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Untitled

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.05

Description: Colour: black on white. Four trees stand at the bottom left of center. Beyond are hills and mountains clear sky across the upper third.

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. Four trees stand at the bottom left of center. Beyond are hills and mountains clear sky across the upper third.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.05

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Untitled

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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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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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Rapids on the Vermilion River

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Artist: Diane Pugen (1943 – , Canadian)

Date: 1975

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: PuD.03.01

Description: Colour: black on white. Central image waterfalls coming from upper left corner where there are a group of trees growing.

Artist: Diane Pugen (1943 – , Canadian)

Title: Rapids on the Vermilion River

Date: 1975

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Central image waterfalls coming from upper left corner where there are a group of trees growing.

Subject: landscape; river

Credit: Purchased from Diane Pugen, 1977

Catalogue Number: PuD.03.01

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In the Wake of a Liner

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.123

Description: Scene looking back a the backwashed waves as they are dispelled back from the path of the ship.“A wave study from on board an ocean liner, this sketch is particularly significant as it documents a visit to Canada some fifteen years before Collings’ emigration and explains the immaturity of a few sk…

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

Title: In the Wake of a Liner

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 11 x 20 cm

Description: Scene looking back a the backwashed waves as they are dispelled back from the path of the ship.“A wave study from on board an ocean liner, this sketch is particularly significant as it documents a visit to Canada some fifteen years before Collings’ emigration and explains the immaturity of a few sketches with Canadian content. “ -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.123

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Moraine Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Moraine Lake

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 57.0 cm

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

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Small lake in Mountains

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Small lake in Mountains

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.5; 26.7 x 26.7; 32.1 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Title: Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32 x 35 cm

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

Subject: botanical; willow branches; landscape; moon

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

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

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Drawing

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Date: n.d.

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0097 a-c

Description: Three drawings, pencil and coloured pencil on paper from spiral bound sketchbook. All signed “N. OneSpot” in bottom corner. a) mountain goat on rocky cliff. Blue mountains in background. b) adult bear with cub walking across ground with short grasses. Rolling hills in background. c) portrait. Elk …

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Title: Drawing

Date: n.d.

Material: paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 30.0 cm

Description: Three drawings, pencil and coloured pencil on paper from spiral bound sketchbook. All signed “N. OneSpot” in bottom corner. a) mountain goat on rocky cliff. Blue mountains in background. b) adult bear with cub walking across ground with short grasses. Rolling hills in background. c) portrait. Elk with head lifted standing in front of treed slopes with blue mountain in background.

Subject: Whyte home; art; drawing; landscape; nature; Indigenous; Tsuut’ina

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0097 a-c

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Kananaskis Range

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Artist: David Pugh (1946 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PhD.03.01

Description: A lake with sandbar is in the foreground. Drawing is dominated by a mountain range from centre left to right.

Artist: David Pugh (1946 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis Range

Date: 1981

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 35 cm

Description: A lake with sandbar is in the foreground. Drawing is dominated by a mountain range from centre left to right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Purchased from Mira Godard Gallery, Gallery, 1981

Catalogue Number: PhD.03.01

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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HK Series I/12

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: coloured inks on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.01

Description: Each of the five layers that are in this image exhibit qualities of texture and tonality. Each layer is placed on top of another layer; looks very much like the layers of the earth.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK Series I/12

Date: 1981

Medium: coloured inks on paper

Dimensions: 60.0 x 45.0 cm

Description: Each of the five layers that are in this image exhibit qualities of texture and tonality. Each layer is placed on top of another layer; looks very much like the layers of the earth.