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How the Beaver got His Tail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmtw.02.01
- Artist
- Wayne Matchatis
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- MtW.02.01
- Description
- Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.
- Artist
- Wayne Matchatis
- Title
- How the Beaver got His Tail
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 30 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MtW.02.01
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In The Winter Night
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- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.01
- Description
- In the upper left corner of this painting there is an owl swooping down to the lower right to catch a rabbit. The white rabbit is in mid jump and is running toward the lower right corner. The scene takes place in the winter, therefore the ground is snow covered and the trees and shrubs that are on …
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- Title
- In The Winter Night
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 71.1 x 101.6 cm
- Description
- In the upper left corner of this painting there is an owl swooping down to the lower right to catch a rabbit. The white rabbit is in mid jump and is running toward the lower right corner. The scene takes place in the winter, therefore the ground is snow covered and the trees and shrubs that are on both sides of the animals have snow on thier branches. The overall colour of this painting is blue with some yellow in the owl's wing colour.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.01
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Indian Village, Hagwilget
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.203
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.203
- Description
- A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It …
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- Title
- Indian Village, Hagwilget
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It is surrounded by trees with green grass in front. The mountains lie off in the distance to the right against a blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.203
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Indian Village, Hagwilget
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- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.204
- Description
- The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background …
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- Title
- Indian Village, Hagwilget
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background is bluish green possibly denoting a thick forest.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- architecture
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.204
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Insect Warrior
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthor.03.03
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HoR.03.03
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- Title
- Insect Warrior
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 x 11.6 cm
- Subject
- insect
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HoR.03.03
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Inuit Girl, Rankin Inlet
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.096
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.096
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk girl.
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- Title
- Inuit Girl, Rankin Inlet
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk girl.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.096
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Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.213
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.213
- Description
- A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.
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- Title
- Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.
- Subject
- figure, group
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.213
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- John Brewster
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
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- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.068
- Description
- Two totems poles with mountain behind.
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- Title
- Kispiox
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Two totems poles with mountain behind.
- Subject
- religious
- totem pole
- landscape
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.068
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- felt pen on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.05
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central to the picture are six men entangled in an attempt to retrieve a ball from one of them. Two men have head bands only five lacrosse sticks are evident. In the background to the left are five more players - to the right are three players and in the centre one is holdi…
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- Title
- Lacrosse Game
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- felt pen on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.8 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central to the picture are six men entangled in an attempt to retrieve a ball from one of them. Two men have head bands only five lacrosse sticks are evident. In the background to the left are five more players - to the right are three players and in the centre one is holding his lacrosse net over his head.Au verso “LACROSSE GAME” trhc K.64 below encircled “112” brhc encircled “40” topped by encircled “3” vestiges of earlier drawing.
- Subject
- figure, group
- activity, lacrosse
- Credit
- Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.05
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- Artist
- Brian Joseph Grandbois
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- acrylic on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GrB.12.01
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle -…
- Artist
- Brian Joseph Grandbois
- Title
- LIfe Cycle
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- acrylic on paper
- Dimensions
- 152 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle - all powerful symbols.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- GrB.12.01
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Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.279
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.279
- Description
- The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains …
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- Title
- Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains a mass of grey and blue-grey clouds. This mass is partially divided in two by a horizontal edge of higher blue-grey cloud meeting some lower light grey clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.279
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.02
- Description
- General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.
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- Title
- Mahuk
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Purchased from Unknown, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ClG.03.02
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Marilyn Zweifel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.077
- Date
- 1977 – 1977
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.077
- Description
- Portrait of Marilyn Zweifel.
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- Title
- Marilyn Zweifel
- Date
- 1977 – 1977
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Portrait of Marilyn Zweifel.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.077
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Marilyn Zweifel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.117
- Date
- 1977 – 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.117
- Description
- Portrait of Marilyn Zweifel.
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- Title
- Marilyn Zweifel
- Date
- 1977 – 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Portrait of Marilyn Zweifel.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Marilyn Zweifel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.117
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Marilyn Zweifel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.118
- Date
- 1977 – 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.118
- Description
- Portrait of Marilyn Zweifel.
1 image
- Title
- Marilyn Zweifel
- Date
- 1977 – 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Portrait of Marilyn Zweifel.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Marilyn Zweifel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.118
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Marilyn Zweifel, Ebikon, Switzerland (Near Lucerne)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.358
- Date
- 1977 – 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.358
- Description
- Woman sitting on orange surface, it appears that her legs are crossed, she has black hair in a bun on top of her head, she looks downwards towards her hands, in which there is something blue, she wears a white shirt and burnt orange vest.
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- Title
- Marilyn Zweifel, Ebikon, Switzerland (Near Lucerne)
- Date
- 1977 – 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Woman sitting on orange surface, it appears that her legs are crossed, she has black hair in a bun on top of her head, she looks downwards towards her hands, in which there is something blue, she wears a white shirt and burnt orange vest.
- Subject
- figure, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.358
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The Messengers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmud.02.02
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.02
- Description
- Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D…
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Title
- The Messengers
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.7 cm
- Description
- Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D. Muskego.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.02
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- Date
- prior to 1990
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.03
- Description
- A mink is sitting by a waters edge. The water is not drawn but suggested by the grass and the ground that has been drawn in around the mink. The mink is the darkest image within the drawing.
- Title
- Mink By Water
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.7 x 30.6 cm
- Description
- A mink is sitting by a waters edge. The water is not drawn but suggested by the grass and the ground that has been drawn in around the mink. The mink is the darkest image within the drawing.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.03
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- Date
- prior to 1990
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.04
- Description
- Standing facing the viewer this moose stands with its legs strong and spaced wide. The moose looks as if it was just frightened and is ready to take off in a different direction.
- Title
- Moose
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.8 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- Standing facing the viewer this moose stands with its legs strong and spaced wide. The moose looks as if it was just frightened and is ready to take off in a different direction.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.04
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