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Mount Rundle from Canmore

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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.02
Description
General colour: brown, black on grey, minimum of colour in sky. Lower half - mountains. Upper half - clouds and sky. Yellow, white, peach, sand colours on grey.
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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle from Canmore
Date
1968
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
49.7 x 65.9 cm
Description
General colour: brown, black on grey, minimum of colour in sky. Lower half - mountains. Upper half - clouds and sky. Yellow, white, peach, sand colours on grey.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.02
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.13
Description
The peak of Mt. Assiniboine rises up in the upper centre portion of the drawing. A glacier extends into the foreground from the mountain. Lake Magog is visible in the bottom left corner, while a hill with trees and snow on it, is visible in the bottom right corner.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Assiniboine
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
42.0 x 53.3 cm
Description
The peak of Mt. Assiniboine rises up in the upper centre portion of the drawing. A glacier extends into the foreground from the mountain. Lake Magog is visible in the bottom left corner, while a hill with trees and snow on it, is visible in the bottom right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Assiniboine
Lake Magog
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.13
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.09
Description
A portrait of a Earl Gammon with grey hair and slightly smiling. He is wearing a dark suit jacket which is only partially coloured in. He is also wearing a white shirt and red bow tie. He has a light green handkerchief in his pocket. The same light green colour surrounds his head. The man is visi…
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Earl Gammon
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
60.0 x 44.0 cm
Description
A portrait of a Earl Gammon with grey hair and slightly smiling. He is wearing a dark suit jacket which is only partially coloured in. He is also wearing a white shirt and red bow tie. He has a light green handkerchief in his pocket. The same light green colour surrounds his head. The man is visible from the chest up. The paper is yellowish.
Subject
portrait
male
Earl Gammon
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.09
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Untitled [Native Man]

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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Native Man]
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner. Behind his shoulder on the left, a tipi is visible. Smoke is coming out of the top of it. Brown, craggy mountains are visible across the horizon. The sky moves up from yellow to green to blue. Clouds at the top of the image are orange.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.02
Description
Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corne…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Chief John Hunter
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corner, trees are visible. Above them are loosely drawn mountains. The sky is green (light and dark) and mauve.
Subject
portrait
male
Chief John Hunter
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.02
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Untitled [Sacred Owl]

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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
pastel on sandpaper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.10
Description
Pastel portrait of a First Nations man who is facing toward the left of the piece. The man is resting his face on his hand and he is visible from only the neck up. On his head he is wearing a red kerchief. His hair is in two braids, the one on the left of his head is only slightly visible, the o…
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Sacred Owl]
Date
c. 1950
Medium
pastel on sandpaper
Dimensions
37.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Pastel portrait of a First Nations man who is facing toward the left of the piece. The man is resting his face on his hand and he is visible from only the neck up. On his head he is wearing a red kerchief. His hair is in two braids, the one on the left of his head is only slightly visible, the one on the right is completely visible. He is wearing a blue scarf or tie around his neck. Identified by Rod Green at Masters Gallery as Sacred Owl.
Subject
portrait
male
Sacred Owl
Credit
Gift of Caroline Harris-Andrews, Kingston, 2002
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.10
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Untitled [Mountain Landscape]

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Artist
Maisie Wride
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
WrI.03.01
Description
Mountain landscape with tall pine trees in foreground on either side of drawing. Viewer is looking down at a blue-turquoise lake. A tall snow-capped mountain rises up beyond the lake. The dark slope of another mountain at the lake’s edge is visible on the left of the drawing.
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Artist
Maisie Wride
Title
Untitled [Mountain Landscape]
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
Mountain landscape with tall pine trees in foreground on either side of drawing. Viewer is looking down at a blue-turquoise lake. A tall snow-capped mountain rises up beyond the lake. The dark slope of another mountain at the lake’s edge is visible on the left of the drawing.
Subject
landscape
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Robert G. Short, Three Hills, 1999
Catalogue Number
WrI.03.01
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Artist
Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
HrB.03.01
Description
An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.
Artist
Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1954
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.
Subject
abstract
animal
bovine
skull
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
HrB.03.01
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Artist
Maisie Wride
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on board
Catalogue Number
WrI.03.03
Description
Drawing of Lake Louise from west side of the lake, looking to Mt. Lefroy. Immediately in the foreground are four coniferous trees. They partially obscure the view of the lake. At the base of these trees is a patch of yellow flowers. The sky is white and yellow. The drawing is done in dark tone…
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Artist
Maisie Wride
Title
Lake Louise
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on board
Description
Drawing of Lake Louise from west side of the lake, looking to Mt. Lefroy. Immediately in the foreground are four coniferous trees. They partially obscure the view of the lake. At the base of these trees is a patch of yellow flowers. The sky is white and yellow. The drawing is done in dark tones of brown, green, and yellow.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Mt. Lefroy
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
WrI.03.03
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Artist
Maisie Wride
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on board
Catalogue Number
WrI.03.02
Description
View of Lake Louise from the west side of the lake. In the bottom right corner is a path that leads to a treed area. The trees’ leaves are yellow. A rocky outcrop juts out into the lake. The east bank of the lake is visible on the left side of the image. The lake is dark grey/brown and extends…
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Artist
Maisie Wride
Title
Along Lake Louise
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on board
Description
View of Lake Louise from the west side of the lake. In the bottom right corner is a path that leads to a treed area. The trees’ leaves are yellow. A rocky outcrop juts out into the lake. The east bank of the lake is visible on the left side of the image. The lake is dark grey/brown and extends out from the bottom left corner. Mt. Lefroy is seen just past the rocky outcrop in the centre of the image. The sky is white and yellow. The entire drawing is quite dark in tones of yellow and brown.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Mt. Lefroy
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
WrI.03.02
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