 x 65.9 cm
Description
General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.01
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Artist
Pauta Saila (1916 – 2009, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
PaU.04.01
Description
General colour: green with yellow and rust tints on white. Two birds strut with one wing outstretched. Top bird faces left, bottom bird faces right.
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Artist
Pauta Saila (1916 – 2009, Canadian)
Title
Mating Dance
Date
1969
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
55.5 x 39.8 cm
Description
General colour: green with yellow and rust tints on white. Two birds strut with one wing outstretched. Top bird faces left, bottom bird faces right.
Subject
animal, bird
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
PaU.04.01
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Smoking the Peace Pipe to the Moon

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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.02
Description
General Colour: blue. A man in yellow sits facing right at the lower left side of the canvas. A tree is behind him to the left. A evergreen is in the lower right corner. Two clouds sit upper center. A raining sun is right of center. The background is blue with diagonal markings.
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Smoking the Peace Pipe to the Moon
Date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
40.6 x 50.8 cm
Description
General Colour: blue. A man in yellow sits facing right at the lower left side of the canvas. A tree is behind him to the left. A evergreen is in the lower right corner. Two clouds sit upper center. A raining sun is right of center. The background is blue with diagonal markings.
Subject
figure, male
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Sitting Wind, 1967
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.02
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.01
Description
General colour: Primaries and secondaries. The four sides are all similtaneously used as a base for four scenes. Moving counter clockwise: 1. Two figures by a lake with a canoe, mountains in the background. 2. A house with a blue car parked outside and two teepees next door. 3. A train, a flying sa…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Quadra Vision
Date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
61 x 76.2 cm
Description
General colour: Primaries and secondaries. The four sides are all similtaneously used as a base for four scenes. Moving counter clockwise: 1. Two figures by a lake with a canoe, mountains in the background. 2. A house with a blue car parked outside and two teepees next door. 3. A train, a flying saucer and a deep sea diver. 4. A river, on one bank, a farm on the other, a city. Superimposed on all this are geometric shapes that were used in 1967 as a Canadian centenial logs.
Subject
abstract, non-representational
Credit
Purchased from Sitting Wind, 1967
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.01
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South from Palliser Pass

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1961
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.06
Description
Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
South from Palliser Pass
Date
1961
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.1 x 24.2 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
pass
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.06
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.07
Description
Colour: Blue, brown, yellow. Hooking down into a valley which goes from the lower left corner to the middle right area. The treed mountain side rises up on the right side. In the distance above the snow in the upper left area are two mountain peaks. The sky is yellow to pink brown to blue from righ…
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.9 x 30.5 cm
Description
Colour: Blue, brown, yellow. Hooking down into a valley which goes from the lower left corner to the middle right area. The treed mountain side rises up on the right side. In the distance above the snow in the upper left area are two mountain peaks. The sky is yellow to pink brown to blue from right to left.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
water
Credit
Purchased from Unknown, 1970
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.07
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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.08
Description
Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
16.5 x 11.4 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
Subject
figure
man
animal
dog
activity
cooking
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.08
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.10
Description
Colour: blue, brown, yellow. mountain slopes leaning to the right. In the lower center is a clump of shrubs. Blue sky in the upper half has a yellow patch left of center.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.3 x 15.1 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown, yellow. mountain slopes leaning to the right. In the lower center is a clump of shrubs. Blue sky in the upper half has a yellow patch left of center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.10
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.11
Description
Colour: blue, green, white. Snow covered trees are in the foreground center and to the right. Three trees in the background at the left side. Green sky is in the upper left corner.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.2 x 16.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, white. Snow covered trees are in the foreground center and to the right. Three trees in the background at the left side. Green sky is in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
forest
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.11
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708 - (winter scene) (1961); 709 - (moon over lake) (1962); 710 - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1961 – 1967
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.10.01
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
708 - (winter scene) (1961); 709 - (moon over lake) (1962); 710 - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1
Date
1961 – 1967
Medium
watercolour on paper
Subject
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.10.01
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.01
Description
Colour: black on white. Boy sitting cross legged facing out, wearing a plaid shirt dark pants, and boots holding a book in his lap which he is reading.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Boy with a Book
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 28.0 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Boy sitting cross legged facing out, wearing a plaid shirt dark pants, and boots holding a book in his lap which he is reading.
Subject
figure
boy
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.01
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.02
Description
Colour: black on white. Two farm horses stand facing right. They have bridles and hitching gear on them. The background is white.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Farm Team
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 19.5 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Two farm horses stand facing right. They have bridles and hitching gear on them. The background is white.
Subject
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.02
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Horses, Wind and Dust

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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.03
Description
Colour: black on white. Six horses, tails and manes blowing to the right, stand with their hind ends towards the viewer. The sky fills the upper half and is streaked with rain diagonally from the upper right to lower left.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Horses, Wind and Dust
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
22.6 x 28.4 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Six horses, tails and manes blowing to the right, stand with their hind ends towards the viewer. The sky fills the upper half and is streaked with rain diagonally from the upper right to lower left.
Subject
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.03
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The Man from Big Stone

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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.04
Description
Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a coat and hat, holding a lighted match in his right hand and a pape in his left. In the lower left corner is a stone.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
The Man from Big Stone
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 28.3 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a coat and hat, holding a lighted match in his right hand and a pape in his left. In the lower left corner is a stone.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.04
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