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Answering The Challenge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.02.07
- 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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- 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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Grizzly on Elk Carcass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdip.03.03
- Artist
- Peggy Dixon
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DiP.03.03
- Description
- A grizzly leans into the left side of the image, with a paw on an elk carcass.
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- Artist
- Peggy Dixon
- Title
- Grizzly on Elk Carcass
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 29 cm
- Description
- A grizzly leans into the left side of the image, with a paw on an elk carcass.
- Credit
- Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- DiP.03.03
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One Caribou Swimming
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaal.06.01
- Artist
- Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- AaL.06.01
- Description
- Grey green mottled stone, flat bottomed swimming caribou, head extended, tail up, features defined, eyes and nostrils are holes, mouth carved, 2 holes for antlers, 2 bone antlers, carved.
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- Artist
- Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)
- Title
- One Caribou Swimming
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 12.7 cm
- Description
- Grey green mottled stone, flat bottomed swimming caribou, head extended, tail up, features defined, eyes and nostrils are holes, mouth carved, 2 holes for antlers, 2 bone antlers, carved.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AaL.06.01
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.713
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.713
- Description
- Detailed sketch for final version of the 1951 Christmas card. Several animals can be seen surrounding Catharine and Peter’s vehicle, there is a tree in the foreground, and two mountains in the background. “SEASONS GREETINS CATHARINE AND PETER” are written on the TL and BL hand side of the drawing, …
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Detailed sketch for final version of the 1951 Christmas card. Several animals can be seen surrounding Catharine and Peter’s vehicle, there is a tree in the foreground, and two mountains in the background. “SEASONS GREETINS CATHARINE AND PETER” are written on the TL and BL hand side of the drawing, with Peter’s signature and date in the BRC of the drawing. Some coloured pencil markings in the BRC starting 4.5cm to the left with a circled no. 3 written in pen and 8cm up more coloured pencil. verso: written in coloured pencil “not over 4”x6””, “3 colors Cragg & Canyon Banff”, and “mountain”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.713
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.704
- Description
- Rough sketch for a Christmas card with several animals in what appears to be a dentist/doctor’s office (certificate drawn in TL section), with a man attending to the moose.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Rough sketch for a Christmas card with several animals in what appears to be a dentist/doctor’s office (certificate drawn in TL section), with a man attending to the moose.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.704
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.767
- Description
- Two quick sketches of a moose and elk. Their bodies both have minimal detail, with emphasis on the faces. The elk is facing the viewer, whereas the moose is walking away but has its head turned to the viewer. verso: what appears to be the start of a Christmas card sketch (the one with all the anima…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 15.3 cm
- Description
- Two quick sketches of a moose and elk. Their bodies both have minimal detail, with emphasis on the faces. The elk is facing the viewer, whereas the moose is walking away but has its head turned to the viewer. verso: what appears to be the start of a Christmas card sketch (the one with all the animals painting on canvases). Here it is just the moose with his easel, palette and paintbrush.
- Subject
- moose
- elk
- easel
- Christmas card
- paint
- paintbrush
- palette
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.767
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