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- Peter or Catharine Whyte 53
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- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian) 11
- Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian) 10
- Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American) 10
- James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian) 5
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Figurine Group
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0091
- Date
- 1977
- Material
- wood; plaster
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0091
- Description
- Long flat wooden base painted with black enamel. Twelve small, brightly painted, plaster figures stand in a row along the base, the figures are from left to right (1) a skull painted brown, (2 )white faced person wrapped in red cloak, (3) a brown standing bear wearing coolie hat and carrying white …
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- Title
- Figurine Group
- Date
- 1977
- Material
- wood; plaster
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x 2.7 x 18.2 cm
- Description
- Long flat wooden base painted with black enamel. Twelve small, brightly painted, plaster figures stand in a row along the base, the figures are from left to right (1) a skull painted brown, (2 )white faced person wrapped in red cloak, (3) a brown standing bear wearing coolie hat and carrying white sack, (4) a seated white cat with red feathers, (5) a green frog, (6) a standing man with exposed fat belly wearing an orange robe and carrying a white sack over his shoulder, (7) a standing woman in blue kimono with yellow hood over face, holding a lyre, (8) a man with purple blouse and green trousers holding a club, (9 )a man with black overblouse and turquoise skirt, holding staff and round yellow object with turquoise sack over shoulder, (10) a kneeling bald man with pointed head and white beard, carrying fan and wearing green robe, (11) a black cat standing with back arched, (12) a seated man with orange robe.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- religious
- animal
- bear
- cat
- frog
- figure
- male
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0091
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Fisherman in Kayak
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- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- bone; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- KaK.06.01 a-h
- Description
- Fully equipped fishing kayak with man and catch. (a) Kayak 3.3x32.8x3.8, flat bottom and top. Four holes drilled on both edges 9.5 and 16.0 from tip through which sinew is looped and tied. 3 round holes towards back to secure b, c, and d. (b) fisherman 5.5x4.0x4.6, carved face, parka hood off hi…
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- Title
- Fisherman in Kayak
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- bone; sinew
- Description
- Fully equipped fishing kayak with man and catch. (a) Kayak 3.3x32.8x3.8, flat bottom and top. Four holes drilled on both edges 9.5 and 16.0 from tip through which sinew is looped and tied. 3 round holes towards back to secure b, c, and d. (b) fisherman 5.5x4.0x4.6, carved face, parka hood off his head. Arms extended with slits to hold the paddle (f): 15.0 long. (c) float 2.7x5.5x2.6, sinew tied into pack ca. 21.0 long and looped into (g) harpoon 10.5 long. (d) seal 2.0x5.3x2.0 has a hole drilled into back with a peg to go into kayak. Peg is cellophane tape covered string. (e) knife .3x7.2x1.2 (h) spear .3x8.5x1.0, hook on e end, hand grip the other.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- KaK.06.01 a-h
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Food Storage Jar
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0059
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0059
- Description
- Spheroid container with small neck and opening topped with loose fitting, domed lid which rests over jar neck. Overall white glaze with landscape including three figures, and lid has single figure on it. Calligraphy painted on bottom which has a trimmed foot. Pink and turquoise scroll decoration on…
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- Title
- Food Storage Jar
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 10.8 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Spheroid container with small neck and opening topped with loose fitting, domed lid which rests over jar neck. Overall white glaze with landscape including three figures, and lid has single figure on it. Calligraphy painted on bottom which has a trimmed foot. Pink and turquoise scroll decoration on jar near neck possibly created with wax resist technique.
- Subject
- households
- figure
- male
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0059
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- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- gouache on card
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.07.02
- Description
- Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth ma…
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- Title
- Four Cowboys
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- gouache on card
- Dimensions
- 26 x 35.8 cm
- Description
- Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth man stands with his leg on the same boulder, his hand resting on his leg. A tree trunk is visible behind the man on the far right. Mountains and a stormy-looking sky are seen beyond the camp setting. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- cowboy
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- architecture
- teepee
- activity
- music
- guitar
- harmonica
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.07.02
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Fred Brewster 1957
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgoe.03.02
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GoE.03.02
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.
- Title
- Fred Brewster 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.4 x 19.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- GoE.03.02
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Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactrta.03.01
- Artist
- Andreas Roth
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RtA.03.01
- Description
- Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.
- Artist
- Andreas Roth
- Title
- Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- RtA.03.01
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
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- Title
- George McLean
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 51 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
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Going for Gold
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactohh.06.02
- Date
- 1985
- Catalogue Number
- OhH.06.02
- Description
- A male racer in full downhill speed; realistically rendered in garv and style. The figurine is ca. 22.0 high on a slanted oval base. The base is raised from the bottom base with a curved arm ca. 1.5 square x ca. 10.0 high; the oval bronze base is ca. 1.5 high which sits on a wooden oval base 2.5 th…
- Title
- Going for Gold
- Date
- 1985
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 33.7 cm
- Description
- A male racer in full downhill speed; realistically rendered in garv and style. The figurine is ca. 22.0 high on a slanted oval base. The base is raised from the bottom base with a curved arm ca. 1.5 square x ca. 10.0 high; the oval bronze base is ca. 1.5 high which sits on a wooden oval base 2.5 thick and ca. 21.0 diameter.
- Credit
- Gift of Harry Francis O'Hanlon, Calgary, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- OhH.06.02
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- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.04
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- Title
- Guy Thomas
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 43 x 30 cm
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Guy Thomas
- Credit
- Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.04
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Heavy Shield- “To-so-ko-ya-wo-tan” Blackfoot Chief
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmig.03.03
- Date
- 1938 – 1938
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiG.03.03
- Description
- A first nations male sits with his back against the left edge of the image with his arms resting on his thighs. In his hands he holds a pipe. This man is wearing a head band with a feather at the back. He is sitting in a chair, and wears beaded cuffs and has a small horse around his neck with ot…
- Title
- Heavy Shield- “To-so-ko-ya-wo-tan” Blackfoot Chief
- Date
- 1938 – 1938
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 41.0 cm
- Description
- A first nations male sits with his back against the left edge of the image with his arms resting on his thighs. In his hands he holds a pipe. This man is wearing a head band with a feather at the back. He is sitting in a chair, and wears beaded cuffs and has a small horse around his neck with other neck adornment. The image is black and white.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of C. Gardner Lane Jr., Scarborough, USA, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- MiG.03.03
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactper.04.04
- Date
- c. 1935
- Medium
- etching on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.04.04
- Description
- A full face, head and shoulder portrait of The Duke of Kent. He is looking to his left. He is wearing a military suit.
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- Title
- His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent
- Date
- c. 1935
- Medium
- etching on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A full face, head and shoulder portrait of The Duke of Kent. He is looking to his left. He is wearing a military suit.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.04.04
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- CfC.01.01
- Description
- An oil painting entitled “Hommage” as an hommage to Manet’s “Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe”.Blue and white label on back reads:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts YEAR 1968ARTISTS NAME Charles F. Comfort LLD RCAADDRESS 28 Blvd. Alexandre Tache Hull P.Q.TITLE HOMMAGE PRICE: $4500.ooSIZE H X W 59” x 72” M…
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- Title
- Hommage
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 128.0 x 184.0 cm
- Description
- An oil painting entitled “Hommage” as an hommage to Manet’s “Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe”.Blue and white label on back reads:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts YEAR 1968ARTISTS NAME Charles F. Comfort LLD RCAADDRESS 28 Blvd. Alexandre Tache Hull P.Q.TITLE HOMMAGE PRICE: $4500.ooSIZE H X W 59” x 72” MEDIUM oil on CanvasRed sticker underneath Member R.C.Awritten trhc in black felt pen: #44 See narrative for information regarding the painting.
- Subject
- picnic lunch
- nude, female
- male
- Credit
- Gift of , 2003
- Catalogue Number
- CfC.01.01
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Hooked Picture
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- hair; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0028
- Description
- Hooked rug picture of three cowboys standing with their backs to viewer, on a pier overlooking the ocean. A black ship with two masts sits to left on horizon. Pier has railing and figure of a black and white animal, cat, skunk or dog. Sky in light grey with faint white clouds. Pier is brown with b…
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- Title
- Hooked Picture
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- hair; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 28 cm
- Description
- Hooked rug picture of three cowboys standing with their backs to viewer, on a pier overlooking the ocean. A black ship with two masts sits to left on horizon. Pier has railing and figure of a black and white animal, cat, skunk or dog. Sky in light grey with faint white clouds. Pier is brown with black lines to indicate boards. Cowboys wear cowboy hats, suspenders and chaps. Framed by a green border 1cm. wide.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- craft
- figure
- male
- cowboy
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0028
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“Hop Oasts” - Wet Day
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.33
- Description
- A dark, cloudy sky, and pouring rain extend across the watercolour. In the centre of the image there is a large building which may be a church. A horse and cart in the blc and a number of people are milling around in front of the building. Trees are visible on the right and left of the image.
- Title
- “Hop Oasts” - Wet Day
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- A dark, cloudy sky, and pouring rain extend across the watercolour. In the centre of the image there is a large building which may be a church. A horse and cart in the blc and a number of people are milling around in front of the building. Trees are visible on the right and left of the image.
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.33
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- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BaM.04.01
- Description
- Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
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- Title
- Horseman
- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.7 cm
- Description
- Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- BaM.04.01
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Hunter Pulling up Seal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactjoh.06.03
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- JoH.06.03
- Description
- Light green stone with light yellow lines and gold flecks, man stands solidly on a base, right heel slightly raised, head back, features carved, hands in front, both have holes through which a length of rawhide is wound and into a riased hole at front of base
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- Title
- Hunter Pulling up Seal
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 5.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Light green stone with light yellow lines and gold flecks, man stands solidly on a base, right heel slightly raised, head back, features carved, hands in front, both have holes through which a length of rawhide is wound and into a riased hole at front of base
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- JoH.06.03
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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory; bone; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.42 a-e
- Description
- Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory; bone; sinew
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.42 a-e
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igluviga scene
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- Artist
- Evetalegak
- Date
- c. 1950
- Catalogue Number
- EvE.06.01
- Description
- Wooden sculpture showing two figures standing in side of a circular structure that is topped with a wooden dome. There are tools, a sled, and a dog outside of the structure. The removable dome has a small window covered in resin/plastic.
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- Artist
- Evetalegak
- Title
- igluviga scene
- Date
- c. 1950
- Dimensions
- 11.2 x 16.2 cm
- Description
- Wooden sculpture showing two figures standing in side of a circular structure that is topped with a wooden dome. There are tools, a sled, and a dog outside of the structure. The removable dome has a small window covered in resin/plastic.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- EvE.06.01
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.059
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- Title
- Indian Chief
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 64.0 x 53.7 cm
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.059
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.02.01
- Description
- Colour: brown, green, blue. Three scouts (two on horses) stand on a rise of grass and rocks, overlooking a distant valley to the right and behind. The sky is yellow near the horizon.
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- Title
- Indian Scouts
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 69.5 x 54.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, green, blue. Three scouts (two on horses) stand on a rise of grass and rocks, overlooking a distant valley to the right and behind. The sky is yellow near the horizon.
- Subject
- landscape
- animal, horse
- figure
- group
- male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.02.01
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