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Abstract Carving
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.67
- Description
- Form with three sides, broad flat base narrowing towards peak; shapes resemble iceberg floes, mountains or possibly clouds; G or 6 incised on bottom and 5 followed by illegible number.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Abstract Carving
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 6.3 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Form with three sides, broad flat base narrowing towards peak; shapes resemble iceberg floes, mountains or possibly clouds; G or 6 incised on bottom and 5 followed by illegible number.
- Subject
- abstract, non-representational
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.67
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- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- StS.06.06
- Description
- Flat back carved face of cedar; details in eyes, broad nose, full mouth; geometric carving on forehead and ears; hollowed out opening at top of head for cord passage; carved signature IS on back
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- Title
- Amulet
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 6.9 x 2.0 x 4.6 cm
- Description
- Flat back carved face of cedar; details in eyes, broad nose, full mouth; geometric carving on forehead and ears; hollowed out opening at top of head for cord passage; carved signature IS on back
- Subject
- portrait
- abstract
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StS.06.06
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- Artist
- Tatsuzo Shimaoka
- Date
- 1978
- Catalogue Number
- ShT.06.01
- Description
- Bowl grey with white herringbone design, also has spout, and potter's mark on base.
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- Artist
- Tatsuzo Shimaoka
- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1978
- Dimensions
- 14.5 cm
- Description
- Bowl grey with white herringbone design, also has spout, and potter's mark on base.
- Subject
- aquatic, fish
- abstract
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ShT.06.01
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- Date
- c. 1913
- Catalogue Number
- CaE.06.01
- Description
- A primitive, low fired clay bowl, reddish clay. Center of bowl has a dark coloured circle around which a simplified fish is curled. It has been of a light colour, most of which is now worn off.
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- Title
- ceramic bowl
- Date
- c. 1913
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A primitive, low fired clay bowl, reddish clay. Center of bowl has a dark coloured circle around which a simplified fish is curled. It has been of a light colour, most of which is now worn off.
- Subject
- abstract
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Oldrich, Banff, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- CaE.06.01
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Honey Onyx Sphere
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- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- sculpture
- Catalogue Number
- PyT.06.01
- Description
- Sphere made of pale orange-yellow honey onyx on base.
- Title
- Honey Onyx Sphere
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 12.0 diameter base; 12.0 diameter sphere cm
- Description
- Sphere made of pale orange-yellow honey onyx on base.
- Credit
- Gift of Vera Pyrcz, Edmonton, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- PyT.06.01
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- 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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- 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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Sister of Morning Dream
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.12.08
- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- fluid acrylic on linen
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.08
- Description
- Four black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes.
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- Title
- Sister of Morning Dream
- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- fluid acrylic on linen
- Dimensions
- 91.3 x 153.9 cm
- Description
- Four black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.08
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Sisters of Mountains Too
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.12.11
- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- acrylic on linen canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.11
- Description
- Five black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes. The two shapes on the left are large, the three on the right are small.
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- Title
- Sisters of Mountains Too
- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- acrylic on linen canvas
- Dimensions
- 93.7 x 203.4 cm
- Description
- Five black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes. The two shapes on the left are large, the three on the right are small.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.11
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- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- acrylic on linen canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.12
- Description
- Two suggestions of mountains are achieved with thick curved and pointed lines. One shape sits on the right side, the second begins in the centre of the work and extends with a fading line to the left.
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- Title
- Three Sisters
- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- acrylic on linen canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.3 x 229.4 cm
- Description
- Two suggestions of mountains are achieved with thick curved and pointed lines. One shape sits on the right side, the second begins in the centre of the work and extends with a fading line to the left.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.12
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- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- StS.06.04
- Description
- Elongated abstract mask with open mouth, cut out eyes painted with red mask; black feathers for hair; doeskin strap on top of head for suspension on wall; back of mask flat with hollowing where face has been carved.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 4.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- Elongated abstract mask with open mouth, cut out eyes painted with red mask; black feathers for hair; doeskin strap on top of head for suspension on wall; back of mask flat with hollowing where face has been carved.
- Subject
- portrait
- abstract
- mythological
- Sarain Stump
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StS.06.04
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