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Cowboy at Brewster Ranch

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Date: 1933

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: CmD.03.01

Description: A pastel chalk drawing on brown paper. The drawing is a portrait of a young cowboy seated. The boy is wearing a blue shirt with a white scarf and tan chaps. He is sitting on a push foot stool that has a salmon-coloured throw over it. In the background behind the boy is a black and white cowhide han…

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Title: Cowboy at Brewster Ranch

Date: 1933

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 38.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: A pastel chalk drawing on brown paper. The drawing is a portrait of a young cowboy seated. The boy is wearing a blue shirt with a white scarf and tan chaps. He is sitting on a push foot stool that has a salmon-coloured throw over it. In the background behind the boy is a black and white cowhide hanging on the wall. There is a black chalk line border, 33 x 23 cm, around the drawing. the artist signature and date are in the bottom left hand corner, “DORIS CORMIE 8/23/33”.

Subject: cowboy; ranch; Doris Cormie

Credit: Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006

Catalogue Number: CmD.03.01

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Minister, I’m Glad to See You!

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.370

Description: A caricature-like pastel drawing of a man and a woman with “MINISTER, I’M GLAD TO SEE YOU!” written above them. The piece has been folded many times and is very delicate with quite a few rips throughout.

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

Title: Minister, I’m Glad to See You!

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 92.0 x 85.0 cm

Description: A caricature-like pastel drawing of a man and a woman with “MINISTER, I’M GLAD TO SEE YOU!” written above them. The piece has been folded many times and is very delicate with quite a few rips throughout.

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.370

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Power Dam near Calgary

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Date: 1933

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: CmD.03.02

Description: A pastel landscape drawing on brown paper. A large cement dam at left, reaching past the centre dominates the drawing. In the background the sky is a pale blue. The large, grey dam has white water rushing through on the viewer’s right. On the same side of the drawing, extending out of frame, is a …

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Title: Power Dam near Calgary

Date: 1933

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 38.5 cm

Description: A pastel landscape drawing on brown paper. A large cement dam at left, reaching past the centre dominates the drawing. In the background the sky is a pale blue. The large, grey dam has white water rushing through on the viewer’s right. On the same side of the drawing, extending out of frame, is a large brown rock with yellow and orange highlites. In the foreground is blue water with white highlites. The artist signature is written in the bottom right corner in pencil. Au verso, written in very faint pencil in the top right corner is, “Doris Cormie 23 Aug 1933”.

Subject: dam; architecture; Doris Cormie

Credit: Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006

Catalogue Number: CmD.03.02

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Thanksgiving

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

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite; wax pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.165

Description: red border box containing 5 socks, red, brown, yellow, green, blue and one blue chair

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

Title: Thanksgiving

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite; wax pastel on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 15.0 cm

Description: red border box containing 5 socks, red, brown, yellow, green, blue and one blue chair

Subject: Thanksgiving; socks

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.165

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Untitled

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

Date: 1915

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.138

Description: small white flower with long green leafsverso: house with ten windows, one chimney and two trees

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1915

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 45.5 x 12.0 cm

Description: small white flower with long green leafsverso: house with ten windows, one chimney and two trees

Subject: foliage

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.138

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Untitled

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

Date: 1915

Medium: graphite; pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.139

Description: five red root vegetables

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1915

Medium: graphite; pastel on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 24..0 cm

Description: five red root vegetables

Subject: root vegetable

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.139

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Untitled

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

Date: 1915

Medium: wax pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.142

Description: purple flowers with green leafs in brown planterverso: white flowers with green leafs in brown planter

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1915

Medium: wax pastel on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: purple flowers with green leafs in brown planterverso: white flowers with green leafs in brown planter

Subject: flowers

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.142

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Untitled

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

Date: 1915

Medium: graphite; wax pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.143

Description: yellow daffodil in graphite vase

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1915

Medium: graphite; wax pastel on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: yellow daffodil in graphite vase

Subject: daffodil

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.143

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Untitled

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

Date: 1915

Medium: wax pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.144

Description: orange fish with white tips

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1915

Medium: wax pastel on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 23.0 cm

Description: orange fish with white tips

Subject: goldfish

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.144

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Untitled

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

Date: 1916

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.148

Description: landscape of brown boat with white sail in blue water with green hills behindverso: outline in brown on a house with red chimney behind a deciduous tree

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1916

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 28.0 cm

Description: landscape of brown boat with white sail in blue water with green hills behindverso: outline in brown on a house with red chimney behind a deciduous tree