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David McDougall fonds

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Part Of: David McDougall fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Govern…

Date Range: 1845-1947

Reference Code: M557 / V779

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Painting; Textual record; Blueprint; Private record; Published record

Part Of: David McDougall fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 557; V 779

Sous-Fonds: M557; V779

Accession Number: 2017.8667

Reference Code: M557 / V779

GMD: Painting; Textual record; Blueprint; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1845-1947

Physical Description: 39cm of textual records. – 1 painting

History / Biographical: David McDougall, son of George Millward McDougall and Elizabeth Chantler McDougall, was born on May 14, 1845 in Owen Sound, Ontario. David had four siblings: John, Eliza, Lubby, and Nellie. David married Annie McKenzie in 1871 in Manitoba. Together, they had six children, including their daughter named Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall (1872-1965). Georgina was the wife of Norman Luxton and an active member in Banff and the mother of Eleanor Georgina Luxton (1908-1995). David was an early pioneer of Calgary and Banff, who helped build both community life and their economies. While David’s father and brother were both members of the clergy and did missionary work in Morley, Alberta, David become a successful businessman. He established a general merchant store in Morley where he was a dealer in cattle, horses, furs, and curios. In addition to managing his own business block in Calgary, David also owned properties in Edmonton and Calgary. In Banff, David and Annie owned the Mount Royal Hotel for six years until they sold it to Jim Brewster in August 14, 1913. David died in December 6, 1927 and Annie died in 1939.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Government correspondence pertains to taxes and by-laws for McDougall’s properties. Series 2 contains invoices, receipts, cheques, and bank statements pertaining to McDougall’s business and properties. Series 3 contains personal letters and legal documents. Materials includes handwritten letters, property transactions and proof of ownership on properties. Series 4 contains cheque books, Dominion Travellers’ Hotel Guide, event program featuring Commissioner Coombs and “Safety First Guarantee” slip. Series 5 contains blueprints of Mount Royal Hotel and McDougall business block, Calgary 1911. The last series consist of a painting of George Noble photograph of Banff Ave, 1929.

Name Access: McDougall, David

Subject Access: Buildings and facilities; Commerce and industry; Communications; Family and personal life; Government; Labour; Land, settlement and immigration; Law and justice

Access Restrictions: No restriction on access. Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply.

Language: Language is English

Related Material: See Luxton Family fonds

Creator: McDougall, David

Biographical Source Notes: Luxton, Eleanor G. Latch String Out. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015. “The Morleyville Story.” McDougall Stoney Mission Society. http://www.mcdougallstoneymission.com/docs/The_Morleyvillle_Story.pdf

Title Source: Title based on provenance of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Jimmy Simpson family fonds

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Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recording produced by and pertaining to Jimmy Simpson and the Simpson family. Material is arranged in seven series. I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. papers and photographs, ca.1901-1972, ca.74 cm of textual records, 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints), 425 tra…

Date Range: [ca.1900]-1995

Reference Code: M78 / S16 / V577

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Recording disc; Textual record; Blueprint; Drawing; Painting; Poster; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 78; S 16; V 577

Sous-Fonds: M 78; S 16; V 577

Accession Number: 256, 492, 1035, 1160, 1422, 1467, 1484, 1625, 1655, 1668, 1869, 2930, 3006, 5302, 6356, 6599, 6771, 6914, 7217, 7337 (unproc o.s.), 7768 (unproc)

Reference Code: M78 / S16 / V577

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Recording disc; Textual record; Blueprint; Drawing; Painting; Poster; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Other Title Info: Also known as Jimmy Simpson fonds

Date Range: [ca.1900]-1995

Physical Description: 2.5 m textual records. -- ca.1605 photographs: ca.755 prints, 410 negatives, ca.430 transparencies. -- 29 photograph albums (ca.3000 prints). -- 1 sound recording: audio disc

History / Biographical: Justin James McCarthy (Jimmy) Simpson, 1877-1972, was a trapper, guide and outfitter and lodge owner at Banff and Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada. Born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, Simpson was sent to Canada by his family in 1896. He worked briefly at Laggan (Lake Louise), Alberta for the Canadian Pacific Railway, travelled extensively and returned to the Rockies to work on the trail and trap. By the early 1900s, he was a successful guide and outfitter with Carl Rungius and the Alpine Club of Canada as clients. Starting in 1920, Simpson began building Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake as a base for hunting and climbing parties. Simpson and Williamina (Billie) Ross Reid, 1891-1968, married in 1916 and had three children. The lodge was run mainly by Billie Simpson and in 1945 the business was turned over to Jimmy Simpson Jr., 1922-2003 . Daughters Margaret Simpson, 1917-1941, and Mary Simpson (Hallock), 1919-2002, were internationally-famous figure skaters.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recording produced by and pertaining to Jimmy Simpson and the Simpson family. Material is arranged in seven series.; I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. papers and photographs, ca.1901-1972, ca.74 cm of textual records, 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints), 425 transparencies. Includes business and personal correspondence, business records and subject files, 1903-1972; literary papers, 1912-1972; and other papers, 1903- 1957. Business records pertain mainly to guiding, outfitting and hunting operations. Correspondents include Carl Rungius, J. Monroe Thorington, L. S. Amery, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, William S. Ladd, C. Hart Merriam, Allan Brooks and others; also federal and provincial government departments, Canadian Pacific Railway, etc., regarding hunting, game regulations, park boundaries, licences, permits, horses, etc. Albums pertain mainly to hunting trips, including those with Carl Rungius, Caroline Hinman and McAleenan family, ca.1901-ca.1920, 23 items. Transparencies pertain to McAleenan family trips.; II. Simpson family papers, photographs and sound recording, ca.1900-1987, ca.1.5 m of textual records, ca.675 photographic prints, 6 photograph albums (ca.460 prints), 410 photographic negatives, 1 sound recording. Textual records include large series of alphabetical files, 1907-1987; correspondence, ca.1910-ca.1985; school records, 1923-1936; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge registers, 1939-1957; other material, 1929-1942. Photographs pertain to Jimmy Simpson and family; friends and guests; lodges and camps, including Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Banff home and community; pack trips; scenic views; other.; III. Billie Simpson papers, 1913-1968, 6.5 cm of textual records. Includes Billie Simpson correspondence, literary and dramatic papers.; IV. Simpson Sisters professional papers and photographs, 1929-1955, ca.20 cm and 3 v. of textual material, ca.15 cm of print material, 86 photographic prints. Material pertains to the professional skating career of Margaret Simpson and Mary Simpson.; V. Mary Simpson Hallock papers, 1960-1955, 1.5 cm of textual records.; VI. Jimmy Simpson Jr. papers, 1947-1983, 1 cm of textual records.; VII. Other material, before 1970, 1 cm of textual records and art works.

Name Access: Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Margaret; Simpson, Mary (Hallock)

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; sub-series description; electronic finding aid; microfilm copies of albums

Related Material: Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage Collections, Whyte Museum)

Creator: Simpson, Jimmy (family)

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Alberta Series #20

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Artist: Ernest Garthwaite (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: GaE.05.01

Artist: Ernest Garthwaite (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Alberta Series #20

Date: 1979

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26 x 36.1 cm

Subject: landscape, foothills

Credit: Gift of Ernest Garthwaite, 1981

Catalogue Number: GaE.05.01

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Answering The Challenge

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.07

Description: At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown…

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Answering The Challenge

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 182.8 cm

Description: At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown hue. The two male elk are facing each other and both have a full set of horns. The mountains in the far distance are a grey blue color.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; elk

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.07

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Archangel Michael

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1780

Medium: tempera on wood

Catalogue Number: UnK.14.01

Description: Wooden icon showing a painted winged figure [St. Michael?] on a winged horse in the centre with another figure looking on from upper left corner.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Archangel Michael

Date: c. 1780

Medium: tempera on wood

Dimensions: 318 x 1.3 x 24.0 cm

Description: Wooden icon showing a painted winged figure [St. Michael?] on a winged horse in the centre with another figure looking on from upper left corner.

Subject: religious

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.14.01

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Aspens near Muleshoe Lake

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1965

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.389

Description: The foreground is a hill in colours of autumn, yellow and brown with green coniferous trees. In the background is a mountain range, blue with green trees on the lower slopes in the centre of the picture.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Aspens near Muleshoe Lake

Date: 1945 – 1965

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Description: The foreground is a hill in colours of autumn, yellow and brown with green coniferous trees. In the background is a mountain range, blue with green trees on the lower slopes in the centre of the picture.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; autumn

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.389

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Automatic

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Artist: Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: NiM.05.03

Description: An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left

Artist: Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)

Title: Automatic

Date: 1974

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 28.3 cm

Description: An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left

Subject: abstract, non-representational

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979

Catalogue Number: NiM.05.03

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Autumn Foothills

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Artist: Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: TaT.12.01

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Artist: Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)

Title: Autumn Foothills

Date: 1979

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 109.00 x 228.6 cm

Subject: landscape; foothills; prairies

Credit: Gift of Canada Council, Ottawa, 1979

Catalogue Number: TaT.12.01

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Autumn in the Canadian Rockies

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944 – 1962

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.03

Description: More than half the painting is a lake with the reflection of fall trees, yellow and green, and a mountain range behind. The top half is yellow aspens and evergreens on lakeshore and blue, purple, grey and white mountains with a light blue sky.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Autumn in the Canadian Rockies

Date: 1944 – 1962

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.2 x 50.5 cm

Description: More than half the painting is a lake with the reflection of fall trees, yellow and green, and a mountain range behind. The top half is yellow aspens and evergreens on lakeshore and blue, purple, grey and white mountains with a light blue sky.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.03

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Back of Sawback

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.06

Description: General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.

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

Title: Back of Sawback

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25.3 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.06

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Bald Eagles on Watch

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.09

Description: On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the…

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Bald Eagles on Watch

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.6 cm

Description: On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the foreground a blue body of water is surrounded with a brilliant green weed or grass. From the cl to the cr a line of trees cross the bottom of the image. Some of the trees and grass between the background mountains and the foreground water are a yellow hue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; Bald Eagle

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.09

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Banff Hotel, Alberta

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Artist: B. E. Neville

Date: prior to 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: NeB.05.01

Description: The foreground is vegetation, rocks with coniferous trees up to tlc. Centre of picture is a multi-roofed building. Background is mountain range and grey sky.

Artist: B. E. Neville

Title: Banff Hotel, Alberta

Date: prior to 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 34.9 cm

Description: The foreground is vegetation, rocks with coniferous trees up to tlc. Centre of picture is a multi-roofed building. Background is mountain range and grey sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; building, Banff Springs Hotel; mountains; forest

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: NeB.05.01

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Bighorn Rams - Life Sketches

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.01.01

Description: This oil sketch is a composition of several different full and half sketches of Bighorn Sheep. The top left corner has a full painted ram resting on the ground. As you move to the right of the image the rams become more like sketches or line drawings with the exception of one that is fully painted …

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Bighorn Rams - Life Sketches

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 40.7 x 51.0 cm

Description: This oil sketch is a composition of several different full and half sketches of Bighorn Sheep. The top left corner has a full painted ram resting on the ground. As you move to the right of the image the rams become more like sketches or line drawings with the exception of one that is fully painted in the upper right corner. The bottom half of the image space has many partial and unfinished drawings of the Bighorn Sheep.

Subject: animal; Bighorn Sheep

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.01.01

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Bighorn Rams Feeding

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.10

Description: In a patch of yellow and brown trees and grass in the foreground are two bighorn sheep eating, they are located on the left side of the painting. Behind the yellow trees is a mid section of green trees and behind that a small area of trees in the distance that are a blue colour. Behind all the tree…

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Bighorn Rams Feeding

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 25.4 x 35.6 cm

Description: In a patch of yellow and brown trees and grass in the foreground are two bighorn sheep eating, they are located on the left side of the painting. Behind the yellow trees is a mid section of green trees and behind that a small area of trees in the distance that are a blue colour. Behind all the trees is a mountain blue in colour with some snow on its peaks. The sky above is blue with white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; bighorn sheep; activity; eating

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.10

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Black Bear and Woodsman

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: watercolor on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.05.01

Description: A bear and a man in the woods is the subject matter in this image. To the left a black bear stands on his back two legs and roars at the man that is located on the right side. Between the man and the bear is a tree covered in snow and there are several other trees surrounding them as well. The man…

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Black Bear and Woodsman

Date: 1948

Medium: watercolor on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 48.4 cm

Description: A bear and a man in the woods is the subject matter in this image. To the left a black bear stands on his back two legs and roars at the man that is located on the right side. Between the man and the bear is a tree covered in snow and there are several other trees surrounding them as well. The man looks frightened and has his arms half up in the air almost as if he is about to run away. In the foreground and around there feet is a lot of snow. The woodsman is wearing a hat and a heavy coat with a belt tied tight at the center.

Subject: figure; male; animal; black bear; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.05.01

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Blondie and Friend Icefields Parkway 1991

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: acrylic; charcoal on canvas

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.05

Description: Two bears done in charcoal and outlined in red paint walk in front of mountains that are in the background. The mountain range is outlined in white paint.

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Blondie and Friend Icefields Parkway 1991

Date: 1991

Medium: acrylic; charcoal on canvas

Dimensions: 43.0 x 73.0 cm

Description: Two bears done in charcoal and outlined in red paint walk in front of mountains that are in the background. The mountain range is outlined in white paint.