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Abraham Lake #3

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: Grl.01.07

Description: An oil sketch of a lake landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, blue and brown. The sky is dominated with thick grey strokes of colour. Surrounding the water at the top and bottom are thick strokes of green. The blue of the water is a streak across the middle of the work. The artist’s …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake #3

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a lake landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, blue and brown. The sky is dominated with thick grey strokes of colour. Surrounding the water at the top and bottom are thick strokes of green. The blue of the water is a streak across the middle of the work. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: Grl.01.07

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Abraham Lake/East

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake/East

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the trhc, “45/W”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

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Across the North Saskatchewan River/Shadows

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2003 – 2003

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.28

Description: An oil sketch of a landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, purple and beige. The upper third of the piece is in green, red and beige, with the shadows of the trees depicted as red lines. The majority of the canvas centre is grey, with a variety of colours on the right centre. The artis…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Across the North Saskatchewan River/Shadows

Date: 2003 – 2003

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 40.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, purple and beige. The upper third of the piece is in green, red and beige, with the shadows of the trees depicted as red lines. The majority of the canvas centre is grey, with a variety of colours on the right centre. The artist’s signature is in the blhc in purple paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “47/R”.

Subject: landscape; river; shadow

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2007

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.28

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Alexander River

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.150

Description: Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and angling up left is grass with trees, three at left and two at right, along the river's edge. The green river comes in from the right side, goes left and then up right side to disappear into the far shore of dark trees. The right shore juts in from that s…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Alexander River

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 28 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and angling up left is grass with trees, three at left and two at right, along the river's edge. The green river comes in from the right side, goes left and then up right side to disappear into the far shore of dark trees. The right shore juts in from that side, halfway up. In the background across the top are purple mountains. Five peaks meet a green grey sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; river

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.150

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Annisqualm, Mass.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.303

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Annisqualm, Mass.

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.9 x 27.7 cm

Subject: landscape; New England; hills; figure

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.303

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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.39

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of cloud…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of blue, above which there are a series of vertical forms in green, blue and grey which could represent trees. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in orange paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/W”.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.39

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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #2

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.40

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple and beige. The sky is composed of swirls of grey , and the mountain on the left rises high into the sky and runs low across the centre of the work towards the right. The lower third of thework is blue, with lines of mo…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #2

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple and beige. The sky is composed of swirls of grey , and the mountain on the left rises high into the sky and runs low across the centre of the work towards the right. The lower third of thework is blue, with lines of mottled green and beige. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in purple paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/X”.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.40

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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #3

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.41

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple, green and beige. From the left side of the image raises a grey mountain in light and dark grey sections. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that sugg…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #3

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple, green and beige. From the left side of the image raises a grey mountain in light and dark grey sections. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of grey-blue, above which there is a line of green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/Y”.