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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.03.262
Description
abstract
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
abstract
Subject
abstract
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.03.262
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Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1947
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NiM.09.01
Description
Hard cover black spiral sketchbook. Both sides of pages are filled with abstract non-representational doodles, some dated, eg. Nov 25 5:45 PM
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Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Sketchbook
Date
1947
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 30.0 cm
Description
Hard cover black spiral sketchbook. Both sides of pages are filled with abstract non-representational doodles, some dated, eg. Nov 25 5:45 PM
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Gift of Marion Florence Nicoll, 1978
Catalogue Number
NiM.09.01
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Date
1950
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.03
Description
A black, full face portrait of a man and a woman from chest; the man's head is cut off at top of picture; irregular white lines outline features of face and clothes; background is yellow vertical lines both sides; a door with 6 pane window centre left.
Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Title
Couple
Date
1950
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
A black, full face portrait of a man and a woman from chest; the man's head is cut off at top of picture; irregular white lines outline features of face and clothes; background is yellow vertical lines both sides; a door with 6 pane window centre left.
Subject
abstract
portrait, group
Credit
Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.03
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Artist
Elizabeth Rummel (1897 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
RwE.02.01
Description
Seven large brown crosses dominate from the foreground to top of picture, one post is on extreme left. The foreground is brownish, blue/green water (?), orange/red horizon, yellowish sky (?), the top of picture is greyish. Titled, dated and signed on back.
Artist
Elizabeth Rummel (1897 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Crosses
Date
1951
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
30.3 x 40.2 cm
Description
Seven large brown crosses dominate from the foreground to top of picture, one post is on extreme left. The foreground is brownish, blue/green water (?), orange/red horizon, yellowish sky (?), the top of picture is greyish. Titled, dated and signed on back.
Subject
abstract
Credit
Gift of Haneylore Auchenbach, Canmore, 1984
Catalogue Number
RwE.02.01
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Artist
Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1953
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
HaL.02.01
Description
Abstract painting in mainly blue and white.
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Artist
Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1953
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
93.5 x 121.2 cm
Description
Abstract painting in mainly blue and white.
Subject
Abstract
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
HaL.02.01
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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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Seal Thoughts of Man

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Artist
Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1959
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TuD.04.01
Description
Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
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Artist
Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seal Thoughts of Man
Date
1959
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
61.0 x 20.6 cm
Description
Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
Subject
Abstract
Figure
Inuit
Animal
seal
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
TuD.04.01
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Artist
Paul Standard
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
StP.22.01
Description
A large letter E in light brown fills most of the page; a written inscription on another piece of paper 4.5 x 28.5 is glued on the page just below the letter; inscription reads: Written with an edged pen 3/4 wide in the 16th century Chancery Cursive script for Edmee Moore Reid. Paul Standard. …
Artist
Paul Standard
Title
Chancery Cursive E
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
38.3 x 33.2 cm
Description
A large letter E in light brown fills most of the page; a written inscription on another piece of paper 4.5 x 28.5 is glued on the page just below the letter; inscription reads: Written with an edged pen 3/4 wide in the 16th century Chancery Cursive script for Edmee Moore Reid. Paul Standard. New York 22 September 1960.
Subject
abstract
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
StP.22.01
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Artist
Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
JvA.05.01
Description
General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.
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Artist
Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)
Title
Follow-up
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
37.0 x 25.5 cm
Description
General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.
Subject
mythological
abstract, non-representational
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
JvA.05.01
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.01
Description
General colour: Primaries and secondaries. The four sides are all similtaneously used as a base for four scenes. Moving counter clockwise: 1. Two figures by a lake with a canoe, mountains in the background. 2. A house with a blue car parked outside and two teepees next door. 3. A train, a flying sa…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Quadra Vision
Date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
61 x 76.2 cm
Description
General colour: Primaries and secondaries. The four sides are all similtaneously used as a base for four scenes. Moving counter clockwise: 1. Two figures by a lake with a canoe, mountains in the background. 2. A house with a blue car parked outside and two teepees next door. 3. A train, a flying saucer and a deep sea diver. 4. A river, on one bank, a farm on the other, a city. Superimposed on all this are geometric shapes that were used in 1967 as a Canadian centenial logs.
Subject
abstract, non-representational
Credit
Purchased from Sitting Wind, 1967
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.01
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